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re: windows me stuck at logo screen
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 9:24 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(570 messages posted)
1. TEST FOR A HARDWARE FAULT
Sounds like a hardware fault. Switch off. Then unplug all peripheral devices (printer,
modem, scanner, mouse, etc), leaving only the keyboard attached. Then boot normally.
2. REVERT TO A REGISTRY BACKUP
If the above does not solve the problem, boot to DOS (using a bootable floppy disk,
e.g. from http://www.bootdisk.com)
and type the following at the C:\ prompt -
SCANREG /RESTORE
Note the space before the forward slash in this command.
Follow the on-screen instructions, and try to restore the *oldest* backup of the
registry (they're listed by date) as that's the one with the best chance of being
from before the problem arose.
By default Windows keeps 5 backup copies of the Windows Registry, so that you can
go back to before the problem arose.
When an on-screen message tells you that the registry has been successfully restored,
restart the computer normally.
3. USE SYSTEM RESTORE
If the above hasn't solved the problem, use Win ME's "system restore" function to
return the system to a point before the problem arose, if you have System Restore
enabled in your computer.
For details, do a google search on the phrase "System Restore in Windows ME" at http://www.google.com
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http://www.google.co.uk/search?as_q=%22System+Restore+in+Windows+ME%22
4. HOW TO REINSTALL Windows ME WITHOUT AN INSTALLATION CD
If nothing else works, you can reinstall Windows ME even if you have no installation
CD, by following the instructions in this post:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/1081893868
This is the "nuclear" option though. You will lose all your settings, and will therefore
have to reinstall all of your PC's hardware and all programs. You *must* have the
original setup disks and CDs to hand in order to do this.
You *must* also have your "product key" (serial number) to hand. The Product Key
is stored (in plain text, unencrypted) in the Windows Registry at -
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
To obtain the product key at the DOS prompt, type the following commands at the C:>
prompt, one command per line, press enter after typing each line -
PATH=A:;C:;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
FIND "ProductKey" C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT > C:\ProductKey.txt
You might want to post here again for further suggestions before reinstalling Windows,
as that is a bit of a drastic solution (and doesn't always work).
Ed
On Friday, November 2, 2007 at 8:18 pm, Cory wrote:
>This just occurred recently: when I turn on my computer it loads up to the boot
from
>atapi cd room:not found screen and sits there for a few minutes then it will proceed
>to the windows me logo screen and stay there for the remainder of the time(until
>comp is turned off). The only things i can do is enter the bios, and on the boot
>cdrom screen i can press the F7 or F8 (forgot which one it is) and eventually the
>computer will allow me to chose regular boot or safe mode etc. but then it will
still
>get stuck at the logo screen. What should I do? My computer never came with any
cd's
>other than the microsoft works cds. Any help or insight is greatly appreciated.
Cory
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