Cannot Start Windows XP after installing Service Pack 3

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The installation worked fine and then I rebooted the system as instructed and
now my system is stuck in a rebooting loop.

Can start in Safe Mode but that's it

Any ideas?

Thanks
 
JJSanFran said:
The installation worked fine and then I rebooted the system as instructed
and
now my system is stuck in a rebooting loop.

Can start in Safe Mode but that's it

Any ideas?

Thanks
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Perhaps the installation didn't work as fine as it appeared. Did you
disable a/v apps etc while installing?

If you can boot to Safe Mode, go there and into msconfig. There, in the
Boot.ini section, turn on /bootlog.

Now attempt the restart as normal, if it fails reboot again to Safe Mode
and look at the bootlog file.

If you can attach the drive to another system, delete the file pagefile.sys
from the root. This can sometimes help.

HTH
-pk
 
JJSanFran said:
The installation worked fine and then I rebooted the system as instructed
and now my system is stuck in a rebooting loop.

Can start in Safe Mode but that's it
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Do you have an OEM machine (HP, Dell etc.) with an AMD processor? If yes,
see this by MVP Jesper Johannson:

http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/

If not:

Support - Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available
for Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat
and e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada.

US -
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131
CA -
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-ca&prid=11273&gprid=522131
UK -
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-uk&prid=11273&gprid=522131
AU -
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-au&prid=11273&gprid=522131
Other - http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select
Windows XP | select Windows XP Service Pack 3


Malke
 
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