XP not Booting??

Try to turn on your PC and it manages to pass just that black BIOS screen but never see the XP loading? or It just manages to get into the Welcome screen? Well here are some tips you can try out.

Problem can be caused by two things

SOFTWARE - drivers, corrupted XP, Virus infections etc

HARDWARE - loose RAMs, faulty Hard drives, burnt hardware etc

Lets look at both these instances seperately


SOFTWARE Problems

The first thing you can do is try to boot in SafeMode
* To do this you can switch on your PC and keep pressing F8 till you get a screen with different menus.
* Choose SafeMode - Might take sometime on some PCs
* IF you are able to log in with SafeMode, try and remove any newly installed Software and/or Drivers.
* Check your startup items (click here to see how)

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Edit Windows XP Startup Items

It's VERY EASY to get to EDIT the WINDOWS XP STARTUP.

* First press the windows key and R or Click Start and Select RUN

* Type msconfig and hit enter or press OK

* Click the STARTUP tab

*That is MY startup. Remove any unwanted startup items by unchecking the box next to it. (it is also believed that programs like Yahoo messenger, Windows Live Messenger tend to make your startup slower. ) You can safely remove them from startup through this.

* If you are not sure whether to remove or not, remove it and see for any changes in the system, but if you DO find any abnormalities after unchecking it, put it back using the same method.