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I can see it is not getting me to the command prompt before it freezes.

As Mark said, ctrl-C or ctrl-break at some point during the boot sequence will drop it to the shell prompt before it tries to play the bad track.

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I have searched the FAQs.

The one you're looking for, and the thing that Mark is suspecting (and I am too) is this problem.

See if that fixes it for you.
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Tony Fabris