When Windows fails to boot it is normally caused by you installing a program or device
and it has caused a conflict with one or more other programs. This will no doubt give you
plenty of heartache if you're not certain which program caused Windows to not boot up.
If you recently installed a program or application and know where it was installed,you may
be in much better shape as for as correcting the error. Here are common ways to correct the
problem of your computer not completely booting up or not booting up at all.
If your computer will not boot-up at all,hopefully you have made a good emergency boot
disk. You can always make a windows startup disk by creating one from another computer
running Windows 98 or Me. Perform the following if your computer.
Won't Boot-Up At All
FIRST: Put your boot floppy disk in the floppy drive and turn on the PC. On some
computers, you may have to access the bios and select the Boot priority to your A: drive.
Save any changes and select "Start Computer without CDROM support" and press Enter.
Once you are at the A> prompt,type dir c: and press enter.
If your programs and other files are present,try restoring your system Registry by
following the steps below. This may repair Windows,the Config.Sys and autoexec.bat files
to where the PC may boot up normally. When the files are present,its a good indication of a
good hard drive.
SECOND: To correct the problem of your computer not booting up,type in "fdisk /mbr"
and press Enter to restore your master boot record. Type "Scandisk C:" to check the hard
drive for errors that have occurred. You can also type "Sys C:" to hopefully restore files
needed to boot up your computer.
THIRD: If the above procedures fail to repair your computer,you can repeat the first part
of step one above and select "Start Computer With CDROM Support" re-install Windows.
Making a Windows XP Bootable Floppy, if You Still Have a
Floppy Drive
Windows XP users should create a boot disk now by placing a formatted blank diskette in
the A: drive, open Windows Explorer to the C:, select Tools, Folder Options, show Hidden
files and and folders, then View Tab.
Now you uncheck "Hide Protected Operating System Files (recommended).You will see a
warning and click Yes and click OK.
Copy the files ntldr, ntdetect.com and boot.ini onto the disk. Remove the disk and label it
the Windows XP Boot Disk.
After making your boot disk,recheck "Hide protected operating system files and folders
(recommended)" in the Folder Options dialog box.
To use the disk when Windows XP won't boot,place the disk in the drive,and unto rebooting,
the computer, Windows simply bypass the basic boot files on the hard drive and
continue to boot up.
If The PC Won't Boot Past Windows
FIRST: If your Operating System is Windows Millennium,turn on the computer and
immediately press and hold down the CTRL key. Once the startup options appear, release
the CTRL key. Select Safe Mode and press Enter. You are now in Windows limited
version. If you know what caused your computer not to boot, you can now either change or
delete that program.
SECOND: Repair your Registry by selecting Start,Run and typing "scanregw/fix" and
press enter. This will fix any damage done to the Registry. You can also restore your
registry which replaces your current registry with an earlier copy that was backed up by
your computer. Click on Start,Run and type "scanregw/restore" and press Enter.
To repair your Windows 98 Registry,hold down the CTRL key as you start the PC and
select "Command Prompt Only".Type "scanreg/fix" and press Enter and "scanreg/restore"
to restore a previously saved copy of the Registry.
If you have Windows XP,press F8 after rebooting the PC should Windows freeze while
booting up. You can select "Last Known Good Configuration" after rebooting to allow the
computer to boot the last backed up files. And you can choose "Safe Mode" to remove any
files you know caused the operating system to hang up.
Be prepared when your operating fails to boot. It would be a great idea to go over this
article a few times and print it. Make yourself s notebook and place this and all related
articles there.
If your computer fails to boot or begins to become unstable,you can refer to these articles
to make corrections that are needed. Learn these steps from your television set with the PC
Super Pack.
Be sure to note any changes you make to your Registry and if you're not sure,its best to
find a friend that's pc savvy first. Above all,be certain you back up your registry before
making any changes and know how to restore as well.
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