Locks on boot, sometimes

Okay, I searched, and nobody seems to have quite this problem. It started when I moved across the street, but I think that might just be coincidence.
I get to the white screen, and the blue bar makes it completely across, then the whole thing just stops. It only does this sometimes, and rebooting anywhere from 1 to 3 times gets me into Windows. This is accompanied by blue vertical blotches going down the white screen, but sometimes it boots even with them there. So far it doesn't happen at all on a reboot. I checked the eventviewer, but of course it's blank. Any ideas?

 

Hi as you just moved your computer I would first check to see all cards, connections etc are secure (especially the video). If so then easy things first, run error fix, go to my computer right click on local disk C and select properties, from the menu select tools then error fix.You will probably be told the volume is in use, select run at boot.
If this doesn't work try system restore,use your 2k Cd, go to bios and change boot sequence to CDrom,put 2kCD into drive and reboot you will then have to follow the prompts to run system restore. I fear though that the problem is in your video card, may need new drivers or new card?

 

jenae - sound advice and you have probably nailed the issue (connection problem after the move).

Something to add to your bag of repair tricks though. When you force error checking & repair via my computer~properties, you are really calling for chkdsk to run with some switch setting (not sure exactly which but probably /f).

You can get lots more control over how extensive checking & repair you want done by opening a command window and running chkdsk with the exact switch(es) you want. For instance

chkdsk /f will check and repair some things (varies depending on whether you have FAT32 or NTFS)

chkdsk /r will do more checking including surface and fix those. Takes a bit longer to run though.

chkdsk /? will give you a listing of the options with pretty good descriptions of the effects of each.

 

Thanks all. The problem is now resolved. I'm not exactly sure what the problem was, but it had to do with the video card. When I opened the case, it appeared to be seated fine, and pushing didn't visibly change anything. On a whim, I booted with the case open and noticed the fan on the card wasn't spinning (hard thing to notice too, what with the dern thing pointing down and all!). Of course I had to remove the card to do anything about it. Anybody know how hard it is to find a fan that fits a Geforce video card in a small town? The guys at NextGen computers did what Radio Shack wouldn't, lend a hand. They matched up a fan from an old AMD 75 Mhz processor and gave it to me for free. Anyway, put it all back together,and it's booting up just fine again.