Windows XP loading problems

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blade12

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Hey, I got a problem getting into windows xp with my pc. You know the part where different bars are rolling before it loads into XP? Well, the blue bars just keep on rolling forever and XP never loads. I actually have it on once for like 10 mins straight. Anybody know what could be wrong? I assumed that something is corrupted.

Secondly, I thought I should just format so I set my boot option thing to CD-rom for all of them to boot into my XP cd. Unfortunately, I am never able to boot into my cd and it just goes directly to booting to harddrive. I am seriously out of ideas on this one. The cd-drive even opens up so I don't think it has died or anything. Everything was perfectly fine before today and I had no problems until I tried turning it on today.

I have a Gigabyte EP-43 DS3L motherboard.. 4 gigs of ram.. e2200..
 
I don't think I fully explained what happens when I try to boot into windows xp cd. Instead of booting into the windows xp cd, it goes directly to the following screen:

"We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this.

If your computer stopped responding, restarted unexpectedly, or was automatically shut down to protect your files and folders, choose Last Known Good Configuration to revert to the most recent settings that worked.

If a previous startup attempt was interrupted due to a power failure or because the Power or Reset button was pressed, or if you aren't sure what caused the problem, choose Start Windows
Normally.

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt

Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)
Start Windows Normally

Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice."

You know how it is supposed to say "Press any key to load windows xp setup" or w/e? That never shows up even with the first boot, second boot option and 3rd all set to CDROM. It keeps going to the screen I have up top..
PC does not boot into Safe mode either... It does not boot into "Last known good configuration"... It does not boot normally either..

Any ideas?
 
I used to have a veryyyy similar problem
it takes maybe 10-20 mins to boot into windows(stuck at loading bar), and when it actually finishes booting, everything is very slow. and i mean SLOWWWW.

anyways, it was a faulty HDD, died after serving me well.


oh yeah, i got one of those prompts as well, the last known config , safe mode etc.
 
What do you suggest I do next? I am going to try waiting 15-20 minutes and see if anything happens. Damn, I got some important music and stuff on the harddrive so if it dies, I am screwed.

Anyways, what really bothers me is that I can't get it to boot from my windows xp cd to format. I currently have 2 partitions set on it - 1 just has the OS and other partition has all my programs, music, games, etc.

There is one thing I didn't mention yet: My IDE harddrive is set to "IDE Channel 4 Master" and my dvd-drive is set to "IDE Channel 4 Slave". Do I have to switch up the pins to make harddrive slave and dvd-drive master or is it fine the way it is? I just sent an email to Gigabyte with my problem of not being able to boot from the dvd-drive. Perhaps it is some known problem with motherboard or something.. Damn, I don't know what to do next.
 
Can you try hooking your drive up to your other computer to pull your important data off it?

After you get the important stuff off, can you try hooking it up as the primary drive on the second computer and boot to your drive from there?
 
Let me restate what you have told me:

1. window stuck on loading screen or asks to go to safe mode.

2. cannot get boot from CD-Rom.

I would first try to get into safe mode to see if you have a driver issue. Hit F1 to get into safe mode. If you can boot into safe mode you most likely have a driver conflict.Roll back the most recent driver install and then work back from there if you still have an issue.

If you cannot get to safe mode at all, it is probably a hardware issue. I would disconnect your cd-rom and try again. If you can boot into windows; your cd-rom, cd-rom cable or motherboard is faulty. I had a simular problem like this in a past build that turned out to be a bad cd rom.

Have a nice day.
 
Hey, if you want to save your stuff, burn a LiveCD/DVD Ubuntu using a friends computer.

Burn/backup your stuff and throw the HDD away and retry with a new one perhaps?
 
It was definitely the harddrive. I put in different ones and I was able to boot from cd with it. Thanks for the help.
 
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