Laptop freezes at windows xp screen

SYS is fine, it is the next driver that is the problem. We have no way of knowing what that driver is. That being said, that is one old computer. Sounds like your ticket to an upgrade. I've heard worse excuses for replacing a machine Ok, so I've taken the drive out and connected it to my work computer as a USB drive. I then scanned it and had it repair a few issues, I tried it in its own tower and got the same issue. I'm just going to wipe it and reinstall.

To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Does anyone have any ideas this side of wiping it and starting fresh? Microsoft Windows XP Professional Best Answer. Curtis This person is a verified professional.

Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Also it could be bad sector and a file needed to boot is on that sector. View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». Popular Topics in General Windows. Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the system power is turned off?

Submit ». So when i start it up it asks to run the repair or start normally, both of them eventually take me to the Starting Winodws screen and freezes. The laptop is a Dell Inspiron N I dont have any windows discs but i tried to use a windows xp disc to boot the computer from the CD Drive and it wouldnt work.

Any suggestions? Thank you in advance :. Go to Solution. I would suggest you to run the Dell Diagnostics to check the hardware functionality.

View solution in original post. So the test finished and found nothing wrong with the hardware Any discs i can use to wipe the computer and put new windows on maybe? Try to perform PC restore using the following steps: Note: This step leads to complete data loss including pictures, music files, videos, documents and applications. Please disconnect any external peripherals as well. I Tried that and it just brought me back to the screen with repair computer or start normally, and they both do nothing.

Home Help Login Register. Pages: [ 1 ] Go Down. Hi, the problem that i have is when i start up my pc it will freeze on the Windows XP loading screen the splash screen with the loading bar, just before the welcome log-on page.

This is mostly when i start up my pc manually but if i restart my pc in windows it will not freeze. What do you think could be the reason for this?

If removing the hard drive is not an option then we will boot with the ultimate boot cd into Bart PE. Once there we will use the embedded tools and attempt to clean the disk.

Either option will allow us to extract any important files because the last resort is to wipe the hard drive and start over. If this is the case we have the important files tucked away on another storage device. I assume the computer is new brand and the problem is the wrong setup or installation.

Enter the boot menu check the boot-screen for setup key, sometimes it is Del or F2. Then check the hard disk configuration , if RAID is setup with one disk only, that is the problem. May be also they have installed windows with an image configured for different hardware. If this is the case, do you enforce the warranty. It depends on the situation. Usually we will start with malwarebytes and then spybot search and destroy if we can access the system. If we don't get satisfaction with those two and the antivirus on the computer is non-functional, we'll pop the HD out and scan it on a safe system with the current version of AVG or Avast.

The last resort tool is Combofix from the bleeping computers web site only. As I've said before using Combofix is a last chance tool. It is like hunting gophers with a box of hand-grenades. You will usually kill them, but you won't have much of a yard left. Combofix is an excellent tool it will remove anything that appears to be out of the norm. The part I don't like is that it doesn't ask first it just does it.