Why is ntbtlog.txt so big?

[Guest Padredog]

I have a gaming PC with win xp sp2 that has had problems at startup

for about a year now. It will hang at the splash screen and the blue

scroll will just roll on, and until recently, I would get the message

"Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected

boot device" after it scrolled for about 15-30 minutes. I can alway

get into safe mode. I recently enabled the /bootlog switch so I could

see the ntbtlog.txt file, it is over 6 meg in size. Two other PC's I

use, an emachine running XP SP2, and a Vista PC PC at work. Both of

those ntbtlog files are about 27K in size. Why would my gaming PC

ntbtlog file be so much bigger? I see A LOT of duplicate lines in the

huge ntbtlog file. Would this be a possible source of my PC hanging at

the splash screen?

[Guest PvdG42]

Re: Why is ntbtlog.txt so big?

 

"Padredog" <padredog69@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>I have a gaming PC with win xp sp2 that has had problems at startup

> for about a year now. It will hang at the splash screen and the blue

> scroll will just roll on, and until recently, I would get the message

> "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected

> boot device" after it scrolled for about 15-30 minutes. I can alway

> get into safe mode. I recently enabled the /bootlog switch so I could

> see the ntbtlog.txt file, it is over 6 meg in size. Two other PC's I

> use, an emachine running XP SP2, and a Vista PC PC at work. Both of

> those ntbtlog files are about 27K in size. Why would my gaming PC

> ntbtlog file be so much bigger? I see A LOT of duplicate lines in the

> huge ntbtlog file. Would this be a possible source of my PC hanging at

> the splash screen?

 

 

The file name implies that it's a log file, which probably has entries added

every time your PC boots in its present condition. Since you've had issues

for a year, that's a lot of log entries. Try opening the file in WordPad or

some other editor to see the repeating entries.

 

The size of the log file is a symptom of your problem. Have you considered a

repair install of XP?

[Guest Padredog]

Re: Why is ntbtlog.txt so big?

 

On Jul 24, 5:48 am, "PvdG42" <p...@toadstool.edu> wrote:

> "Padredog" <padredo...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:56fa7694-8402-42d0-994e-eba9d6f6d978@s21g2000prm.googlegroups.com...

>

> >I have a gaming PC with win xp sp2 that has had problems at startup

> > for about a year now. It will hang at the splash screen and the blue

> > scroll will just roll on, and until recently, I would get the message

> > "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected

> > boot device" after it scrolled for about 15-30 minutes. I can alway

> > get into safe mode. I recently enabled the /bootlog switch so I could

> > see the ntbtlog.txt file, it is over 6 meg in size. Two other PC's I

> > use, an emachine running XP SP2, and a Vista PC PC at work. Both of

> > those ntbtlog files are about 27K in size. Why would my gaming PC

> > ntbtlog file be so much bigger? I see A LOT of duplicate lines in the

> > huge ntbtlog file. Would this be a possible source of my PC hanging at

> > the splash screen?

>

> The file name implies that it's a log file, which probably has entries added

> every time your PC boots in its present condition. Since you've had issues

> for a year, that's a lot of log entries. Try opening the file in WordPad or

> some other editor to see the repeating entries.

>

> The size of the log file is a symptom of your problem. Have you considered a

> repair install of XP?

 

Thanks for responding.Bootlog was only enabled recently, about a week

ago. Would it still log a years worth of records? I have considered a

repair install of xp.