Hi, I have an old XP laptop, which has a broken cd drive. Recently when I tried to boot,it started, then turned off. Now I get the advanced menu screen.If I choose any other option than safe mode, nothing happens. If I choose safe mode, files begin to load, then stop at mup.sys ( I've read this is the last file that loads, anyway ) I have removed the hard drive,put it in an enclosure and connected to my desktop. I ran chkdisk and it says the disc is fine. So can I rule out the hard drive being faulty ? My knowledge is quite limited. Thank you
were you also able to read/view files on that hd? if yes try repairing the xp install in case there is some profile corrruption