Windows Startup Problems

In general, the Windows-based operating system that runs your computer is a remarkably efficient thing, considering the many thousands of operations that it has to carry out every moment that your PC is operating.

Going by the nature of the word, it is not hard to understand that Windows start-up errors occur when you boot your PC. Or, at least when you try to boot your PC. Most of the applications that you install using the default installation load when the Windows starts. All these applications use the system memory and resource leaving smaller portion of the memory for other programs to open. This causes these programs to slow down and therefore unusable provided that you have enough memory.

Windows start up woes can also be caused by a program that is deleted mistakenly, a program that failed to install or uninstall itself properly, or the wrong drivers of peripherals etc. There are a few possibilities if your system stops while loading Windows. Start up problems can crop up with or without error messages.

A very critical potential problem behind startup issues is your Windows operating system will not start at all. Practically speaking, your PC is dead.

In such a situation, you need to use any external boot devices that you have available, like for instance, a suitable floppy disk or CD-Rom that you have previously created for this very purpose.

If all this fails to work, and they will not always do so, then you need to take one step back and look to your original operating system installation disk, in order to save your PC files.

However, while speaking about a Startup error, we would more commonly be referring to a situation where, on trying to start, you would see a message that merely tells you that there is an error happening during the startup process.

If this error message flashes only once, you can generally ignore it, if it does not happen again, the chances are good that the problem was only a temporary effect.

However, if the phenomenon happens more than once, then the culprit is likely to be found in one of several different locations within the registry of your Windows operating system. The usual reasons behind it would be as follows:

• A file that cannot be found: A driver or a program is set up or configured to load when Windows starts. At times for any reason whatsoever, the underlying file gets either damaged or absent. Usually, this issue requires reinstalling the driver or application to fix the problem, or remove the references that are causing the problem. This involves removing the code that is telling the computer to run that program.
  
  
• A device driver fails to load: This could either mean that the driver itself is damaged, or that the device which the driver controls is not able to function correctly.
  
  
• Presence of virus or other malware: Viruses or malware can often be the fundamental cause of this kind of startup errors. Immediate attention is required to clear them via system scans with updated anti-virus software or anti-spyware software.