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Originally Posted by DJMala
I have a laptop that does the same thing on occasion. The only time it ever happened consistently was when I booted it while it was connected to a hotel network port. As soon as I disconnected it from the network port, it booted without a problem. On my home network, the same thing happens but not at all consistently.
Maybe something's failing in the network subsystem (an XP bug, perhaps?) and bringing the whole machine down?
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Just a guess, but it may be searching for the dhcp server - trying for an ip address - this can take a seriously long time before it times out if the net connection is not up...
It is also possible that I am talking out of my arse
