XP won't finish booting up

[Katsu999]

Hi Folks

Laptop was fine when I shut it down lastnight.

Today I type my Login, then wait.
It gets to show me the background wallpaper, but then stops loading.

I can CTR-ALT-DEL, if I try to 'RUN' explorer.exe it says "Can't find explorer.exe".

I can use the 'BROWSE' box to get to C:\windows\explorer.exe, it still says "Cant find explorer.exe".

HELP!!

PS. Booting in SAFE mode has same result - blank screen with 'Safe Mode' in each corner.

Is there a 'Repair' I can do to the harddisk from another machine?
I can whip out the HD and run it on another machine to do stuff to it if need be?

thanks!

Will

 

[support.clpafs]

?? did not understand the issue here.

But Try pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL and end any unnescessary services.

 

[Katsu999]

The issue is that XP stops loading when it gets to the wallpaper - no Icons, no Menus, no System Task Bar, no HD activity.

A screen full of wallpaper, and nothing else!

Luckily I can get to the 'RUN' command from CTR-ALT-DEL, but can't even run explorer.exe even though I can browse to it - it's as if the system doesn't recognise it as a program.

 

[support.clpafs]

Have you installed any new applications/softeware or hardeware prior to this issue?

 

[Katsu999]

No, its been running unchanged for a couple of months.
Its my office workhorse, so no experiments, games or fancy stuff going on.

Like I say, it was fine when it shut down the night before.

Next morning - no go.

 

[support.clpafs]

I'm stumped, but don't let me get you down. I will look into this issue a little more and let you know of the results I find.