winxp home stuck at "windows is starting up..." screen

Discussion in 'Software' started by jflo, Aug 22, 2006.

  1. jflo

    jflo Private E-2

    just as the title says. i have a gateway comp, i inadvertently downloaded some kind of adware/spyware when trying to download other files. i'm running chkdsk right now and hoping for the best. i've tried doing a windows repair with no luck. any other suggestions out there ? oh, and i've tried booting up in safe mode, and still the same thing. tried taking out my RAM and switching it to no avail either.
     
  2. Robert

    Robert Sergeant

  3. jflo

    jflo Private E-2

    mmm, i've already tried the windows repair and nothing changed. i just finished chkdsk, and it's still stuck at "windows is starting up..."

    on friday, i think i'm going to my cousin's house to extract my hard drive and copy my important files to an external so that my HD can be formatted and have winxp reinstalled if i haven't found a sol'n
     
  4. erikske

    erikske Sergeant

    In this case a reinstall of windows may be the best solution, since repair is failing. If a virus infection caused this, be sure not to backup any infected files. I recommend running a virus check on your drive before making any backups.
     
  5. jflo

    jflo Private E-2

    reinstall/format, right ? ugh. i think i'll try to transfer my important hard drive stuff first.
     

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