Computer won't boot past Windows XP Logo
 

My problem is that when I turn on my computer it seems to boot up fine until the Windows XP Logo appears and then it reboots itself and does it over and over again. I have installed a new motherboard and graphics card but can not seem to find the root of the problem.

My current set up is;

ABIT NF7 Version 2.0 Motherboard
AGP Sapphire ATI Radeon 128Mb Graphics Card
20Gb Maxtor HDD (running Windows XP Media Centre Edtion 2005 with SP2)
Pioneer 106 DVD-RW

Also, my bios reads my floppy drive but when I boot up I can not seem to boot from floppy as it just bypasses it completely. It won't read any disks and the floppy light doesn't even come on.

Please help!

Re: Computer won't boot past Windows XP Logo
 

I forgot to mention I have an Athlon XP 750Mhz CPU.

Re: Computer won't boot past Windows XP Logo
 

Did you replace the hardware because of this, or did this start when you replaced the hardware?
It sounds more like a software problem.
Did you apply any updates from Microsoft before this happened?
Did you install/uninstall any other software right before this?
Can you boot to safe mode?
Is the new Graphics card/motherboard compatible with Media Center?

Just some questions to get you started, or to help us help you.

Re: Computer won't boot past Windows XP Logo
 

did you reinstall xp after you install the new motherboard .xp doesnt like it if you didn't

Re: Computer won't boot past Windows XP Logo
 

That sounds like the source of the problem to me as well. When you change the motherboard, you need to format and install Windows XP cleanly again.

Re: Computer won't boot past Windows XP Logo
 

I uninstalled firefox and now I can't get past the XP logo? What do I do?

John@irstaxhelp.com

Re: Computer won't boot past Windows XP Logo
 

you shouldnt have to reinstall the OS when you replace the mobo, at last to my knowledge.

Its definitely got something to do with the hard drive itself, most often times its the OS, or one of it's files, that's corrupted or missing.

Re: Computer won't boot past Windows XP Logo
 

i have the exact same problem. when i put the hard drive in my other computer it works fine but when its in this computer it wont load past the XP logo. same as if i put the other harddrive in this computer it wont load. :confused: ive never come across this before. i havent changed anything al i did was install windows xp again. it sounds like something to do with the actual hardware itself to me. but im still only learning. it was working fine before i re-instaled xp but it was running slow. any suggestions. cheers too ak

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oh also it'll sometimes let me select to start in safe mode but then restarts and freezes on the HP screen. i cant even load a disc or anything. its quite frustrating. thanks again much appreciated