Have you tried doing a step by step confirmation at boot? Hit F8 and select step by step. See if you can figure out what is hanging it up. Once you find it, then we can figure out how to fix it.
Ben Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:05 AM Subject: PCWorks: Win98 loading problems > P180 MHz, Award bios, Win 98 SE, 192 MB RAM > There are many stories of Windows shutdown problems, but no-one seems to > have the problem that I have -- i.e. Windows refuses to load after boot-up. > > Sometimes I have to reboot as many as half a dozen times before Windows will > load. It doesn't matter which option I choose - normal, safe mode, command > prompt only - after reading autoexec.bat and config.sys, the system just > hangs - no activity from the hard disk, just nothing. This has been going on > for a long time now, and my solution is to keep the machine turned on > permanently to save myself the hassle of spending sometimes more than half > an hour in futile attempts to get the machine working. That's OK most of the > time, but of course sometimes I need to restart Windows after installation > of new software, or indeed just to clear the memory, and then my troubles > start all over again. > > While I don't really expect to find a solution, I'd like to know what > causes this hang-up. Is it connected with the hard disk, motherboard, or > Windows itself - i.e. is it a hardware or software problem? Has anyone else > experienced this most annoying phenomenon? If so, did you find a solution? > Would reinstalling the OS help? (I doubt this, because the problem has been > there ever since I did the first install and after subsequent reinstallation > of Win 98) ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
