I'm having an issue with my compaq presario desktop when i boot into windows it hangs just before the windows log on screen and so far i have been unable to boot the comp into safe mode any help figuring out the problem would be appreciated
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What did you do the last time you used it before this problem occur?Did it hang on windows xp splash screen or at the logon screen or in between both of it?
Jump to PostIfd you canuse some other boot media such as a liux type startup disk then the place to look is in the windows file where there are two files that may help.
Boot.ini tells the machine what it should do
boot.log (or similiar name gives a record of what it …
Jump to PostI'm sure Linux will boot just fine... The problem lies within Windows itself... or most probably the problem lies within your HDD.
Use HirenBoot or MHDD to diagnose your HDD... Your desktop may have built-in HDD diagnostics in BIOS so you can use it instead...
Jump to PostOr maybe your hard disk crash, let's hope that is not the case.
Jump to PostYou know that doing that will cause you to lost all your data unless you have back it up.
He can back it up after he change his HDD and connect the faulty HDD and copy files that's still readable...
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