computer fails to start after installing service pack 2 HELP

[Guest]

help,

firstly i am not a computer buff so sreplies relating to bios settings etc
will go straight over my head.

i have just installed service pack 2, after which my computer will not start
at all. i get the black screen with the microsoft xp logo and blue expanding
bar underneath, after which it seems to try to reboot itself without ever
switching my machine off.

i have tried safe mode, and all the other modes available to me after
hitting F3 with no joy, any help before i have to doi a complete re install
(thanks very much Bill) would be much appreciated. Mymachine had been
running fine before hand and was fully firewalled and virus protected
(acording to norton anyway)

 

[Dick Kistler]

help,

firstly i am not a computer buff so sreplies relating to bios settings etc
will go straight over my head.

i have just installed service pack 2, after which my computer will not
start
at all. i get the black screen with the microsoft xp logo and blue
expanding
bar underneath, after which it seems to try to reboot itself without ever
switching my machine off.

i have tried safe mode, and all the other modes available to me after
hitting F3 with no joy, any help before i have to doi a complete re
install
(thanks very much Bill) would be much appreciated. Mymachine had been
running fine before hand and was fully firewalled and virus protected
(acording to norton anyway)

Do you have the infamous Prescott processor?

http://cquirke.mvps.org/sp2intel.htm

Dick Kistler