98 Stop's Responding On Startup (PLEASE HELP)

[carlosmarlos]

I run win98 and 2000 on same computer, somthing happened I'm not sure what. and when I start up 98 it freezes before i can do any thing, it freezes when the icon tray starts to load. I don't know how to start it in safe mode because when I pree F8 when the computer is starting up it just goes to win2000 setup. And I can't select it from system confige because it freezes before I can do anything.

what should I do?

Pleeeeeaaase help. I don't have a clue what to do. HELP

 

[bygeek]

A few suggestions:

1) Instead of F8, try holding the <Ctrl> key down steadily from the time you reboot. This should boot you into safe mode without the bootup menu.

2) How does the video look? sometimes a bad video card will prevent the system from booting.

3) Open the case and make sure the cpu fan is running. If it's not, it may be overheating and causing the shutdown.

4) Have you loaded any software lately, especially anti-virus?