Well you resolved my boot up nightmare by having me uncheck autoexec and config from the msconfig menu. It lasted a litte while but now its worse. The auto and config are still unchecked and the whole system seems in slow motion. I decided to reformat and reinstall windows. I dont have any valuable info on this laptop, use it mainly to browse emails etc.
Heres my dilemna... I was using rselbys link
http://www.rselby.com/installingwindows.htm#2
and put in the startup disk, I rebooted but nothing is happening, all I have is a black screen with the cursor flashing in the top left corner.
Can I reformat the HD by restarting in MS-DOS mode? After 10 minutes I can get the computer to boot and then I can choose shut down, restart, but for some reason when I shut down all the way and use the start-up disk I am getting nowhere.
Heres my dilemna... I was using rselbys link
http://www.rselby.com/installingwindows.htm#2
and put in the startup disk, I rebooted but nothing is happening, all I have is a black screen with the cursor flashing in the top left corner.
Can I reformat the HD by restarting in MS-DOS mode? After 10 minutes I can get the computer to boot and then I can choose shut down, restart, but for some reason when I shut down all the way and use the start-up disk I am getting nowhere.