Startup stutter

During start up with Vista Home Premium, the monitor hangs with a flashing
cursor in the top left corner as though in the command window. Then, if I
reboot a normal startup occurs.

I have checked startup programs, eliminating all but the essentials and
restoring them in groups of three. There has been no sign of the problem at
any stage of that process. Thus, it is as though something has been left
there during the last time the computer was used.

I have tried turning off the power switch for the computer after shut down,
just in case. This does not change things.

Does anyone have any thoughts to add to my blasphemous ones? :-)

Hello Barrie,

Check the boot options for the drives in BIOS. Is it set to harddisk?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.

> During start up with Vista Home Premium, the monitor hangs with a
> flashing cursor in the top left corner as though in the command
> window. Then, if I reboot a normal startup occurs.
>
> I have checked startup programs, eliminating all but the essentials
> and restoring them in groups of three. There has been no sign of the
> problem at any stage of that process. Thus, it is as though something
> has been left there during the last time the computer was used.
>
> I have tried turning off the power switch for the computer after shut
> down, just in case. This does not change things.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts to add to my blasphemous ones? :-)
>

Is there a printer hooked up? I had the cursor on the top left and it
wouldn't boot. Had to unplug the printer and reboot

No, it is set to one of the optical drives first and then the boot drive. In
the absence of a boot disk in the ROM drive it should surely be OK. Also, if
that was the problem, would the re-boot not be equally vulnerable?

"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> Hello Barrie,
>
> Check the boot options for the drives in BIOS. Is it set to harddisk?
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
>
> > During start up with Vista Home Premium, the monitor hangs with a
> > flashing cursor in the top left corner as though in the command
> > window. Then, if I reboot a normal startup occurs.
> >
> > I have checked startup programs, eliminating all but the essentials
> > and restoring them in groups of three. There has been no sign of the
> > problem at any stage of that process. Thus, it is as though something
> > has been left there during the last time the computer was used.
> >
> > I have tried turning off the power switch for the computer after shut
> > down, just in case. This does not change things.
> >
> > Does anyone have any thoughts to add to my blasphemous ones? :-)
> >
>
>
>

Certainly there is a printer hooked up but it was ever thus. i.e. this is a
new event with the same hardware hookup. I am trying to distinguish between
the startup sequences in reboot and hard boot but cannot remember all the
differences.

"" wrote:

> Is there a printer hooked up? I had the cursor on the top left and it
> wouldn't boot. Had to unplug the printer and reboot
>
>

This is a reply to myself in the hope that it will ring a bell for someone.
The essential difference between pressing the restart button and doing a full
power down is that the latter turns all the attached hardware off, including
the spinning of the hard drives. I wonder if my boot drive (which is only a
few months old) is having trouble starting up?

"Barrie" wrote:

> During start up with Vista Home Premium, the monitor hangs with a flashing
> cursor in the top left corner as though in the command window. Then, if I
> reboot a normal startup occurs.
>
> I have checked startup programs, eliminating all but the essentials and
> restoring them in groups of three. There has been no sign of the problem at
> any stage of that process. Thus, it is as though something has been left
> there during the last time the computer was used.
>
> I have tried turning off the power switch for the computer after shut down,
> just in case. This does not change things.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts to add to my blasphemous ones? :-)
>

Greeting from (old) Europe as your old Rummy used to say...
It seems to me, from previous readings and browsing on the web, that this
flashing cursor gives you a short period of time to intervene in the startup
process, ie press the F2 or F8 or F4 key.
No room for blasphemous thoughts.
Relax, and take it easy with a glass of crispy, herbal tasting, cold French
Chardonnay
Best of luck.
Bill G. is not guilty for once!
JL

"Barrie" <> a écrit dans le message de
news:21546FB2-CBD7-4106-9322-...
> This is a reply to myself in the hope that it will ring a bell for
> someone.
> The essential difference between pressing the restart button and doing a
> full
> power down is that the latter turns all the attached hardware off,
> including
> the spinning of the hard drives. I wonder if my boot drive (which is only
> a
> few months old) is having trouble starting up?
>
> "Barrie" wrote:
>
>> During start up with Vista Home Premium, the monitor hangs with a
>> flashing
>> cursor in the top left corner as though in the command window. Then, if
>> I
>> reboot a normal startup occurs.
>>
>> I have checked startup programs, eliminating all but the essentials and
>> restoring them in groups of three. There has been no sign of the problem
>> at
>> any stage of that process. Thus, it is as though something has been left
>> there during the last time the computer was used.
>>
>> I have tried turning off the power switch for the computer after shut
>> down,
>> just in case. This does not change things.
>>
>> Does anyone have any thoughts to add to my blasphemous ones? :-)
>>
>

There is no "short period of time" about this. If I do nothing it stays
there blinking. Maybe I should try a few function keys but that does not
sound right to me?

Bonne chance!

"La Poste" wrote:

> Greeting from (old) Europe as your old Rummy used to say...
> It seems to me, from previous readings and browsing on the web, that this
> flashing cursor gives you a short period of time to intervene in the startup
> process, ie press the F2 or F8 or F4 key.
> No room for blasphemous thoughts.
> Relax, and take it easy with a glass of crispy, herbal tasting, cold French
> Chardonnay
> Best of luck.
> Bill G. is not guilty for once!
> JL
>
> "Barrie" <> a écrit dans le message de
> news:21546FB2-CBD7-4106-9322-...
> > This is a reply to myself in the hope that it will ring a bell for
> > someone.
> > The essential difference between pressing the restart button and doing a
> > full
> > power down is that the latter turns all the attached hardware off,
> > including
> > the spinning of the hard drives. I wonder if my boot drive (which is only
> > a
> > few months old) is having trouble starting up?
> >
> > "Barrie" wrote:
> >
> >> During start up with Vista Home Premium, the monitor hangs with a
> >> flashing
> >> cursor in the top left corner as though in the command window. Then, if
> >> I
> >> reboot a normal startup occurs.
> >>
> >> I have checked startup programs, eliminating all but the essentials and
> >> restoring them in groups of three. There has been no sign of the problem
> >> at
> >> any stage of that process. Thus, it is as though something has been left
> >> there during the last time the computer was used.
> >>
> >> I have tried turning off the power switch for the computer after shut
> >> down,
> >> just in case. This does not change things.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any thoughts to add to my blasphemous ones? :-)
> >>
> >
>
>

I should have added that, as I live close to the Napa and Sonoma valleys, I
can sample our own chardonnays, some from vineyards that are French-owned. :-)

"La Poste" wrote:

> Greeting from (old) Europe as your old Rummy used to say...
> It seems to me, from previous readings and browsing on the web, that this
> flashing cursor gives you a short period of time to intervene in the startup
> process, ie press the F2 or F8 or F4 key.
> No room for blasphemous thoughts.
> Relax, and take it easy with a glass of crispy, herbal tasting, cold French
> Chardonnay
> Best of luck.
> Bill G. is not guilty for once!
> JL
>
> "Barrie" <> a écrit dans le message de
> news:21546FB2-CBD7-4106-9322-...
> > This is a reply to myself in the hope that it will ring a bell for
> > someone.
> > The essential difference between pressing the restart button and doing a
> > full
> > power down is that the latter turns all the attached hardware off,
> > including
> > the spinning of the hard drives. I wonder if my boot drive (which is only
> > a
> > few months old) is having trouble starting up?
> >
> > "Barrie" wrote:
> >
> >> During start up with Vista Home Premium, the monitor hangs with a
> >> flashing
> >> cursor in the top left corner as though in the command window. Then, if
> >> I
> >> reboot a normal startup occurs.
> >>
> >> I have checked startup programs, eliminating all but the essentials and
> >> restoring them in groups of three. There has been no sign of the problem
> >> at
> >> any stage of that process. Thus, it is as though something has been left
> >> there during the last time the computer was used.
> >>
> >> I have tried turning off the power switch for the computer after shut
> >> down,
> >> just in case. This does not change things.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any thoughts to add to my blasphemous ones? :-)
> >>
> >
>
>

Cheers Barrie!

"Barrie" <> a écrit dans le message de
news:97D3D7BC-745D-4EF9-BC1A-...
>I should have added that, as I live close to the Napa and Sonoma valleys, I
> can sample our own chardonnays, some from vineyards that are French-owned.
> :-)
>
> "La Poste" wrote:
>
>> Greeting from (old) Europe as your old Rummy used to say...
>> It seems to me, from previous readings and browsing on the web, that this
>> flashing cursor gives you a short period of time to intervene in the
>> startup
>> process, ie press the F2 or F8 or F4 key.
>> No room for blasphemous thoughts.
>> Relax, and take it easy with a glass of crispy, herbal tasting, cold
>> French
>> Chardonnay
>> Best of luck.
>> Bill G. is not guilty for once!
>> JL
>>
>> "Barrie" <> a écrit dans le message de
>> news:21546FB2-CBD7-4106-9322-...
>> > This is a reply to myself in the hope that it will ring a bell for
>> > someone.
>> > The essential difference between pressing the restart button and doing
>> > a
>> > full
>> > power down is that the latter turns all the attached hardware off,
>> > including
>> > the spinning of the hard drives. I wonder if my boot drive (which is
>> > only
>> > a
>> > few months old) is having trouble starting up?
>> >
>> > "Barrie" wrote:
>> >
>> >> During start up with Vista Home Premium, the monitor hangs with a
>> >> flashing
>> >> cursor in the top left corner as though in the command window. Then,
>> >> if
>> >> I
>> >> reboot a normal startup occurs.
>> >>
>> >> I have checked startup programs, eliminating all but the essentials
>> >> and
>> >> restoring them in groups of three. There has been no sign of the
>> >> problem
>> >> at
>> >> any stage of that process. Thus, it is as though something has been
>> >> left
>> >> there during the last time the computer was used.
>> >>
>> >> I have tried turning off the power switch for the computer after shut
>> >> down,
>> >> just in case. This does not change things.
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone have any thoughts to add to my blasphemous ones? :-)
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>