Help! XP stuck in "Windows" boot screen

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Whatever driver problem you have should not show up booting the Safe Mode.

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"Wi][is" <Wiis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EDE19538-DF00-4CAE-9CEF-6470899F7E14@microsoft.com...
>I was having some difficulty printing my Lexmark printer and it was slowing
> my machine down. I tried to terminate some Lexmark processes as well as the
> spooler and managed to get enough control of my machine to reboot it. Now if
> I try to start my machine it is perpetually stuck in the "Windows XP" boot
> screen. The progress bar still moves but it just wont boot to the desktop.
> I'm apprehensive about doing a windows repair from the boot disc because the
> disc I have is SP1 and I'm also running a striped RAID array and the windows
> setup screen does not recognize my harddrives with out the drivers I have on
> floppy. I would rather not risk losing my data on my storage partitions (XP
> does have its own partition).
>
> Is there any way to fix this through a DOS boot disc? I fear I may have
> terminated some processes I shouldn't have, although I thought they would be
> restarted upon a reboot. Any suggestions?