Windows Millennium booting problem

[u/-backsawayslowly-]

hardware

this screen is where it freezes until I force shutdown

One day I was shutting down my old Windows ME computer. I clicked "shut down" several times, but each time it simply played the startup sound and did nothing else. Then I accidentally pulled the power cable, forcing a shutdown. When I turned it on again, I had to use Safe Mode. After successfully booting into Safe Mode, I restarted the computer. It had no issues until it came to a screen that had the Windows ME icon and froze there, eventually forcing me to pull the power cable, after which it boots into Safe Mode and repeats the process.

All this is most likely my fault, but if possible, help would still be greatly appreciated.

version/build number is 4.90.3000

didn't get a picture of it, but it says "warning: windows did not finish booting on last attempt, default configuration used" when it is plugged in

Hardware specifications shown in first photo

[u/bnelson333]

Win9x was stupidly easy to corrupt, it didn't take much to need a full reinstall. I'd wipe the drive and start over and see if it works correctly then. Might also be a hardware failure

[u/-backsawayslowly- → u/bnelson333]

makes sense for windows me lol

[u/OGigachaod → u/-backsawayslowly-]

Windows 98 used to be called "Windows Re-Install Weekly".

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[u/firestorm_v1]

WinME? Why would you do that to yourself? Are you a masochist? Are you trying to signal that you've been captured by a hostile force and need Rambo to come save you?

[u/-backsawayslowly- → u/firestorm_v1]

It was my grandmother's