On re-installing windows on some laptops I have to make sure to wait long
enough for the reboot to do it's thing.  I was troubleshooting and
re-loading windows on one machine with the same symptoms for almost half a
day. Then I got called way during the reboot and when I came back half an
hour later it was up and running!  No problems since. Rebuilding a lot of
icons in higher resolution than 640X480 along with other(?) housekeeping
chores on that initial boot can take time. Make sure you wait long enough
before giving up.

Doug

At 9/26/99 09:58 PM , Edna Sloan wrote:

 >I bought a laptop(PC ARK slimline) a while back.  Anyway, it crashed and
 >said I had to reload windows.  It came with the OEM version of W98(for use
 >with a new PC only).  I have tried to reload it several times but get the
 >same result: after it loads and goes to reboot it hangs at the W98 display
 >screen.  If I restart it, it will boot up in safe mode, but not in normal
 >mode--just hangs up at the display screen.  Any help appreciated,

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