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Old February 2nd, 2003, 03:46 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Windows XP Startup Problem

Its a good thing I have Windows 2000 on my computer as a dual boot! For some reason when I try to boot windows xp it stays on that windows xp professional start screen with the blue task leds going by..I let it do that for about 30 mins or so and it still doesn't boot. I 've tried to boot into it many times with no success.. It doesn't need to be defraged. Any Ideas?

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Have you tried a logged boot? then read the log to find out what it's sticking on?
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I went to enable boot logging if thats what you mean... and nothing happened...where is the file located?
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The text file bootlog.txt is located in root directory of drive c:. This will overwrite any existing bootlog you have there and name it with a PRV extension.

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Here's a good page on logs created at startup:
http://www.windowsgalore.com/windows.95/files.htm

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Old February 2nd, 2003, 04:52 PM     #6 (permalink)
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thanks! I went into use last known configuration and it finally booted into windows. Does anyone know how often windows saves the configuration? Is there a way to see what configuration I am using? Thanks for the help!
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Not that I know of. When manually creating a System Restore Point you have the oportunity to give the Restore Point a recognizable description. Before you do any installation of software or hardware I would recommend creating a Restore Point. I name mine what ever I'm about to do.
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