SP1 - Will *it* happen again ?!
i installed SP1 a while back and upon rebooting, it would not get past initiating networking protocols or something. (cant remember the EXACT words) it just wouldnt go past it. So i tried booting in with safe mode but still to no avail, it would just sit at the login screen for hours and not actually boot into desk ...
i installed SP1 a while back and upon rebooting, it would not get past "initiating networking protocols" or something. (cant remember the EXACT words)
it just wouldnt go past it.
So i tried booting in with safe mode but still to no avail, it would just sit at the login screen for hours and not actually boot into desktop environment.
Im just wondering, that if i install SP1 again, will the same thing happen?
Last time i had to format to get it back...
sys specs btw:
AMD K6-2 450Mhz @ 450Mhz
ASUS P5A-B mobo 100Mhz bus (Ali Chipset)
nVIdia riva TNT2 M64
128Mib PC100 RAM
Ensoniq PCI Audio
IBM Maxtor 4Gig HD
Microsoft Sidewinder Game Voice
Intellimouse Explorer
48X CyberDrive CDROM
Motorola SurfBoard 1300
-Software Version: SB3100-3.2.6-SCM-NOSHELL
Hardware Version: 2
MIB Version: II
GUI Version: 1.0
VxWorks Version: 5.3
Heres my software setup:
C: partition - "BOOT" - 200Mib - FAT
D: partition - "Win98" - 1600Mib - FAT32
E: partition - "Win2k" - 2200Mib - NTFS
c: is obviously the boot partition.
D: has windows 98 SE installed, and is used primarily for games.
E: has windows 2000 professional installed, and is used for web design, etc.
Win98 setup:
Gfx drivers - Detonator2 5.32 (6.xx made for GeForce's)
AGP drivers version 1.69
Directx8 ver. 4.08.00.0400
Vsync is always off.
Games resolution - 1024x768x16
it just wouldnt go past it.
So i tried booting in with safe mode but still to no avail, it would just sit at the login screen for hours and not actually boot into desktop environment.
Im just wondering, that if i install SP1 again, will the same thing happen?
Last time i had to format to get it back...
sys specs btw:
AMD K6-2 450Mhz @ 450Mhz
ASUS P5A-B mobo 100Mhz bus (Ali Chipset)
nVIdia riva TNT2 M64
128Mib PC100 RAM
Ensoniq PCI Audio
IBM Maxtor 4Gig HD
Microsoft Sidewinder Game Voice
Intellimouse Explorer
48X CyberDrive CDROM
Motorola SurfBoard 1300
-Software Version: SB3100-3.2.6-SCM-NOSHELL
Hardware Version: 2
MIB Version: II
GUI Version: 1.0
VxWorks Version: 5.3
Heres my software setup:
C: partition - "BOOT" - 200Mib - FAT
D: partition - "Win98" - 1600Mib - FAT32
E: partition - "Win2k" - 2200Mib - NTFS
c: is obviously the boot partition.
D: has windows 98 SE installed, and is used primarily for games.
E: has windows 2000 professional installed, and is used for web design, etc.
Win98 setup:
Gfx drivers - Detonator2 5.32 (6.xx made for GeForce's)
AGP drivers version 1.69
Directx8 ver. 4.08.00.0400
Vsync is always off.
Games resolution - 1024x768x16
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To be honest this seems to be a random occurance. It hardly ever happens but when it does its usually just a one time thing. You mentioned in your post that you were having a system hang at the peripheral intialization screen. In the future you might want to try to disable everything you can in your bios and rip out all ur pci and isq peripherals other then your display adapter of course.
Did you try loading it up via "Last known Good Configuration" that has saved my arse many a times.
Then offcoruse there is the repair installation.
Did you try all of these if yes and you were still unsuccesful then I would be hesitant of trying sp1 again.
you know what, its simple just make a ghost copy of your OS drive and back it up somwhere on another one of your partitions. Preferrably the fat32 partition. Because if you have to restore the ghost via a dos based application I dont think it will see the NTFS file.
cheers
Did you try loading it up via "Last known Good Configuration" that has saved my arse many a times.
Then offcoruse there is the repair installation.
Did you try all of these if yes and you were still unsuccesful then I would be hesitant of trying sp1 again.
you know what, its simple just make a ghost copy of your OS drive and back it up somwhere on another one of your partitions. Preferrably the fat32 partition. Because if you have to restore the ghost via a dos based application I dont think it will see the NTFS file.
cheers
well....thanks for your help but ive come up with new plan
im getting a 40Gb hard drive on the 8th Feb (birthday) so im going to back up all my stuff.....then do what everyone wants to do but is afraid to...
infect my computer with every offline virus possible and watch it crumble!!!!
RAH!
ill need to make sure i dont get one that overclocks my system and burns it all out...that would suck...
anyway, thanks for your help
-David Newbould
im getting a 40Gb hard drive on the 8th Feb (birthday) so im going to back up all my stuff.....then do what everyone wants to do but is afraid to...
infect my computer with every offline virus possible and watch it crumble!!!!
RAH!
ill need to make sure i dont get one that overclocks my system and burns it all out...that would suck...
anyway, thanks for your help
-David Newbould
