Why won't my computer boot? Recommendations for fixing the problem. Basic solutions when Windows refuses to boot Doesn't load the system

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One of the most unpleasant problems that happen with smartphones from Apple is that the iPhone does not load beyond the apple.

When you try to turn on the phone, the company logo appears on the screen, but the system does not start. The error can appear on any model: iPhone 5, iPhone 6, iPhone 7.

The reasons why the iPhone is loaded beyond the "apple"

• Making changes to the file system.
• Incompatibility of tweaks installed from Cydia.
• Problems with custom firmware.
• Hardware damage to the phone.

The problem is typical for jailbroken iPhones. Usually, to fix it, it is enough to restore the device, but there are other ways.

If the iPhone does not boot, the apple is on, first of all try to restore the device to its working capacity by performing a hard reset - Hard Reset.

Press Home and Power (on iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, the volume down key is used instead of Home). Hold them until the device turns on. If a hard reboot does not lead to anything, move on to another method - System Restore.

IPhone Recovery

The main disadvantage of restoring is deleting settings and content. If you recently made a backup, then the losses will be minimal, but still you cannot do without them - a working phone is more important. Since you are dealing with a software error, in order to fix it, you need to put the phone in DFU mode.

1. Connect iPhone to PC, launch iTunes.
2. Press Power and Home, hold for 10 seconds.
3. Release Power for a count of 10. Continue to hold the Home button.

The screen will remain dark, but iTunes will display a notification that the device has been detected in recovery mode. Click "Repair iPhone" to start fixing the error and updating the system.

After reinstalling, iTunes will offer to return the deleted information from the backup or set up the smartphone as new. Choose the appropriate option, activate the iPhone, make sure that the boot problem is fixed, and the phone no longer hangs on the apple, but starts the operating system normally.

Removing tweaks

If you don't want to do data backup and system restore, try cleaning your phone from the latest installed tweaks or check its file system.

If the iPhone does not boot, the apple is on, the reason for this may be the incompatibility of tweaks installed from Cydia. To test your hypothesis, try starting your smartphone without tweaks. For that:

1. Turn off your iPhone.
2. Hold down the volume up key.
3. Turn on the device while continuing to hold the volume up key.

If the iPhone boots normally in this mode, then you should get rid of the tweaks that were installed just before the problems with booting the system. Remove the interfering component and the system will function smoothly again.

We'll be fixing bugs in Windows 10. But roughly the same thing will have to be done in Windows XP, 7 and 8. In Windows 7 and later, the developers have improved the recovery system after startup problems. In older versions of the system, serious errors often have to be resolved by reinstalling.

Disconnect peripherals

Try to remember what changes you recently made to the system: whether you installed new ones, devices, or switched something. There may be a problem with one of the hardware components. Try to disable:

1. USB sticks.
2. Card readers.
3. Printers.
4. Scanners.
5. Cameras.
6. All other external devices.

If this does not help, disconnect the keyboard and mouse: all possible sources of malfunction must be ruled out.

Internal components such as RAM can also be the cause. In a desktop PC, you can check the operability of the RAM by connecting the strips one by one.

Check power

If the computer does not turn on at all, take a look at the power cord and outlets. Don't forget the power switch on the back of your desktop computer case.

If everything works at this level, but the computer still does not turn on, then most likely the problem is in the power supply, which you are unlikely to be able to fix yourself: you will have to be replaced or repaired by a specialist.

It is possible that the computer turns on, but only for a short time. This is the same problem with the power supply.

Configure the disk to boot the system

At startup, errors may appear: An operating system wasn’t found. Try disconnecting any drives that don’t contain an operating system. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart or Boot failure. Reboot and Select Proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device.

The BIOS or UEFI settings can be set to boot from an external device or other logical partition, rather than from the system drive. You can restore the default parameters like this:

1. To restart a computer.
2. Immediately after restarting, press the system key, for example F2. This can be another key: usually during system boot it can be found at the bottom of the screen with the logo of the laptop or motherboard manufacturer.
3. In the settings, set the desired disk to the first place in the download.
4. Select the Save and Exit option to save your changes.

If the above does not help, you will have to restore the system bootloader. To do this, you will need a bootable USB flash drive or recovery disc with a suitable system for the bit depth. How to make a bootable USB flash drive or disk, read Lifehacker about installing Windows.

Start the system from a USB flash drive or disk by selecting the desired option in the boot menu. In the Windows setup menu that opens, select "System Restore".

From the recovery menu, select Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Repair. After that, the system will try to fix the bootloader automatically. In most cases, it solves the problem.

The same can be done manually through the command line, but it is better to choose the automatic option so as not to aggravate the situation.

If this method does not help, it is likely that the problem lies in the hardware: the hard disk is damaged.

From the recovery menu, select Troubleshoot → Advanced Options → Command Prompt.

In the command line, you need to enter the following commands one by one: diskpart → list volume (be sure to remember the name of the Windows disk) → exit.

To check the disk for errors and corruption, enter the command chkdsk X: / r (where X is the name of the Windows disk). The check usually takes a long time, you have to wait.

Start Windows in Safe Mode

Due to a sudden shutdown of the computer during the installation of operating system updates, cleaning from viruses and unnecessary entries in the registry, or due to the fault of utilities to speed up Windows, system files can be damaged. In this case, when the system boots, a "blue screen of death" will appear.

Try to start Windows in Safe Mode without loading drivers or programs in Auto Start. If the computer works in this mode, you will have to remove the drivers, roll back the system and scan for viruses.

If you have restore points, this problem is easy to fix. You just need to roll back to the previous stable configuration.

Reinstall system files

The above steps may not help. Then you will have to reset Windows settings and reinstall the system while saving the files. Unfortunately, all programs will need to be reinstalled.

In the recovery environment, select Troubleshoot → Reset this PC → Keep my files → Reset.

The system will roll back to the original settings.

Who hasn't encountered such a problem? You turn on the computer, and instead of the expected regular boot, you see something completely different.

A little about painful

I want to tell my little story about purchasing a computer. One fine time I bought it in a reputable specialty store. The sales assistant was especially helpful and friendly and offered a discounted product. He even helped me, as an amateur and an absolute "teapot", to install Windows XP (of course for an additional payment), several programs and wished me luck. But it was luck that did not accompany me, at least for a year, at least after purchasing a computer.

Literally a couple of days later, when I installed several more programs, after turning on the computer again, the download did not occur, and a message appeared with something like this:

How so? Why? The computer is new! I thought that I had done something wrong myself, called a "specialist". Arrived "master" said - "Windows has flown!" and reinstalled the system for a fee. Well, I think, thank God, I'll be more careful further and everything will be fine.

A week later, the unpleasant story repeated itself. They even had a fight with my son, who could have done such a thing…. We shift the blame to each other for wrong actions. Well, do you need to install at least some programs, or just stare at an empty desktop?

This nightmare lasted for about a year! Several more times the OS was reinstalled (again costs!). I took the system unit to the store where the computer was purchased, four times to warranty repairs, where they changed my hard drive and motherboard. I lost track of how many times the OS was rebuilt and reinstalled (costs again!).

Of course, now I understand that I was "sold" some kind of substandard and after the forced upgrade everything began to work normally. But, in the end, apart from the lost money and nerves, I got some positive experience. I began to study literature on my own, began to understand little by little about issues related to computer hardware. I started by installing a floppy disk (who remember, there was such a thing once), then increased the RAM, replaced the processor Seleron on the Athlon 64X2, bought and installed TV tuner and the second hard drive, learned to independently reinstall the OS and recover from failures.

How did I restore the OS the first time?

When the excitement subsided a little and the computer began to work well, I calmed down, but it was not there. "Twenty-five again!" "Windows cannot start due to corrupted or missing \ WINDOWS \ SYSTEM32 \ CONFIG \ SYSTEM" or something like that ...

This time, I decided to take action myself and restore the system.

When the computer was turned on, before the OS started loading, immediately after the characteristic “peak” signal, I pressed the F8 key, entered the additional boot options menu:

I chose the option. The operating system booted normally.

Load Last Known Good Configuration- this windows mode allows you to load system settings that worked as expected. Upon successful shutdown of Windows, important system settings are saved in the registry.

If the failure is not global in nature, selecting this item quite often helps to start the system in normal mode.

Further, without turning off the computer, I made a system restore:
Start → all programs → standard → utility → System Restore→restoring an earlier state of the computer.
I chose the date one day ago. I pressed the "next" button and the system independently recovered to the state on the specified date.

After recovery, a system alert appeared on the monitor screen:

This, in my opinion, is one of the easiest and most effective ways to restore your system. But, in more complex cases, other measures will be needed.

If this method does not help, go to safe mode, in the same way pressing the F8 key and select the top line - "Safe Mode".

Safe mode- crash protection mode. Safe mode loads only those drivers and services that are necessary for the system to function. Windows XP Safe Mode will fix all errors and return the system to working condition.

We try to run in the same way System Restore and roll back Windows to a different checkpoint.
Unfortunately, sometimes this service fails to start in safe mode.

Do not disable the System Restore service, it often saves the system from reinstalling. Working in the background and constantly checking important components for changes, it creates backups and restore checkpoints, which are also created every 24 hours by default.

Acronis True Image Home

In more complex cases, when Windows XP does not boot, while various messages appear on the monitor screen that the registry or system files are damaged, or "Windows cannot start due to a corrupted file ... etc.", and restore the system, entering the boot menu or going to the restore point fails, the recovery console helps. I tried to try this option, but I could not find a dialog box asking to enter the recovery console by pressing R on the keyboard, although during the installation process I got to formatting the disk. And then where? Perhaps, I thought then, this function is not always available on system disks. Maybe I'm wrong? And in order to use this method, you need to already understand some difficult issues, be a bit of a pro.

In this regard, I would like to draw your attention to the Acronis True Image Home program. For some time now I began to use it and I am sure that all data on my computer will not be lost and the system will not need to be reinstalled.

In the program window, on the "System Protection" tab, you can clearly see that system partition backup, boot disk and boot recovery activated.

If the operating system does not load for some reason, you can use the tool Startup recovery(it needs to be activated). To do this, while the computer boots up, when the corresponding message appears on the screen, press the F11 key. Program Acronis True Image Home will start offline and you can restore your system.

Function Startup recovery allows you to run Acronis True Image Home without loading the operating system. If Windows for some reason stopped loading, then using this function you can start the standalone version Acronis True Image Home and repair damaged partitions. Unlike booting from removable media or a RIS server, this does not require a disk or a network connection. This is especially handy for traveling users. To be able to use Startup recovery, prepare like this:

• Install Acronis True Image Home to the local computer;
• Create an "Acronis Secure Zone" on the hard disk of the local computer;
• Activate Startup Repair. To do this, click on "Startup Repair" and follow the instructions of the wizard.

To activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager, your computer must have Acronis Secure Zone. If there is no such zone, you will be prompted to create one, and Startup Repair will be activated after the zone is created. If Acronis Secure Zone already exists, Startup Repair will be activated immediately.

Somehow I had to try this method in practice. For reasons that often arise among users (the system hangs, refuses to respond to commands, etc.), I decided to restore the system using Acronis True Image Home... At the beginning of the boot, as expected, I pressed the F11 key, before the OS was loaded in offline mode, the program window opened and I chose to restore the system disk to a specific date from a backup. Following the prompts of the program, I successfully restored the system. To be honest, I was pleasantly surprised! The program worked flawlessly, there are no complaints about it. But, as always, I got a fly in the ointment. As with any recovery, there were some losses. I had to update the Anti-Virus again, the process of accepting money on Webmoney was duplicated, everything that was placed in the "My Documents" folder after the restoration date disappeared. New bookmarks in IE and Opera have disappeared (I had to copy to a USB flash drive!) And most importantly, the site files are on the virtual disk Z of Denver, and this is, in fact, on the C drive. They were also "updated", so to speak, to the same level. I had to copy and update everything from the Hosting server. In the end, I recovered everything successfully. These are unpleasant upgrade costs, they are usually inevitable, but in any case, they are not comparable to the losses that can occur as a result of reinstalling the system.

Has not been activated), you should use the bootable CD created during installation (or later from the program) and boot the computer from it. This will automatically load Acronis True Image Home and you will be able to recover damaged partitions.

Thank you for your attention and endurance. I wish you success in mastering the program and stable computer operation. Good luck! Regards, L.M.

Now let's figure out why your Android phone does not load beyond the logo (it does not turn on after the manufacturer's or robot's splash screen). Further in the text: first about the reasons and then decoding what to do in this or that case.

This article is suitable for all brands that produce phones on Android 10/9/8/7: Samsung, HTC, Lenovo, LG, Sony, ZTE, Huawei, Meizu, Fly, Alcatel, Xiaomi, Nokia and others. We are not responsible for your actions.

Attention! You can ask your question to a specialist at the end of the article.

If you divide all the reasons why your Android phone hangs on the logo splash screen and does not boot further, then this will be

• errors in the software (it is possible to fix it yourself);
• problems with the "hardware" (only in the service center).

The reasons for the breakdown and why it turns on, but does not load

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If Android does not boot on your phone or tablet when you turn it on, or your Android smartphone starts up, but does not go beyond the logo splash screen, then the reasons for this may be the following:

• Errors when flashing the device. These include the installation of an unsuitable or damaged assembly, incorrect firmware order, power failure, and other factors.
• Out of memory. The system may not start or due to insufficient memory. The solution may be to delete unnecessary data.
• Memory card incompatibility. If the smartphone turns on but does not boot completely, try removing the memory card and trying to restart the system.
• Hardware problems after being hit, dropped, spilled, or exposed to extreme temperatures.
• Damage to the power button or its cable, which "closes" the phone and it goes into a cyclic reboot, loading up to the logo and then in a circle. We come across this periodically and can only be diagnosed in a service center.

Before trying to troubleshoot a problem with Android, you need to understand why the system won't boot.

Restoration of performance

If the phone shows that the charge is on, then the causes of the problem should be looked for in the Launcher Android. If the device vibrates or the screen flickers, then there is a chance that the screen is damaged.

If you determine that the problem is software in nature (for example, the problem arose after a firmware update), then a simple reboot will not help here. You need to reset the system via Recovery Mode or reflash the device. Let's see what to do:

1. While holding down the power button and the volume down key (there may be other combinations, look for your model), go to Recovery Mode. If the phone, then the problems are at a deeper level, so you need to contact the service center.
2. Perform a factory reset by selecting "Wipe data factory".
3. Select "Reset" to reboot the device.

This will delete the user's personal data and settings. If this method did not help, perform a flashing. To do this, drop the file with the appropriate firmware into the root of the memory card, insert the drive into the phone and select “Install zip from sdcard” in Recovery Mode.

Increase

You can fix a software glitch yourself, but how do you fix a hardware problem? The most reasonable option is to contact a service center for diagnostics and repairs.

Extracting information from non-working Android

Even if the problem can be solved without financial investments, by a simple flashing, users have an important question - how to save the data that is stored in the phone's memory. There are no problems with the memory card: you just need to pull it out of the device. But how do you save data from your internal storage? For example, pull out contacts.

If you have made a backup copy of the system, or at least, then it will be very easy to get contacts. All you need to do is go to the Contacts app on Google to see a complete list of your synced contacts. If you want to transfer them to another device, then it will be enough to add a Google account to it.

There is such a case when you turn on the laptop, and instead of the desktop, you see the manufacturer's logo and wait for a long time. The splash screen does not want to clean up, and whatever you do, the technician is not going to follow the commands. A few tips in this article will help you open your desktop and calm down.

What can be done

1. First of all, you need to turn the laptop on and off several times, the system can recover without repair;
2. Press the F8 key and, without releasing it, wait until a special window opens with additional boot options, designated as Advanced Boot Options;
3. Use the arrows on your keyboard to select an item - troubleshooting computer problems like Repair Your Computer. This option can only be used with a backup of the operating system in a hidden partition on the HDD. The latest models have such a function unambiguously. Various windows will open that provide information on how to restore the system startup.
4. There may be a problem in the hard drive - drive C, which needs to be cleaned. To do this, you need to enter the safe mode system and move some files to disk D. This action will facilitate the loading of data and free up space for the normal functioning of the system;
5. In safe mode, you can roll back to a trusted restore point. After that, you need to run the antivirus.

Reasons for a freezing logo on a laptop

The reasons for stopping the start of the OS are different. There are both minor and serious problems here. We will deal with some of them, for example:

• The battery in the motherboard is low. It can be changed at the service center. In general, it is advisable to change the battery every three years.
• There are problems in the hard disk, the engine is noisy and there is a crackling sound - information is read. When problems arise with the disk, it tries to start over and over again, and continues to carry out its work, and the picture stays in one place.
• Starting problems sometimes come from dirty or oxidized contacts that need to be cleaned with rubbing alcohol or an eraser.

Don't make unnecessary movements

If the above methods did not help to get the laptop working, then you will have to contact a specialist. It is better to do it in time to leave the opportunity for service workers to do it all the same. It may turn out that the laptop turns into a useless piece of hardware, but you need it?

At one point, an annoying and frightening nuisance may occur - the computer seems to turn on, but the download stops at the display of the motherboard splash screen. Today we will tell you why this happens and how to deal with such a malfunction.

The first thing to remember when faced with the problem of freezing on the board logo - the problem in most cases lies in the periphery. Particularly often this is the fault of hard drives, in particular those that are older than the motherboard. Sometimes the problem is an accidental crash that can be easily fixed by resetting or updating the BIOS. In the remaining cases, the problem lies in the motherboard itself. Let's consider each reason in more detail.

Reason 1: Failure in BIOS settings

In some cases, the hang is caused by problems in the BIOS boot parameters. This often happens when the computer crashes, trying to connect to a "hot" IDE hard drive, or problems with the firmware. In the event of a failure in the BIOS settings, resetting them will help. You will find details on the necessary manipulations in the manual below (methods 2, 3, 4).

In addition to the material on reset, let's add a life hack: leave the motherboard without a CMOS battery for longer than 10 minutes. The fact is that sometimes a residual charge may remain on the elements of the board, which does not dry out after the specified time, and it may take several hours or even a day to completely de-energize. If the BIOS reset helped you, congratulations. Otherwise, proceed to the following reasons described below.

Reason 2: Conflict with a peripheral device

The vast majority of logo freezes are caused by a conflict between the motherboard software and peripherals and / or an element like a GPU, network card, hard drive or one of the RAM strips. In this case, it is necessary to find the culprit of the problem and either replace him or carry out one of the specific manipulations we have proposed. But before you start searching, follow the verification procedure according to this instruction.

If the problem is with the board, go to Reason 3. If the board is functional, check the rest of the computer using the algorithm below.

1. Unplug your PC from the mains. Then remove the side case cover to access the motherboard.
2. Disconnect the hard drive, floppy drives, and drives from the board in sequence. Then carefully remove the cards (video, sound and network, if available) from the connectors.
3. Leave only one stick of RAM regardless of the number of slots. For reliability, you can move it to another slot.
4. Using safety precautions, connect your computer to the network. With a minimum set of equipment, the board should work normally.
5. Connect components to the board one at a time, from RAM to disk drives. By brute force, you will find the problematic element.
   

   Attention! Do not try to connect a graphics, sound or network card, as well as an IDE hard drive to a working motherboard! In this case, you risk damaging both the board and the connected device!

Typically, problems are created by hard drives, video cards and faulty RAM elements. Let's consider the necessary order of actions for each of the devices.

HDD
Most common cause of crashes. In most cases, the disk simply fails, you can check it on another computer.

In addition, you can also try connecting the hard drive in IDE mode. To do this, follow this procedure.

If the problem is still observed, then you are most likely experiencing MBR and partition table corruption. When you connect such a disk to another computer, you will most likely encounter the RAW file system format. What to do in this case, read here:

LAN card
The second common culprit for freezes at startup is an external network card. This element is very sensitive to voltage surges or static electricity. Having failed, this component can cause the impossibility of self-diagnosis, and as a result, introduce it into an endless loop, preventing it from being loaded further. The only solution in this case would be to remove the problematic component.

Video card
Some GPUs conflict with boards, especially from obscure manufacturers. Sometimes the problem is caused by a discrepancy between the firmware of the latest video cards from Nvidia and some models of motherboards from Gigabyte. Fortunately, there is a fairly simple solution - updating the BIOS. The typical procedure is described by us in a separate manual.

If this procedure did not help, then all that remains is to replace either the GPU or the motherboard.

USB devices
Sometimes the BIOS freezes when loading due to a problematic USB device, and often it is not flash drives or external HDDs at all - there are cases when the cause of the problem was a 3G modem connected to the computer for recharging. The questionable device should no longer be connected to the board.

RAM
RAM strips can also fail, especially in the event of a strong power surge. Having found a non-working element, replace it with a similar, but correctly functioning one.

The first step is to establish the cause of the malfunction. If the situation is such that the computer turned on, but then the operating system (OS) itself does not load, then naturally you need to dig in the direction of the same OS.

And if the situation that the computer does not even turn on at all, that is, it does not show absolutely any signs of life, then the situation can be much worse.

A few recommendations on what to do if your computer won't boot!

For the first case (when the computer turns on, but the OS itself does not boot).

Here, as a rule, there is a problem with the system files, or their damage, or complete loss. Try the tips below, all tips are for Windows XP:

1. Use the "Load the last good configuration (with working parameters)" option. You can use it as follows: after turning on the computer, press the F8 key, a window will appear, and in it select the above menu item.
2. Go to Safe Mode and try to restore the computer to a previous state. To do this, when booting the computer, press the F8 key (as in the previous paragraph), select "Safe Mode", if the system boots, go to the following path: Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore. And following the wizard's prompts, try to restore an earlier working system.
3. If the previous methods did not help, then I suggest that you familiarize yourself with another option. This option will restore your computer's performance with a 99% probability. What do we have to do? You just need to update the old system. To do this, you need a bootable Windows XP disc. Insert the disc into the DVD-ROM, reboot, it should boot from the CD, for this you need to set the appropriate item in the BIOS, or you can call the boot option menu with the F12 key, when you boot the PC, and choose to boot from CD / DVD-ROM, but this method may not work for everyone.
   After booting from the CD, follow the prompts to select "Install Windows XP". When a window appears, notifying that a previously installed OS has been found and press the R key. Thus, the Windows installer will update the existing copy. Wait until the end and try to boot normally.

For the second case (when the computer does not turn on at all).

In fact, there can be a lot of reasons here, and it is sometimes very difficult to help in absentia in this case. And, as a rule, the reason is a malfunction of some device (motherboard, power supply, RAM, etc.). At home, especially not a sophisticated user, there is simply no way to check the performance of a device by replacing it with a known working one. But there is a way out, though not 100%.

First, try resetting the BIOS. To do this, remove the battery for a few minutes. Or close the jumper contacts to reset the BIOS. Look for the jumper next to the battery and is labeled Clear CMOS (possible designations: CCMOS, CL_CMOS, Clear RTC, CRTC, CLRTC, CL_RTC). If it doesn't help, read on.

Second. It is necessary to disconnect ALL devices on the computer, leaving only the motherboard connected. That is, we take out the video card, all the RAM slots, disconnect the hard drive and DVD-ROM from the power supply, if there are additional devices (internal modem, sound card, etc.) we also take them out, leaving only the motherboard connected to the power supply.

And now we try to turn on the computer, if it turns on, then the problem is in one of the disabled devices. Turn off your computer and try ALTERNATELY connect devices, checking the computer for performance. First, connect the most important devices (video card, hard drive, RAM), and then the secondary ones.

Thus, if, when installing a device, the computer stops turning on, you yourself will determine the faulty device. If the computer did not turn on with one motherboard, then the problem is either with it itself or with the power supply.

Often there are situations when the Windows XP operating system at one point stops loading. There may be many reasons for this, and each specific problem requires an individual solution. However, if the user knows why the computer may malfunction, then he can easily solve the problem on his own. All possible reasons for refusal can be conditionally divided into two groups:

• Hardware - something broke inside the computer and Windows no longer works;
• Software - there are software errors in the OS itself that interfere with the correct operation of the system;

It is also worth paying attention to at what stage the OS does not boot, that is, what manages to appear on the screen, and after which event you detect a failure. In this case, we will consider the situation when Windows XP no longer starts after the splash screen appears.

What can be done

The very first method to use is loading the system's last known good configuration. After all, the cause of the malfunction can only be that you, for example, installed an incorrect program or driver on your computer, due to which the OS does not load normally. Accordingly, for the system to work properly, you need to return it to the moment when these tools were not installed. In the system registry there is a special section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet, where information about the last unproblematic boot is recorded. It is with the help of this section that Windows will determine the last known good configuration and boot from it.

Another option is to start Windows XP in Safe Mode.

With this method, only the minimum required set of software tools for Windows is loaded, none of the auxiliary programs are loaded.

If you could not boot your system as usual, but in safe mode it booted without problems, this already indicates that you most likely recently had some software installed on your computer due to which your system does not starts up.

After starting your computer in Safe Mode, you should restore Windows XP. To do this, you need to run the recovery utility, which is located in the All Programs / Accessories / System Tools / System Restore directory. It takes so-called snapshots of important system files, and saves the obtained information in the form of restore points, on which the system boots normally (more precisely, it was loaded before the problem occurred). Points can be created manually, from time to time they are created automatically (for example, after installing new software). You need to select the desired point and then start the recovery process. Upon completion, the computer will restart.

If all else fails

If previous attempts were in vain, and your system still won't boot, then the last step may be to restore the system using the installer. In order to do this, you need a Windows XP installation disc. Insert it into the floppy drive, enter the BIOS and put the boot from it. ... If a window opens on the screen prompting you to press any key to continue working, then do just that. The Windows XP installation window will appear. You will need the first item, by selecting which, you will begin the installation of Windows XP on your computer. First of all, a license agreement will be displayed on the screen, which must be accepted, otherwise it will not work to install the OS.

At the next stage, the inscription "Searching for previous versions of Microsoft Windows ..." will appear at the bottom of the screen. Thus, the program determines what it needs to do next - install the system on the computer or start the recovery mechanism for an already installed OS. There is one rather important nuance - for the recovery procedure to be successful, you will need a disk with exactly the copy of Windows that you had installed earlier. This is due to the fact that each operating system has its own serial number, which during the installation process is also checked against the previously installed copy.

Let's say the check completed successfully and no compatibility issues were found. In this case, a message appears on the screen with a proposal to either restore the existing copy of Windows, or install a new copy on the hard drive, and do not carry out the recovery procedure. Since we are interested in system recovery, we need to select the first item, and then press the R key. If suddenly the installation wizard prompts you only to install a new copy of Windows on your computer, do not agree - this will remove your OS from the computer and you will have to install it again.

If you did everything correctly, the program will start the recovery procedure. From the outside it will look like installing a new OS on a computer, but in fact, this is exactly the restoration of a damaged system. After all, the process does not affect computer user accounts, programs installed on the computer and system registry data.

That's it, now your computer boots up normally. It is advisable to make sure that the correct boot priorities were set in the BIOS (because after restoring through the distribution kit they have to be changed). Start from the hard drive should be a priority. If everything is correct, then Windows XP will start and work without interruption.

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Many users face this problem. When the computer does not boot beyond the motherboard splash screen and nothing else happens, this can happen to any computer and the reason for this may be different. In some cases, this problem is solved independently at home without the invitation of the master. In this article, we will tell you what you can do to fix this problem.

The computer stops booting at the motherboard splash screen

There are several reasons why the computer stops loading on the motherboard splash screen. When you turn on the computer and when the logo of the motherboard manufacturer appears, it polls all installed devices (processor, RAM, video card, drives, hard drives, etc.). If all the devices respond to the request, then the system continues to boot, if one of the devices does not respond, then it is precisely because of this that the computer hangs on the motherboard splash screen.