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all thing is ok. I unplug all and check it. when I press the power button windows start normally. it scan drive D. When finished the scan it was hang. no welcome screen or user screen appear. Whant can I do now?

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reported Windows XP starts, runs a scan on D:, then hangs before the Welcome screen. That pattern most often points to either filesystem corruption on the D: volume, a failing drive that blocks the kernel when volumes are opened, or a driver/service that deadlocks during the final boot stage. Agreeing with , offline repair from boot media is useful, but start with simple isolation and logging before destructive repairs.

Try these non-destructive triage steps first:

  • Boot to Advanced Boot Options (press F8) and try "Safe Mode" or "Last Known Good Configuration". If Safe Mode reaches the desktop, check Event Viewer and disable recently added drivers/services.
  • Enable boot logging (F8 -> "Enable Boot Logging") and review C:\Windows\ntbtlog.txt after the failed boot to identify drivers that fail to load.
  • From Safe Mode run a system file check to repair protected system files:
sfc /scannow

(See Microsoft documentation for sfc for details: sfc command reference.)

If Safe Mode does not boot or the system still hangs after the D: scan:

  • Power down and physically disconnect the D: drive (or any external USB drives). Boot with only the system drive attached to see if the hang stops — this isolates a failing disk.
  • If data is important, boot from a Linux/WinPE live USB and copy files off the drive before attempting repairs or writes.
  • Run memory and SMART checks (bad RAM or SMART-failing HDDs cause hangs). A reliable RAM tester is available at Memtest86.

If disk/boot repairs are needed and data is backed up, use recovery-media tools (Recovery Console/WinPE) to attempt repairs. Recovery Console commands that can repair boot code include:

fixmbr
fixboot

Use those with caution (they affect MBR/boot records). If offline repairs repeatedly report bad sectors, the drive should be replaced. If the registry or user profile is corrupted, consider restoring registry hives from the repair folder or performing a repair install after backing up data.

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Probably time to run chkdsk /r from your recovery console, either from your installation cd, or via download from one of:



It is an advantage to put the RC onto your systemdrive [C:]; instructions for doing this can be had from Microsoft via search.

Edited by gerbil because: spelling
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