windows start-up problem

[wolfman-2000]

hi guys/girls ,

Im having a little problem starting up windows xp , I would appreciate any help or advice ...
When I turn my laptop on I get the the usuall message " windows is starting up " only now it just stays there and freezes , it wont go to the user names at least not for about five minutes anyway , sometimes tapping the esc button helps ?
has anybody got any ideas !! thanks for the help ...

[amanoffewwords]

Are you able to start in safe mode? (F8 just before the Windows splash screen).

And have you tried disconneting any hardware before startup (like printer/scanner/modem etc.)

[E-Liam]

Hi wolfamn,

This applies to W98, but perhaps someone with a better working knowledge of XP will confirm for me.. but..

When I have bootup problems in W98, I usually just rewrirte the MBR from a boot disk. This is done by booting up with a startup disk, and typing the following in at the prompt (what you see on the screen is in bold..)

A:\ C:\ {enter}
C:\SYS C: {enter}

Then once it confirms that the files have been copied, reboot the machine.

As I say, that's 98.. anyone know if that works in XP?

Cheers

Liam

[wolfman-2000]

hi guys

Ill try both of these suggestions and keep you posted , I dont have any hardare connected .. thanks wolfman