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    XP Windows stuck at Windows Screen after rebooting?

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    by rcsnapper ·

    I just purchased another hard drive, since the other hard drive died. I installed the hard drive, and then reinstalled windows XP. When the computer went to reboot, it froze or is stuck at the Windows screen. I keep rebooting, but it does not go any farther than that. Lost as what to do.

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    • #2437810

      Clarifications

      by rcsnapper ·

      In reply to XP Windows stuck at Windows Screen after rebooting?

      Clarifications

    • #2437809

      some thoughts

      by databaseben ·

      In reply to XP Windows stuck at Windows Screen after rebooting?

      firstly, i would double check to ensure the bios settings are accurately recognizing the hard drive. the hard drive would have a label on it with all the tiny details that you can use to set the bios manually.

      secondly, i would double check to ensure that the hard drive jumpers are accurately set to “master”

      thirdly, i would execute a check disk with the fix option/switch via the xp setup disk recovery/repair console.

      lastly, it is unclear how big is the hard drive. but the partition may exceed xp’s limit and may need to be repartitioned into smaller 120 gb portions / partitions

    • #2437808

      Checking for Master VS Single mode jumper setting

      by allan.clapp ·

      In reply to XP Windows stuck at Windows Screen after rebooting?

      modern hard drives sometimes have the “Master” setting doubling as “Master/Single” mode. if your hard disk has a seperate jumper setting marked “single” and you are not running a second drive on that disk channel you should use “Single”. Otherwise the bios may get confused.

      Additionally some BIOS systems (like mine) have their own “Master/Slave” vs “Single” setting for a particular disk channel as well.

    • #2437801

      Mostly partition table errors

      by sirsi ·

      In reply to XP Windows stuck at Windows Screen after rebooting?

      1)First check compatibility of hard disk to chip-set of motherboard (Eg an 845 motherboard may not work properly if hard disk capacity is 500GB. if this is ok? then
      2) error check partitions using external boot-able (Live CDs) like Hiren CD or Bart PE or Live XP

      Hiren CD has lot of stuff Use partition wizard like third party tools to error check file integrity

      which may solve your problem

    • #2437784

      XP Windows stuck at Windows Screen after rebooting?

      by rcsnapper ·

      In reply to XP Windows stuck at Windows Screen after rebooting?

      thanks all, i will check for the possible solutions as i was away all weekend. the hard drive i got was only a 250 GB…

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