re: Windows 98 start up/reset crash cycle
Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 1:47 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by JmC
(14166 messages posted)
Start by booting Windows in Logged mode. This will let you create a text file of
the entire boot process, so you can see where it fails. First, bring up the boot
menu. Hold down the 'CTRL' key from the beginning of the boot process until the menu
comes up. At the menu, select the option for Logged 'BOOTLOGTXT' and continue with
the boot.
After you've booted with the 'BOOTLOGTXT' option and the problem has occurred, the
next time you're able to start Windows do the following. Select START / RUN, type
C:\BOOTLOG.TXT in the 'Open' box and press enter. From the next prompt select 'Yes'
to open the file with WordPad. Follow the log entries until you find the error and
when the boot process stopped.
JmC
On Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 6:59 am, Simon wrote:
>Hi,
> I'm having a problem with windows 98, when I start the computer it
boots
>up so that I get the normal window display and then crashes and re-starts, going
>through the scandisk procedure and when it's booted up it crashes again. It repeats
>this cycle until I manage to shut it down before it crashes again. It's totally
stable
>in safe mode. This problem started when I installed a new microsoft intellipoint
>wheel mouse. I've removed the old mouse drivers and replaced them with new ones
that
>came with the mouse but this doesn't help. I've also removed all the programs from
>the startup folder which also doesn't help. Please help, I have no idea how to fix
>my computer and I'm getting desperate. My specifications are below:
>
>
>Intel Pentium III 733Mhz CPU
>256Mb PC133 Memory
>20Gb Enhanced IDE Hard Drive
>Creative SoundBlaster 128 PCI
>133MHz Motherboard
>32Mb ATI All in Wonder Pro Graphics
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