Always restart in Safe Mode

[Racey]

This xp when boot up always goes to Safe mode and what ever option I choose,
before XP can finished loading, it will restart and goes back to Safe mode.

Its the same when I boot to Advance Boot Menu>Safe mode and it will restart
before XPX can finish loading and goes to Safe mode.

When the problem happen initially, Ican see there is a blue screen of death
which it disappeared to fast to read the message

I have done in Recovery console do chkdsk /r and it does not help. I ahve
alsodone fixboot, the same senario exist.

Any idea whats wrong with this desktop? Thanks

 

[Brian A.]

This xp when boot up always goes to Safe mode and what ever option I choose,
before XP can finished loading, it will restart and goes back to Safe mode.

Its the same when I boot to Advance Boot Menu>Safe mode and it will restart
before XPX can finish loading and goes to Safe mode.

When the problem happen initially, Ican see there is a blue screen of death
which it disappeared to fast to read the message

I have done in Recovery console do chkdsk /r and it does not help. I ahve
alsodone fixboot, the same senario exist.

Any idea whats wrong with this desktop? Thanks

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/en-us

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434/en-us

How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560/en-us


Windows XP Shutdown & Restart Troubleshooting
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
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[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Is WinXP SP3 installed and did this only start happening after you installed
SP3?

 

[Racey]

Only sp2 and and after scanning found many 'nots' so decided to do a
re-installation of the OS. Many thanks for your guidance/reference