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ive got this serious booting problem.. whenever i try to start my pc.. it gets stuck on the booting screen
i.e in windows xp boot screen.. the 3 blue dots stop moving sfter sumtime.. and then my pc starts like 1nce in 20 tries

hope any1.. can solve this problem

try going into safe mode and disabling some startup entries... it may be something trying to load which is doing this...

just a guess/posibility, im no expert on this btw

Unfortunately u might have a virus...

Try unplugging your PC from the mains .. den plug it back in after a few seconds and start your pc again  .... if it does work run a virus programe!

if not, when you do manage to log in run a virus programe anaway

hope this helps!

Okay, when your computer starts, press F8, so the bios management screen comes up, navigate that and change the Boot Order so that it's something like this:

1. CD ROM
2. Floppy Disk
3. Hard Disk Drive

Restart your computer and insert yout Windows XP disk, when this starts up and runs, don't press install new, press "repair". Then navigate your way so that cmd comes up (can't remember the exact way, but it's easy to get to). Then I think you type in "fixboot" without the "".

That should probably fix the problem with booting up your computer, if it doesn't then come back.

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Originally posted by james13
Unfortunately u might have a virus...

Try unplugging your PC from the mains .. den plug it back in after a few seconds and start your pc again  .... if it does work run a virus programe!

if not, when you do manage to log in run a virus programe anaway

hope this helps!

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i get told to do that when my sky digibox freezes... lol!

I had a virus, my computer got past the bootscreen, and then went black and did nothing else.... in the end i formatted and it was fine.

Have a look at this i think this may sort out your problem

Also if you do sort out the problem make sure you make a boot floppybackup
It telles you how in that article

lol yeah i sumtimes have to do it to my sky+ box but my other computer wouldnt get past the boot screen and i unplugged it and it was fine.... strange tho?

running in safe mode is a good idea tho!

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Originally posted by james13
lol yeah i sumtimes have to do it to my sky+ box but my other computer wouldnt get past the boot screen and i unplugged it and it was fine.... strange tho?

running in safe mode is a good idea tho!

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Probably because the computer was running too hot and needed some time to cool down?

If he can't boot, chances are he won't be able to get into safe mode, as safe mode needs all of the .dlls to run, chances are one of these is corrupt.

yeh your right didnt think of that! silly me... not feeling my smartest today!

I had this recently, and sometimes it got past the blue bars and went on to the login screen, but stuck with "Welcome" for hours.

I fixed it by persevering till it worked, then done a chkdsk c: /f from the command line, and let it reboot.

I tried using chkdsk c: /f from the windows recovery CD... but it didn't work .