Re: [ukha_d] RE: XP stalls during boot-up…

[Tim Hawes <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi guys,


I=92m still struggling with this :-(



I=92ve run Dell diagnostics, Partition Magic, Norton System Works and a few
inbuilt Windows checks and no faults are detected with the new drive.
I=92v=
e
also checked the volume serial numbers for both disks and they=92re
identic=
al
(presumably as I ghosted the images across) so there shouldn=92t be an
issu=
e
with Windows licensing either.



The machine still stalls during boot-up.  I don=92t have the admin password
and am reluctant to =93Setup Windows=94 using an XP Pro disk when the
lapto=
p has
XP Home.



Any further thoughts?



Cheers,



Tim.




On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Tim Hawes <timsyahoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> the last few entries are:
> ntfs.sys
> ndis.sys
> sbp2port.sys
> ohc1394.sys
> 1394bus.sys
> mup.sys
>
> then the black screen with the Safe Mode text, and then the blue
letterbo=
x
> screen with the WinXP logo. There's still some HDD activity up to this
po=
int
> but then it stops after 5-10 seconds on the blue screen.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Tim.
>
>   On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Paul Gale
<groups2@xxxxxxx>wro=
te:
>
>> When booting in safe mode, does it show the boot log on screen?
What's t=
he
>> last entry before it hangs? Is there still HDD activity after
that?
>>
>> Paul.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> > Of Tim Hawes
>> > Sent: 01 March 2010 06:56
>> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [ukha_d] XP stalls during boot-up=85
>> >
>> > =85after changing out the hard disk for a larger one.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I=92ve ghosted each partition of my laptop HDD onto a new,
larger hard
>> > disk
>> > and have set the active partition correctly. The machine now
gets
>> > through
>> > the black win XP start screen but stalls part way through the
blue
>> > =93letterbox=94 XP logo screen just before the =93Welcome=94
page.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I=92ve also tried starting in safe mode and last known good
>> > configuration, but
>> > it still stops booting in the same place.
>> >
>> >
>> > Googling suggested using the recovery console but I=92ve only
got an X=
P
>> > Pro cd
>> > =96 the laptop needs XP Home and only has a recovery
partition. To cap=
it
>> > all,
>> > I can=92t remember the administrator password I setup 4 years
ago=85
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Many thanks,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Tim.
>>
>


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