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Old 11-12-2010, 17:53   #7
haydnwalker
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Re: HP Netbook freezes on boot - WinXP

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Originally Posted by lymmranger View Post
I have Win XP Pro installed on my netbook

To my dismay it now freezes part way through attempting to boot windows

I have managed to fully boot in safe mode, so I suspect a BIOS setting

....am I correct? If so what should I be looking for? (its a long time since I have fiddled in there )

any suggestions gratefully recieved
Wouldn't be BIOS if it booted into safe mode anyway It's more likely to be spyware/virus/incorrect or corrupt registry or something like that.

You're right to try MSConfig first
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