Booting difficulties.

jnhay · 01-21-2006, 02:11 PM

I started having problems with my pc when I tried to install a trial version of pandascan for the desktop. In the middle of installing the program, my computer froze, so I had to reboot. Even though the program didn't finish installing, I noticed that it loaded at startup (a little panda icon would display on the bottom right of the screen), and once it loaded the computer would freeze.

I tried booting in safe mode and disabling pandascan from starting up, that didn't work. Then I tried to remove the program altogether, but for some reason I got a prompt saying that I needed an internet connection to remove it. So all that got me nowhere.

So now, I have another problem along with that, I try to startup, and I get a picture up until the logon screen, when the screen just turns black. So now I have two problems right now, and I don't know where to start. Help would be greatly appreciated.

**Terrister** · 01-21-2006, 03:36 PM

Have you tried going into safe mode and system restoring back before the install?

jnhay · 01-21-2006, 03:58 PM

I found out that the problem was probably a corrupted boot file (probably due to all the hard shutdowns I performed after all the times the computer froze). So I reinstalled my old hard drive and set my new drive as a slave.

So, now my problem should probably be addressed in the hard drive forum, since I only want to use my old drive to boot. Can I set my new drive as master but still boot from my old drive?

**Terrister** · 01-21-2006, 07:24 PM

I'll move this to hard drive and we will address the new question there.

01-21-2006, 02:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
jnhay Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 91 OS: xp	Booting difficulties. I started having problems with my pc when I tried to install a trial version of pandascan for the desktop. In the middle of installing the program, my computer froze, so I had to reboot. Even though the program didn't finish installing, I noticed that it loaded at startup (a little panda icon would display on the bottom right of the screen), and once it loaded the computer would freeze. I tried booting in safe mode and disabling pandascan from starting up, that didn't work. Then I tried to remove the program altogether, but for some reason I got a prompt saying that I needed an internet connection to remove it. So all that got me nowhere. So now, I have another problem along with that, I try to startup, and I get a picture up until the logon screen, when the screen just turns black. So now I have two problems right now, and I don't know where to start. Help would be greatly appreciated. Last edited by jnhay; 01-21-2006 at 02:13 PM.

01-21-2006, 03:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Have you tried going into safe mode and system restoring back before the install? __________________

01-21-2006, 07:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	I'll move this to hard drive and we will address the new question there. __________________

01-21-2006, 03:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
jnhay Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 91 OS: xp	I found out that the problem was probably a corrupted boot file (probably due to all the hard shutdowns I performed after all the times the computer froze). So I reinstalled my old hard drive and set my new drive as a slave. So, now my problem should probably be addressed in the hard drive forum, since I only want to use my old drive to boot. Can I set my new drive as master but still boot from my old drive?