problem booting to windows xp

I am inquiring about another computer that is a desktop with windows xp home edition. It is a amd athlon 64 x2 dual core processor 4400+. It has 1gb ram and 120 gb hardrive by wdc. 2.3 ghertz. My problem is that will boot up after 20 or more times of hard booting and then it will only boot to the flashing cursor screen. Then after booting...

Windows update installs fail

Hi, I've been experiencing a problem that several others have previously reported however each fix I try seems to unearth another problem. The problem started when Windows started spontaneously re-booting during startup. I eventually fixed that by booting of the original CD and using WIndows Recovery Console. However that seemed to trigge...

Problem booting fedora 18 by nvidia card ?

Hello, Installing Fedora 18 no problems. After booting the system hangs up. Once again booting with removing the quiet and rgcb parameters foor more information. It stops just a fraction of a second wit a list of output. Then again it hangs up or freezes with a black screen Runnig with parameter single furnishes no more information. This...

Windows not booting up after clean install. Critical error on tcpip.sys

I can't really give much more info since I have no way of booting up. After the initial instalation process and first restart, windows don't want to boot up due to a critical error with tcpip.sys drivers. I'm installing from a USB drive and running startup repair can't diagnose the problem. What can I do? Cmd is accessable...

Windows 8 Pro not booting

I have upgraded my windows 7 ultimate to windows 8 pro a month ago and activated accordingly. 3 Days ago I tried to install Linux OS on XP partition ( earlier I had a XP+ Windows 7 dual boot and I upgraded windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro). Unfortunately installation of linux failed and Windows 8 Pro is not booting now How can I restore/re inst...

How to dual-boot Windows 7 with an older version of Windows NT?

Hello, everyone. I've been trying to dual-boot (Sorry most of my questions are on dual-booting) Windows 7 with Windows NT 4.0. My one problem is that while it's starting, it says STOP: (forgot error code...) INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE I thought that since Windows 7 is Windows NT, that it would work. Guess it didn't. Is there anything I di...

Windows 7 suddenly stopped booting.

Hi! In this form I hope to solve PC errors, thanks for the help everyone! I've a lot of PCs, all of whom have Windows 7 Enterprise and XP dual boot. Nowadays, suddenly in many PCs both the OSs stopped booting, but I'll query about Windows 7 in this forum. When Windows 7 starts to boot, as soon as the 'glasses' of the Windows logo appears,...

problem in booting window 7 cd

hey guys, I am trying to install window 7 by cd-rom but cd does not boot. I tried to change booting priority from bios but there is no option to change booting device priority. can anyone help please ?...

Problem with my PC booting up?

I am hoping someone can help me pinpoint the issue I'm having, I have never experienced this problem before. I have a custom built PC running windows 7, It was built in 2007. The other day it froze, to the point where not even the mouse arrow would move on the screen with no warnings or anything, for a solid five minutes, so I forced the...

Black screen when booting up windows 7 with any usb attached

Hey, I got a really weird problem here. So here's what happened: MY old Acer Aspire T660 desktop pc has 1 GB RAM (767 is actually usable), basically it was preinstalled with Windows XP Media Center Edition, and so this PC was also compatible with Windows Vista, provided I upgraded it. I did that multiple times and then had to revert back...

windows 7 wont boot, wont go to safe mode or start on windows 7 disk

hi, window will not boot goes to blue screen that says process 1 initizaltion failed and starts dumping, then reboots to reapir, wont repair, tried booting to reapir disc and used bitdefender rescue which showed no virus, then tried booting to my winodws 7 upgrade disc, it says loading files then goes to a windows screen and nothing, trie...

BSOD on boot after Windows logo. Cause: ntoskrnl.exe ( nt+371610 )

Hello. I'm getting a BSOD on boot, immediately after the flying Windows logo (before login screen). The BSOD flashes on the screen for a second, and then the computer reboots. I'm running Windows 7 64 bit. This problem came out of nowhere as I've been running my PC flawlessly for years. Possible causes: * Earlier today, the power cut out...

Installing F17 on Windows dual boot.

I bought my Samsung notebook with Windows 7 preloaded. I installed F16 in it and made it as dual boot with W7 and F16. Recently I installed some themes and F16 stuck while booting. Instead of repairing it I decided to erase it and install F17 over it. :C Doing so will affect W7 booting? If so what should I have to do? Thanks in advance.

Mini Dump After Booting

My system crashes about 2 minutes after booting for no apparent reason. Even with no apps running it, idle at desktop, it just blue screens and crashes. Just installed ServicePack 1 yesterday and today after a final windows update it started crashing. Specs- OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit Board: Asrock z77 Extreme 4 CPU: i5 3570k Video:...

Windows Booting Problem

I am receiving the following error when my computer tries to boot up: Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385 Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385 Problem Signature 03: unknown Problem Signature 04: 41 Problem Signature 05: AutoFailover Problem Signature 06: 2 Problem Signature 07: NoRootCause OS Vers...

Could this be a virus/malware problem in the bios ?

Just had a thought = can a virus or malware get into the bios and cause the following problem ? PC chips M848a V2.1 motherboard problems I have had this board in my desktop PC for some 8 years and generally it's been no problem. THEN - last week it suddenly started this problem. Runs up in the usual way until it gets to the "loading windo...

Windows 8 Scanning and Repairing Drive (C:) freeze 31%

Hi all, I have a problem when booting the widows. It struck while Scanning and Repairing Drive, and I wonder if you have any solution to bypass that. This problem camp up when i tried to test chkdsk /f /r to restart and check drive.

Samsung Laptop not booting

My samsung laptop np300e5c is not booting from hard disk. error:- All boot options tried press f4 for recovery or try other loop iteration . I have tried everything including resetting bios to original factory setting but could not solve the problem. however I can boot from win7 disk.

Installing Fedora18 on Windows8 UEFI HP computer

Have just bought a new HP Elite 7500 MT with Windows 8 and UEFI. Wanted to install a dual boot with Fedora18. Seemed impossible or at least difficult. Decided to completely remove all Windows partitions (that succeeded) and have installed Fedora18 with UEFI from DVD using Legacy support and no safe booting. However, the problem is that th...

No F8 boot menu and "Windows 8 cannot verify the digital signature for

winload.exe" Trying to test win 8 enterprise on a dual boot system with win 7. Win 7 is on OCZ revodrive PCI SSD, win8 is on a HDD. I get the above error while booting to win8. I can not get to the F8 boot menu to select booting without signatures. win8 boot/install disc repair option does not have 'advanced options'...

UI Problem/ minimized windows Display problem

Hi windows 7 community, I have a problem with windows 7 since the first day i've installed the OS (couple of years), and i haven't been able to solve it yet. The problem is that when i have a main application window, and different documents(windows) open in that main application window, when i minimize those child windows, they appear abn...

Windows won't boot up, battery died whilst booting up now won't boot up

I turned on a Philips 15nb57 series Model No EAA-89, but my battery died on start up and I didn't have time to put the power cable in. I then switched on laptop again and the following error came up,‘Windows Error Recovery, windows fail to start , recent hardware or software installation may be problem' then... 'Do you want to start windo...

PC chips M848a V2.1 motherboard problems

I have had this board in my desktop PC for some 8 years and generally it's been no problem. THEN - last week it suddenly started this problem. Runs up in the usual way until it gets to the "loading windows" screen. The machine then restarts again and goes through this cycle repeatedly. Running windows XP. Have removed all un necessary har...

For Sale: Leopard Geckos :)

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!!! **I don't sell/trade geckos that aren't healthy and not eating. **Pictures that are posted below is the actual picture of each gecko. **HETS are HETS **Each gecko comes a free: ( bin, water dish, food dish, hide, and 1week supply of feeders:)) **Please do some research before inquiring. **I will only entertain bas...

Screen Turning White

Hello, For last few months i am having a problem on my windows 7 netbook . When i open my laptop after booting up the screen turns white with black border. . This problem also occurs during doing any light office work like working on excels,word and powerpoints. After restarting my netbook sometimes the screen recovers but mostly the..

After Cloning, Intermittent Booting to Desktop Problem

Hi all, I have an intermittent issue when I clone my HDD's. Here's my PC info: Windows 7 64-bit Ver 6.1 Mother Bd: ASUS PRO P7P55D-E Processor: Intel i5 650...

Very often system fails to identify hard disc drive

since last one month i am facing a typical problem. at times system fails to identify while booting. when i change a few wire (sata power cable or data cable ) it boots normally ... and after few successful booting again the problem repeats. my system consists of ... intel DUAL CORE 2.8, ASUS P5G41T- MLX, WDC HDD 1TB, 2 GB RAM, WIN 7 ULTI...

Booting Fedora from a USB LiveCD under UEFI

Recently, I purchased a shiny new Asus K55A laptop. Everything on the Windows side seemed to be perfect. But, to my horror, the trusty BIOS had been replaced with this new-fangled UEFI thingy that seemed to make a simple task a complex issue. Fortunately, after doing some poking around I figured out a solution to get it booting and instal...

Select Samsung Notebooks Can Be Bricked When Booting Linux Via UEFI

Linux users have long had the right to be concerned about UEFI's "SecureBoot" feature, and this is a perfect justification for it. It seems that on select Samsung notebook models, merely booting into Linux via UEFI can brick it. We're not just talking about something that an OS re-install could fix, either - it literally seems to corru...

Booting from Fedora 18 Live CD

Hi guys/gals, I have installed ubuntu before on my laptop (hp envy m6) before no problem. I currently have a CLEAN (i think) install of windows 8 (meh) on it. I am trying to now keep my Windows 8 install on the internal drive, and USB boot off of a 500GB toshiba external USB drive. I have the Fedora 18 disk in the DVD drive. The laptop s...

Windows 7 installation Problem in Lenovo B570 Laptop

Hi, I have run into a problem have (Lenovo B570) DOS-BASED. When i tried to install Windows 7 it did not let me do this and crashes within installation. I am describing in following steps how and what problem i faced during installation 1- I put Windows 7 CD and laptop successfully booted with Windows Setup. 2- While copying windows fil...

Compaq CQ60-215DX boot problem

I am having problems booting up this laptop. When it boots I get the Compaq start up screen but when it goes beyond that I do not get Windows starting up. When I restart it I can get into the BIOS (display works perfect) and reset it to the defaults but on reboot it will not go to operating system. The screen seems to be lit up but I am n...

Solved: Windows can't start

Whenever I try to start windows it gets stuck at the "Starting Windows" screen then goes to the Automatic Startup Repair tool. Startup repair is unable to find anything and for problem details returns: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385 Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385...

Problem windows 7...

Try to install Windows 7 on my pc... and I see this problem: Quote: a required cd/dvd drive device driver is missing. if you have a driver floppy disk ,cd.dvd or usb for driver please insert now. Note if the windows installation media is the cd/dvd. You can rafely remouve it for this step I have DVD in dvd writer with Windows 7 what is th...

Windows 7 installing Problem on asus laptop

I got asus new laptop problem is that when I install windows 7 on it I get this problem it's came with windows 7 windows got corrupted that's wanted install new w.7 I get the problem as shows in the pic Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2...

Vista Logo instead of flying windows for windows 7

I think I have a problem with the flying windows logo start up screen when booting up to windows 7 operating system. I currently have a GeForce 9500GT 512 MB video card installed. The flying windows logo was present but some how vanished. The current start up screen is the Vista start up screen. I have tried: downloading and installing d...

Thin client pxe booting into terminal server and WDS conflicting

Hello, We have got a WDS running in our environment. Now we are in a process of implementing diskless workstation which will pxe boot into the Terminal server using a third party tool. But now the problem is both these services are conflicting. So when we press f12 button it is booting from the Terminal server not from the WDS. I need bo...

General Vista Slowness and Laptop Deterioration! Please Please Help !!

Hi there, I am running a Dell Vostro 1000 Laptop using Vista with 80gb hard drive for about 5 years. Gradually over the last 2-3 years my laptop is starting to deteriorate. I have had some very kind help on this website for various issues over the years but I need some more help. I have always felt I've treated the laptop with care and ke...

Windows 8 slow boot on SSD

I recently purchased my laptop (late December). Upon getting it, the system booted fairly quickly at around 20 seconds with an SSD and an HDD. Afterwards I did a fresh format to get rid of bloatware. The good boot time remained. A few weeks ago I did a soft reset because of missing icons on the metro screen due to copying Windows 7 fonts...

Long LOUD never ending beep on start up, no display, help?

So i've had no problem with my computer until random BDODS Freezes, screen glitches and last but not least Windows not booting. So i decided after a couple days to take out my Video card (Nvidia) and clean it and all of that and as i was taking it out it got jammed but eventually i got it out by just pulling it out hard (Sounds bad but i...