hard loading

[stuart]

When you get on to safe mode did you goto device manager
and see if all the things you have are loaded and working
properly? Have you tried loading it on to a minimal
system eg,1 HDD,1 sick of ram,Graphics card etc.and take
out other components eg,LAN etc?
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a new custom system, Intel MB, 4 WD drives, Gig
of
>memory etc etc. I can load any version of windows from
>2.0010 thru 2000 with no problem. When I load XP, it
goes
>thru the process, but won't boot to normal, only safe
>mode. This is no help to me. Western Digital says it is
a
>MS problem. Other developers I work with are not having
>the same problems with their dells and gateways. This
>system is all brand names and no junk parts. It works
>great with all other operating systems and all parts are
>on the MS Hardware Compatability List. Also, even in
safe
>mode, it can take up to 7 minutes to load, and stops
dead
>for several minutes to open and close applications.
>Mike...
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