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On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:06:01 -0700, Richard J <...@discussions.microsoft.com
Hi group,
I've stumbled into a very frustrating situation and was hoping for some
pointers or ideas, short of re-installation or purchase of a new machine.
I have a Dell XPS, purchased about 6 years ago and it is running Windows XP
(obviously). Somewhere in the past few days, the computer stopped booting
up. I would get to the Windows XP logo screen with the progress bar running
back and forth ... then, white "noise" lines before the computer shuts back
down.
I CAN start in safe mode, safe mode with networking, and safe mode with
command prompt. Trying to start with last known good configuration does no
good. Also, I have selected a restore point that is two weeks old and still
am unable to login.
I have run the chkdsk /r command, I have searched through my registry for
what items are running at startup and cleaned them plus some services using
the msconfig tool.
I spent much of yesterday with an external harddrive connected and using
safe mode to copy files, just in case I have no choice. I don't relish the
idea of re-installing the OS and then applying 5 years of updates.
Since I can get into safe mode, that seems to indicate there is no problem
with the harddisk; would that be a safe assumption?
Anyway, I have done a lot of online searching but none of their tips have
helped to this point. I wanted to get some other opinions before going the
route of reinstallation.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Richard
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