[SlipSlice]

Originally Posted by acousticlemur

my computer has been working great for months. i have been leaving it on 24/7 for a few weeks now cause of the Fold @ Home program. last night i played BF2 on a local server with my girl friend for a few hours and then put in wicker man to burn it while i went to bed. got up this morning and all was well, took out the movie checked my email and all that stuff and then shut it down. came back a few hours later and now XP wont load. it gets to the screen where it says "Microsoft Windows XP" and the blue scrolling bar and after about 4 or 5 passes of the bar the hard drive led goes out and the hard drive stops seaking /reading /writing or what ever it does when windows loads. i can get into safe mode and vista ultimate just fine. i tried safe mode and went to the event viewer to see if there were any problems but it says i cant view anything there. i have tried last known good config and still the same. as of right now it has been at the windows loading screen for 30 min and still not loaded. any ideas?? i might just format anyway cause there is nothing better performance wise than a fresh install but backing it all up will be a pain in the ass. anyone have same / similar issues? is there any way i can view a boot log that could lead me to correct the issue? thanks in advance...

If u search for something like that u can see that i have had that same problem, but not once twice!!! windows freezes on the logo, just like u said, and keeps running, and the only way u can log onto ur computer is safe most with networkin or safe mode..yes, the only way to fix that is to reformat...i don't know how mine has happened these last 2 times, but i know the last thing i did before i turned off my computer and it did it was running Ccleaner issues thing.. so for now on i always save my registry files when i delete CCleaner issues and if something ever works i will get into safe mode and put them back..
i hope at least
hope that help me man, sry that i can't tell u what can fix it without reformatting but i tried everything that u can thing of myself and nothing..
hope everything gets worked out for u.
-slip