canadianfigor Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 (edited) Recently my Windows XP has been stalling on cold boot. I would get to the loading screen with the XP logo and my computer's busy light will just go off. It will stay on the loading screen until I hit the reset button, at which point I get the F8 menu and it then boots normally. Any ideas? Edited October 1, 2006 by canadianfigor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtwarrior Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 One option but it wont address your problem is dont turn it off. But it sounds like xp is corrupt and you might reinstall it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianfigor Posted October 1, 2006 Author Share Posted October 1, 2006 I thought it would not boot at all if corrupt. Anyways I am looking for some alternatives to reinstalling - that is my last resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtwarrior Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 You could always do a repair install, you wont loose any data then. Or use system restore and roll back to before you had the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T D Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 I had this problem too and system restore didn't work. The recovery console made my windows really slow, so I just backed up all my files ad formatted. It solved the problem at any rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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