windows start up problem

[John]

having recently successfully upgraded from win 98 to XP
and found that for 4 weeks everything worked fine, we now
have a problem starting windows.
each time it loads it gets to the same page offering
these alternatives

1 start in safe mode
2 starting in safe mode with network
3 start in safe mode c promomt
4 start in last known working mode
5 start windows normally

i have tried all of these options and each time it
returns to the same screen
can you help please!!!
John

[Kadaitcha Man]

John wrote:
> having recently successfully upgraded from win 98 to XP
> and found that for 4 weeks everything worked fine, we now
> have a problem starting windows.
> each time it loads it gets to the same page offering
> these alternatives
>
> 1 start in safe mode
> 2 starting in safe mode with network
> 3 start in safe mode c promomt
> 4 start in last known working mode
> 5 start windows normally
>
> i have tried all of these options and each time it
> returns to the same screen

http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/troubleshoot.aspx#n
"Resources for Troubleshooting Startup Problems"

Also see on same page:

"Black Screen When Starting (Computer stops responding)"
"Black Startup Screen Displayed, Computer Restarts Repeatedly"

Also see: http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/articles/corruption.aspx

As a last desperate measure, read this and skip the initial test:
http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/articles/cannot_start_xp.aspx

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[Amethyst]

John wrote:
> having recently successfully upgraded from win 98 to XP
> and found that for 4 weeks everything worked fine, we now
> have a problem starting windows.
> each time it loads it gets to the same page offering
> these alternatives
>
> 1 start in safe mode
> 2 starting in safe mode with network
> 3 start in safe mode c promomt
> 4 start in last known working mode
> 5 start windows normally
>
> i have tried all of these options and each time it
> returns to the same screen
> can you help please!!!
> John

We're well aware of what's on that screen - we need some more information.
Do you see any errors at all? Or does it just attempt to load and then
returns to the menu screen? This is why I prefer to do a clean installation,
rather than an in-place upgrade, it saves time in the long run. If you have
anything on that drive that you wish to save, then you may have to place it
in another system as a slave, and salvage what you need onto a CD-R. Then
replace it back in your system, cable it up and place the Windows CD in the
drive, making sure that it's set to be the first boot device in the BIOS.
When you boot from the CD, make sure you choose the option to completely
format the drive (a slow, rather than a quick format) and that you choose to
convert to NTFS (again this is just my opinion, but I have found that XP
runs much better from an NTFS formatted drive), and reinstall Windows from
scratch, inserting your 98 CD when prompted.

Yes, I know this isn't what you wanted to hear, but it's by far and away the
best way to ensure all traces of the older OS are eradicated.


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[Kadaitcha Man]

Amethyst wrote:
> John wrote:
>> having recently successfully upgraded from win 98 to XP
>> and found that for 4 weeks everything worked fine, we now
>> have a problem starting windows.
>> each time it loads it gets to the same page offering
>> these alternatives
>>
>> 1 start in safe mode
>> 2 starting in safe mode with network
>> 3 start in safe mode c promomt
>> 4 start in last known working mode
>> 5 start windows normally
>>
>> i have tried all of these options and each time it
>> returns to the same screen
>> can you help please!!!
>> John
>
> We're well aware of what's on that screen - we need some more
> information.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! If he'd said "I get this screen, you know which one..."
you'd have had a ****ing hissy fit, you mad cow.

> Yes, I know this isn't what you wanted to hear, but it's by far and
> away the best way to ensure all traces of the older OS are eradicated.


You should be eradicated. Would you like Dr. Jack Kevorkian's phone number?

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