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NT4 (SP6a) Freezes on Boot

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by trevc

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Hi,

I have a Windows NT 4 Workstation machine, with a freshly installed SP6a. However, since installing the SP the machine regularly (but not always) freezes on the blue boot up screen.

Reapplying SP6a has not helped.

The hard disk is 10Gb (6Gb NTFS drive C, and 4Gb NTFS drive D).

Any ideas?
Thanks.

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by parbo

Supply the /SOS switch to the boot.ini of the regular mode entry of winnt. this will give you an idication where to start looking for the problem since this switch will show the drivers as they are being loaded.

by din

The last time I had this problem with the same config, I had the memory and motherboard changed. No more blue screen. This problem might not apply to you as my blue screen problem will always appear after booting up and start to use some application. Have the BSOD information noted as this will helps you in looking for solution in the MS Knowledge base. Might be the OS problem or the hardware problem.

Good luck.

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