Windows restarts after displaying the windows logo during booting

Industry · 01-29-2008, 08:25 PM

I have two SATA hard drives, a raptor and a data storage drive. One day after I rebooted my computer I was never able to boot again when both of them were connected at the same time. It seems that when the data storage drive is hooked up, windows reboots without giving me any error messages right after the windows logo (screen turns black and goes back to bios). When it's disconnected, though, and only the main raptor drive is hooked up, windows boots without any problems. I've done the following in order to try to find a solution to the problem:
I've tried booting into a linux live cd which showed both hard drives with the files accessible on both (second hard drive is still working). I've also tried booting into safe mode which shows the list of drivers being loaded and reboots after the list as well. In addition, I tried doing boot logging which gave me the following result in ntbtlog.txt

Code:

 Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\Wdf01000.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\LHidFilt.Sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mouhid.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\LMouFilt.Sys
Did not load driver NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Did not load driver NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit
Did not load driver NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
Did not load driver VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver RADEON 9800 PRO
Did not load driver RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (IP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Direct Parallel
Did not load driver AMD K7 Processor
Did not load driver NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Did not load driver NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit
Did not load driver NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
Did not load driver VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver RADEON 9800 PRO
Did not load driver RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (IP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Direct Parallel
Did not load driver AMD K7 Processor
Did not load driver NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Did not load driver NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit
Did not load driver NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
Did not load driver VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver RADEON 9800 PRO
Did not load driver RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (IP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Direct Parallel
Did not load driver AMD K7 Processor
Did not load driver NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Did not load driver NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit
Did not load driver NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
Did not load driver VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver RADEON 9800 PRO
Did not load driver RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (IP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Direct Parallel
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Fastfat.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Cdfs.SYS

I can't tell if it's the driver that's causing the problems. Does windows normally get past loading this driver or is this actually the last one that always gets loaded?
Lastly, I thought the power supply might not have enough juice, so I bought a new 500watt one, but that did not fix it. My computer only has the two drives, an old radeon card and athlon processor.
I can't tell what my next step should be or what's causing this. Has anyone experienced the same problem?

**tecknomage** · 01-30-2008, 10:08 AM

Have you checked your BIOS Setup for the SATA drives to ensure your boot drive is 1st in the sequence?

Function · 01-30-2008, 01:08 PM

Yes, my Western Digital Raptor is #0 to boot while the data drive is #1 as per the onscreen sata raid screen that comes up during booting for me. Switching their cables just gives me a Windows missing error.

Function · 02-06-2008, 08:25 PM

I tried doing a repair install, but that did not fix the problem. I was forced to reinstall windows.

01-30-2008, 10:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
tecknomage TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 928 OS: WinXP Pro SP3	Re: Windows restarts after displaying the windows logo during booting Have you checked your BIOS Setup for the SATA drives to ensure your boot drive is 1st in the sequence? __________________ Tecknomage Computer System Specialist IT Technician

01-30-2008, 01:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Function Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4 OS: XP	Re: Windows restarts after displaying the windows logo during booting Yes, my Western Digital Raptor is #0 to boot while the data drive is #1 as per the onscreen sata raid screen that comes up during booting for me. Switching their cables just gives me a Windows missing error.

02-06-2008, 08:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
Function Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4 OS: XP	Re: Windows restarts after displaying the windows logo during booting I tried doing a repair install, but that did not fix the problem. I was forced to reinstall windows.