won't finish boot

spanky · 08-22-2006

my computer stops at the screen that has the type of bios and and it gives the size of the processor at the bottem it has press del to enter setup. pressing del don't do anything. if this is a serious problemi would like to get somethings off of the harddrive if i can thank you

joe5 · 08-23-2006

Hya Spanky.

Can you still get in safemode? (hit f8 when booting up)

If not, then a repair install sounds like your best option atm:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/doug92.mspx

08-22-2006	#1
spanky Bronze Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9	won't finish boot my computer stops at the screen that has the type of bios and and it gives the size of the processor at the bottem it has press del to enter setup. pressing del don't do anything. if this is a serious problemi would like to get somethings off of the harddrive if i can thank you

08-23-2006	#2
joe5 Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 9,021	Hya Spanky. Can you still get in safemode? (hit f8 when booting up) If not, then a repair install sounds like your best option atm: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/doug92.mspx __________________ - PCHF Team. - (NL) - Mal-ware Eradicator! - - Online AV Scans - HijackThis! - Bootdisk.com - ATF-Cleaner - Stinger - 'Prework' - 'Afterwork' - PCHF Rules - Donate to PCHF. And get>

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