Startup Hanging

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My windows XP machine hangs at startup. I get beyond the windows XP logo
splash screen, but it hangs before I get to the user accounts screen. I've
tried booting my machine via the CD, but I don't want to overwrite my
previous setup. I would like to be able to boot up and find out what the
problem is. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

 

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Have you tried starting in SafeMode???..........hit F8 during boot up.
A series of Sys files will show on screen
post back at which file it gets stuck on
peterk


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"pfldparkdistrict" <pfldparkdistrict@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:4C83DE90-09E1-46AE-8817-85F1FDEB83A2@microsoft.com...
> My windows XP machine hangs at startup. I get beyond the windows XP logo
> splash screen, but it hangs before I get to the user accounts screen.
> I've
> tried booting my machine via the CD, but I don't want to overwrite my
> previous setup. I would like to be able to boot up and find out what the
> problem is. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
>