Jim
December 11th 03, 09:15 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, I have upgraded my Athlon XP 2200+ machine from
>Windows 98 SE to Windows XP with no problems whatsoever,
>however now whenever I boot up the machine will quite
>happily go through all the BIOS, IDE check etc... but
>when it should fade in the XP loading screen it will hang
>for about 10 mins, and the finish booting as if knothing
>had happened. The overall performance of XP is otherwise
>fine. I have a partitioned 80GB HD with XP running on a
>seperate partition. Whats gone wrong?
>.
>Update your device drivers to the most recent XP
compatible versions. And most vital is the video/display
driver.
Also open contro panel<administrative tools<Event Viewer
to check for errors and/or warnings. Or install a good
system utility such as Norton's or System Mechanic and
clean up the registry and run a diagnostic test.
http://www.v-com.com/product/fi_ind.html or
http://www.iolo.com/sm/index.htm
>Hi, I have upgraded my Athlon XP 2200+ machine from
>Windows 98 SE to Windows XP with no problems whatsoever,
>however now whenever I boot up the machine will quite
>happily go through all the BIOS, IDE check etc... but
>when it should fade in the XP loading screen it will hang
>for about 10 mins, and the finish booting as if knothing
>had happened. The overall performance of XP is otherwise
>fine. I have a partitioned 80GB HD with XP running on a
>seperate partition. Whats gone wrong?
>.
>Update your device drivers to the most recent XP
compatible versions. And most vital is the video/display
driver.
Also open contro panel<administrative tools<Event Viewer
to check for errors and/or warnings. Or install a good
system utility such as Norton's or System Mechanic and
clean up the registry and run a diagnostic test.
http://www.v-com.com/product/fi_ind.html or
http://www.iolo.com/sm/index.htm