Computer freezes during boot-up

poveren · 03-29-2007, 01:50 PM

So here's what happened, the details are a little vague because I wasn't home when this happened and my mom doesn't know much about computers so her description is sketchy.

She got on the computer, turned it on, a blue screen went on with disk checking messages, she figured that disk means cd, and opened my dvd-rom, took out the movie that i was watching, and reset the computer during that disk check, from the on , the computer would freeze about 4-5 seconds after power on. I really hope I could fix this without formatting my HD.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Apokalipse · 03-29-2007, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by poveren

So here's what happened, the details are a little vague because I wasn't home when this happened and my mom doesn't know much about computers so her description is sketchy.

She got on the computer, turned it on, a blue screen went on with disk checking messages, she figured that disk means cd, and opened my dvd-rom, took out the movie that i was watching, and reset the computer during that disk check, from the on , the computer would freeze about 4-5 seconds after power on. I really hope I could fix this without formatting my HD.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Does it complete the POST?
What error messages do you get, if any?

poveren · 03-29-2007, 02:27 PM

There's a message that says press del to enter setup, press tab to see post message, when I press tab (asap), nothing happens, when I press del, it jumps to the next page, showing the cpu speed, ram etc., saying entering setup..., but nothing happens, so i'm sure its frozen by then as well.

nu2duo · 03-29-2007, 02:32 PM

My guess is your hd is going bad.

poveren · 03-29-2007, 08:02 PM

Is there any way to fix it without formatting/getting a new HD? I really need to recover a few files from it.

S0ULphIRE · 03-29-2007, 08:04 PM

Try taking the hard drive out and booting it as a slave in another computer.

sPlAtOiD · 03-29-2007, 11:09 PM

Try to hit F8 upon booting up to get into the safe mode screen. then select last known good configuration. If it wont work try the same but select safe mode. and once in safe mode try a system restore.

poveren · 03-30-2007, 03:46 AM

thats the thing, I'm able to press del and then f8 fast enough, however it freezes before I'm able to get the to the safe mode screen.

03-29-2007, 01:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
poveren Newb Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14	Computer freezes during boot-up So here's what happened, the details are a little vague because I wasn't home when this happened and my mom doesn't know much about computers so her description is sketchy. She got on the computer, turned it on, a blue screen went on with disk checking messages, she figured that disk means cd, and opened my dvd-rom, took out the movie that i was watching, and reset the computer during that disk check, from the on , the computer would freeze about 4-5 seconds after power on. I really hope I could fix this without formatting my HD. Any suggestions? Thanks.

03-29-2007, 02:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
poveren Newb Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14	Re: Computer freezes during boot-up There's a message that says press del to enter setup, press tab to see post message, when I press tab (asap), nothing happens, when I press del, it jumps to the next page, showing the cpu speed, ram etc., saying entering setup..., but nothing happens, so i'm sure its frozen by then as well.

03-29-2007, 02:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
nu2duo Super Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Neza Posts: 422	Re: Computer freezes during boot-up My guess is your hd is going bad. __________________ e6600@3.4 24/7 w/stock cooling 2g Transcend Memory 3 hd's, 80-XP Pro, 500 and 320-Apps,Pics, Music, Videos GeForce 6200 128mb-I DON'T GAME! Ultra PS, Ultra Mid Tower Case Lite-on internal DVD-R, Samsung Lite-Scribe Ext. DVD-R 32" Olevia Monitor AKA HDTV. For HTPC Sharp 56" DLP

03-29-2007, 08:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
poveren Newb Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14	Re: Computer freezes during boot-up Is there any way to fix it without formatting/getting a new HD? I really need to recover a few files from it.

03-29-2007, 08:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
S0ULphIRE Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 746	Re: Computer freezes during boot-up Try taking the hard drive out and booting it as a slave in another computer.

03-29-2007, 11:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
sPlAtOiD Monster Techie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,612	Re: Computer freezes during boot-up Try to hit F8 upon booting up to get into the safe mode screen. then select last known good configuration. If it wont work try the same but select safe mode. and once in safe mode try a system restore. __________________ MSI K8NEO4 Ultra PCI Express x16: BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768 Mb AMD DualCore AMD Opteron 185, 2600 MHz (13 x 200) Memory Corsair2046 MB (DDR SDRAM) Dual Channel 320 Western Digital IDE Drive Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Windows XP Por SP2

03-30-2007, 03:46 AM	#8 (permalink)
poveren Newb Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14	Re: Computer freezes during boot-up thats the thing, I'm able to press del and then f8 fast enough, however it freezes before I'm able to get the to the safe mode screen.

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