Installed OS - system stops at WME logo...

[SpongeBobPalmBay]

System was functioning with W98. I formatted the drive and istalled WME and now when it gets to the WME splash screen I hear a weird little click out of the hardrive and then the screen goes back and the system freezes. Safemode boots fine. A noramal boot crashes at the same point every time.

I tried to format and reinstall two additional times with the same results.


I also did a selective start up and I get the same results...

What the heck is the system trying to load that is crashing it? Or maybe something in the BIOS is not set correctly? Tyan mobo...


thanks...

 

[hjo3]

You might try running chkdsk on the hard drive. Or the mfr's diagnostic utilities. Maybe you have a bad sector or something.

BTW, Win ME is really terrible OS IMHO. I'd recommend Win 2000 or even XP. Just my 2 cents.