Topic: Problem starting Windows Xp

[Sandra]

You havent got the MSBLAST worm or another virus have you ?
Can you tell us why you formatted and reinstalled XP in case that has any relevance, I assume that you installed XP on the drive while it was in this PC and not in another one  

[Adept]

As far as I know, there should be no difference at all between booting off HDD as the first boot device and booting off HDD as the second boot device It is very strange that just this difference allows the machine to boot.

Could it be a BIOS corruption (or bug) do you think Sandra?

[Sandra]

Not sure Adept thats why I am curious to know if there was a problem before that made him decide to format and reinstall.
Its very strange that if it boots into XP and runs fine afterwards that it isnt doing it from the hard drive  

Thinking back to what Dack posted earlier about it not having time to boot from the hard drive but managing to do it from the cd, would disabling Quick Boot in bios possibly help ?

[firfirikos]

You havent got the MSBLAST worm or another virus have you ?
Can you tell us why you formatted and reinstalled XP in case that has any relevance, I assume that you installed XP on the drive while it was in this PC and not in another one  

No,i haven't got any virus...i have norton antivirus and i checked it.I have my pc one and a half year and i format it every six months.that's why i formated it.
Do you bilieve that the problem has any relation with hardware?

[Sandra]

Not if you havent changed it from the way it was running before you formatted and reinstalled.
Can you check in the bios and see if quick boot is enabled and try it with it disabled ?

[Michelle]

Sorry for butting in there, I just wanted to say

Hi Firfirikos

And Welcome to PC-Pals,  I see you are being well looked after  

[Sandra]

Which motherboard have you got ?
I am just wondering if maybe after the re install that it needs the drivers updating, especially if its a VIA chipset on it.
Maybe the IDE controllers arent using the best drivers but they are good enough for the CD rom and eventually the hard drive  
I am clutching at straws here of course but there appears to be something missing in this new installation to what was on the old one  

[firfirikos]

Hi Firfirikos
And Welcome to PC-Pals,  I see you are being well looked after  

Hi!They are all doing the best they can!!

[firfirikos]

Which motherboard have you got ?
I am just wondering if maybe after the re install that it needs the drivers updating, especially if its a VIA chipset on it.
Maybe the IDE controllers arent using the best drivers but they are good enough for the CD rom and eventually the hard drive  
I am clutching at straws here of course but there appears to be something missing in this new installation to what was on the old one  

I disabled quick boot but still nothing...i think my pc can't find tha hard disk...i have asus motherboard..It sticks after PCI listing and betweens some others i saw:"IDE controllers  IRQ:14/15

[Sandra]

Does your ASUS board have VIA chipsets ?

If it does get the latest 4 in 1 drivers for it from here :

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2

[Dack]

Just wondering how many USB devices you have attached. (And if you are using a powered hub).

If you have too much current being drawn on startup then all sorts of strange symptoms occur - the most common being a lock up of the system when trying to boot.

Booting from CD may simply be giving the devices enough time to stabilise and so not crash the rest of the system.

[firfirikos]

Just wondering how many USB devices you have attached. (And if you are using a powered hub).

If you have too much current being drawn on startup then all sorts of strange symptoms occur - the most common being a lock up of the system when trying to boot.

Booting from CD may simply be giving the devices enough time to stabilise and so not crash the rest of the system.

The problem did not appear after formating c,but (with a second thought) when a put headset in my pc (microphone and ear speakers).So what i should do now?i took away mikrophone but still nothing..

[firfirikos]

Does your ASUS board have VIA chipsets ?

If it does get the latest 4 in 1 drivers for it from here :

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2

I downloaded ,i installed it,but...tha same!

[Sandra]

Have you anything else attached by USB, camera, scanner or printer or even any external drives such as a hard drive or a cd writer ?

[firfirikos]

Have you anything else attached by USB, camera, scanner or printer or even any external drives such as a hard drive or a cd writer ?

I have printer connected with usb.But Dack said that system locked up..I didn't put the mikrophone now,but the problem didn't dissapear..