BF2S Forums windows xp freezes on startup (scroll/progress bar)

Try booting with F8 in Safe Mode. If it does then you can probably rule out the HD being bad, then the problem is most likely a driver or other software. Then try F8 and Last Known Good Configuration. Give both a try and let us know how it went.

i have the same exact problem right now...and i tried reformatting but it keeps happening.  I have windows xp x64 edition.  Best bet that it is a driver causing it...because once it freezes, i restart the computer and it loads fine.  It only happens when I turn on the computer after its been fully off for a while.  Lets say I insalled something and needed to restart the computer, it would work fine.

If it isn't a driver, I honestly think its cause the computer isn't warmed up yet.  Post your specs so I can see if you have similar hardware to me.  It happens to my friend also who pretty much has the same computer (we both built them together, just a few diff parts).

oh yea and the reason i think it may be heat was because i went into the bios just to see some settings and then i exited it, and it loaded up fine...and this was after the computer was off for a day.

Last edited by Slickdawg8 (2007-01-07 07:54:55)

what kind of hardware do you have?

i have pretty similar parts...

core 2 duo e6700 2.66ghz
xfx 8800gtx
2 gig corsair ram pc5400
segate 7200rpm 320gb hdd
onboard sound card

so maybe it could be the processor not getting hot enough? i'm gonna search around the web now and i'll tell you if i find anything.

Slickdawg8 wrote:

i have pretty similar parts...

core 2 duo e6700 2.66ghz
xfx 8800gtx
2 gig corsair ram pc5400
segate 7200rpm 320gb hdd
onboard sound card

so maybe it could be the processor not getting hot enough? i'm gonna search around the web now and i'll tell you if i find anything.

the processor not getting hot enough? thats a new one. never heard that would cause problems unless the proc was below -50

What is the first one that failed to load? Copy and paste the text here.

Last edited by The Stillhouse Kid (2007-01-07 08:45:20)

should i download a bios update ?

Riddick51PB wrote:

to solve #1's problem: you can boot from your xp cd and reinstall.  do no choose the "C" or "R" options, just press enter to get through to install on a previous windows installation.  this will freshen the system files and let you keep all your existing programs.  do not format your drive.

will this just install windows over the old installation and keep all my files ?

The Stillhouse Kid wrote:

I doubt you need a BIOS update, but check your mobo's forum and see what folks there think.

From what I can figure, if the ACPI is truly screwed the only way to fix it may be a format and reinstall.

would installing windows again without formatting work, eg deletes old xp installs new xp over it and i keep all my programs/files etc ??

surgeon_bond wrote:

When i press the on button it starts loading up then you see the xp logo on a black background,

the blue scroll bar thing moves then 5-10 secs later it stops and xp wont boot.

I have windows xp pro SP2 and i had this problem before, reformatted then it was fine until bout a day ago,
the next day i just turned it on like normal it worked, i turned it off again after 5 hours or so.

today i try turning on and the scroll bar freezes, anyone had this problem before/know how to fix it ??

Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

did you overclock your computer

frankyman_88 wrote:

This happened to me awhile ago, the scroll bar just kept scrolling forever. I had just installed windows for the umpteenth time and some basic programs (including bf2). because my dvd drive is incredibly noisy, i use Daemon tools to mount an ISO file of my dvd without having it in the drive. Evertime after i installed Daemon tools the pc would go into infinite scroll bar mode, and i eventually fixed it by turning off the auto mount function in Safe mode-the pc worked fine after that. My question to you; have you recently installed any programs that load on startup (including Daemon tools) that could possibly conflict with windows?

this has happened to me since I built my computer.  My friend has very similar parts, as i think i said in 1 of my older posts (we built them together)
in any case, here are the specs:

MY SPECS:
core 2 duo e6700 2.66ghz
xfx geforce 8800gtx
2 gig corsair ram pc5400
segate 7200rpm 320gb hdd
Asus p5b deluxe motherboard

MY FRIENDS SPECS:
core 2 duo e6600
xfx geforce 7900gtx
2 gig corsair ram (diff model than mine)
western digital 7200rpm 160gb hdd
asus p5b deluxe motherboard........we even have the same case

we both have wireless network cards (i have netgear wpn311 and he has some linksys one), windows xp x64 edition.

The Stillhouse Kid wrote:

OK, do this:

Boot in Safe Mode, then Run msconfig. Open the BOOT.INI tab and put checks the boxes marked /NOGUIBOOT, /SOS & /BOOTLOG. This will get rid of the Windows loading screen and show which drivers are loading and create a file named ntbtlog.txt in C:\Windows. Once you have that done, reboot normally and watch for what is loading when it hangs. You should also be able to boot in Safe Mode again and open the C:\WINDOWS\ntbtlog.txt file with Notepad and see what's causing the problem.

I saw that elsewhere on the internet.  I tried it.  I saved the one that i got on the good startup and looked at it.  Then, i made it so it does a bad restart and tried to look at the thing.  Yet, when i restart after that, it records the good one over the bad one...u kno what i mean?  how do i get the bad one?