XP stuck in loop

[cy]

Hi,
I am looking at a friends Tiny PC which runs XP. Unfortunately XP will
not run to the log in screen. It simply gets stuck in a loop.

When i start the PC it runs to the screen saying windows was not shut down
properly, please select safe mode, safe mode with networking, last known good
config and run windows normally. If i select any of these i get a blue
screen coming back talking bout BIOS, this disappears after about 2 seconds
and the loop starts again.

I have a vista recovery disc that i want to run chkdsk from but i cannot
even get into the BIOS to tell the PC to boot from CD first. Im not 100%
sure if this will resolve the issue but its what i was going to try first.
Does this sound right? If so how can i get into the BIOS to make it boot from
CD at startup? If not any ideas on how to fix this?

Any help would be great, Thanks.

 

[Gerry]

Cy

This "I have a vista recovery disc " does sound like a clever way to
proceed!

Please post a copy of the Stop Error report.

Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Keep pressing the F8
key during Start-Up and select option - Disable automatic restart on
system failure.

Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure until you have
resolved the problem. Check for variants of the Stop Error message.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Malke]

Hi,
I am looking at a friends Tiny PC which runs XP. Unfortunately XP
will
not run to the log in screen. It simply gets stuck in a loop.

When i start the PC it runs to the screen saying windows was not shut down
properly, please select safe mode, safe mode with networking, last known
good
config and run windows normally. If i select any of these i get a blue
screen coming back talking bout BIOS, this disappears after about 2
seconds and the loop starts again.

I have a vista recovery disc that i want to run chkdsk from but i cannot
even get into the BIOS to tell the PC to boot from CD first. Im not 100%
sure if this will resolve the issue but its what i was going to try first.
Does this sound right? If so how can i get into the BIOS to make it boot
from
CD at startup? If not any ideas on how to fix this?

You should not use a Vista recovery disk to try and fix XP.

Why can't you get into the BIOS? What happens when you try?

Perhaps your friend should take his machine to a competent local computer
tech. I don't recommend using a Big ComputerStore/GeekSquad type of place.

If you friend doesn't wish to do this, he (or you if you have the skills)
should:

1. Back up his data to an external hard drive using a Linux Live CD or
Bart's PE rescue disk.

2. Test the hardware thoroughly -
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot

3. If any hardware is bad, replace it if feasible (won't be if it is the
motherboard on a Tiny computer).

4. If all hardware is good, do a clean install of Windows with the
installation media (or method) that came with the Tiny.

Malke

 

[Randem]

You state that you can't get into BIOS but you failed to state how you tried
to get into BIOS. On some manufacturers computers the keys are different
(F1, F2 or F10) and sometime F10 or F12 to change the boot order. Windows
can't stop you from getting into BIOS.

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[Randem]

In any event you can either boot on another computer then slave your drive
or use a USB enclosure to run chkdsk /f on your drive to fix any file system
problems you may have. You may also have partition error also.

More helpful info:
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