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Originally Posted by Retlaw
Hi Retlaw
Walk me through teh exact startup,
> You get BIOS screen first,
Not until I have stopped and started 3 times. checked bios everythings ok.
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You sure? the BIOS/POST ( POWER ON SELF TEST) is the very first thing your PC does on startup before it even knows anything about an OS. If you have issues getting this far then its a fundamental hardware fault.
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Originally Posted by Retlaw
> then do you get a Grub bootloader or have you removed this from your
> attempt with Ubuntu?
Don't know what a Grub bootloader is.
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When you installed Ubuntu, did you get an 'extra' menu asking if you wanted Windows or Ubuntu when you started up. This is Grub.
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Originally Posted by Retlaw
> I'm assuming you then get a "Windows didn't start correctly" type
> screen with options of last known good config and a selection of "Safe .
> modes"
Yes
> What are you choosing at this point.
Everything one after the other, (keeps coming back to that screen), till it suddenly decides to boot up then crash, next bootup its ok
> Is this XP we are talking or an older OS
WINXP service pack 1
> do you get teh black loading screen with teh horizontal side to side
> progress bar thing?
Yes then it some times freezes
> At what point does it fail
After 3rd run across
> Does it just automatically reboot or does it hang and you have to reset
> it?
Hangs up and I then reset.
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Interestingly, Julie WinXP started doing this some time ago, we found we had to constantly go into recovery mode and go back a day even though no updates had been installed in that time. Never got to teh bottom of it and she now uses Linux
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Originally Posted by Retlaw
> When it does go in are there any error messages?
Not seen any.
> when you mention it 'moaning and groaning' where from, teh CD drive?
> teh Hard disk, teh fans inside teh base unit?
Hard to tell where the noise comes from, but its not the fans, had the cover off, cleaned out the dust, checked all connectors, unpluged and plugged back in a few. Checked the on board battery, that shows 3 volts.
Ive also done a non destrutive restore from a separate partition 4 times, but it does'nt rewrite the registry properly. I have a set of CD's which I created when I bought it, that is a destructive restore to the day I purchased it.
I'll await your reply before I do that.
Retlaw.
Ian
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How loud is this 'noise', loud enough to worry or a gentle moan? ( You have checked its not the missus asking you something haven't you?
)
Ian