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    Booting Problem

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by tigert422, Mar 15, 2005.

  1. tigert422

    tigert422 Newbie

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    I've got the win xp home edition on our M6805 emachine. When you first turn it on it get as far as the logo screen where it says Microsoft Windows Xp with the scroll bar going back and forth and it just hangs up there and does nothing else. A good ten minutes will go buy then I would unplug it and start over again until it finally boots thru . Any idea what could be causing this?? We have installed Belarc Advisor (freeware) which tell everything about this computer, ref to the software and hardware installed in this computer and the status of the harddrive(which is showing it as being health). Also got a cooling pad to help keep the unit cool since I've read and learn that these units have a heating problem. Got the latest Bios OFO8.POO. Also have SP2 installed. Thanks in advance!!
     
    tigert422, Mar 15, 2005
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  2. HardDrive

    HardDrive Notebook Guru

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    I don't know... The other day I had the power go out. While it was out, my fiance snuck up on my notebook and turned it on. It got past the BIOS PW, then to the Windows Boot Screen. It shut down.
    I thought it was due to being connected to the power that wasn't there, but I thought that wasn't feasible because of the battery. Now, later that night I turned it on, (after the power came back on) and it went to the BIOS PW, I entered it, and then at the Boot Screen it died again.

    It hasn't done it since, and it happened on Sunday. So, maybe software, maybe hardware...

    In your case Tigert, did this happen before SP2? I don't use SP2, so I wouldn't know, but I hear there was some problems with it... though you should be alright, considering your latest BIOS.

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    HardDrive, Mar 16, 2005
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  3. mvaughn12

    mvaughn12 Notebook Consultant

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    If it is hanging and I've had that done with Win XP on my other computers after installing software. You can do 3 things you can use your system retore and roll it back to before the software was installed you can also at boot hit the f8 key and choose to boot on last good configuration or you can simply just reinstall Win XP but choose the repair options doing the install and it will repair missing files or registy that may have been scripted wrong do to an software install.[ :)]
     
    mvaughn12, Mar 16, 2005
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