XP64 hanging on startup

[Hammer136]

Hi

Ive had xp64 installed for a week now and had no problems until now. Everytime i boot my machine it hangs in the loading screen (ie. the bar keeps on going and going and doesnt load windows). And i cannot even get into windows safe mode! I boubt its a technical problem as my computer has been running for months now. Any help appreciated.

Hammer136

[Seanie's Show]

Sounds like a hard drive problem to me, I had the same problem with one of my machines, and it turned out that unfortunatly windows was installed over a bad sector on the drive, thats the way they go im affraid, one day they're working fine the next day they're not, you could try low level formating the drive then re-instal windows or buy a new drive.

Does your hard drive light on your case stay on during the hang or is it off ?

Edited August 31, 2005 by Seanie's Show

[Hammer136]

Thanks for your help. Unfortunately however its a new system (about 2 months old) but i will give it a try and see what happens. And my hard drive light remains on. Anyone with other suggestions please post as im starting to get desperate now.

[Seanie's Show]

If the hard drive light is staying on, how long have you left it trying to load before you decided to switch off your machine.

[Hammer136]

I have left it in the loadup screen for an hour before ive turned it off but it just continues going but does get partly jerky after a while.

[tvbi]

I have an nForce3 board.. same thing happened to me after I install the Nvidia IDE driver.. but mine started up after awhile.. and the dvd burner seen by the system as a hard drive..