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The thread discusses a startup issue where the user experiences inconsistent boot behavior, with the system sometimes hanging at the startup screen. Another user suggests the problem may be related to the boot configuration, possibly due to dual boot setup complications. The original poster finds that using F12 or temporarily changing boot priority to CD resolves the issue, though they're unsure of the exact cause, and the problem no longer recurs after these adjustments.
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I have developed two different startups which switch one to the other each time I startup..
One starts as normal ie. Press power on, first screen says Press <F2> to enter startup.I do not press F2 and startup proceeds to coloured Win circling stars and all is well. Win then shuts down as normal on command.
Next time I Press Power on, first screen says Press<F2> to enter startup. Screen hangs here for ever.
Pressing <F2> does nothing. I need to power off to clear screen.
Next time I start the normal start happens.I can press F2 and get the normal startup parameters screen
Next time I start the hang happens. Pressing <F2> does nothing I can see.
And so on ad nauseum.
Restoring to earlier time has no effect.
I have been unable to fix this and have resorted to powering on twice every time.
 

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patcooke
Have you previously had a dual boot set up on the machine - it sounds like you have a problem with the hard drive boot configuration.
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Have you previously had a dual boot set up on the machine - it sounds like you have a problem with the hard drive boot configuration.
 

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Thanks patcooke, I suspect you are correct although I do not know how it happened. Found that by using F12 at the right time that startup would work properly every time. I tried the win repair disk to no effect. Finally I changed startup to boot from CD and although I did not use the CD the startup worked fine every time. Then changed back to boot from HDD and all went well.
And still does although I have no idea what went wrong or what fixed it. C'est la vie.
 

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