continuous restarting

[rc]

Hello group,

Windows XP machine keeps restarting/rebooting itself. Occasionally it will
perform disk check and then proceed to user login screen. At this point any
attempt to login begets another restart. Usually the disk check runs ok but
occassionally it will mention something close to: " The size of the
\documents & settings\Dee\ntuser.dat.Log entry is not valid." Help. I
don't know how to proceed. Thanks.

 

[Johnw]

rc wrote on 20/05/2010 :

Hello group,

Windows XP machine keeps restarting/rebooting itself. Occasionally it will
perform disk check and then proceed to user login screen. At this point any
attempt to login begets another restart. Usually the disk check runs ok but
occassionally it will mention something close to: " The size of the
\documents & settings\Dee\ntuser.dat.Log entry is not valid." Help. I
don't know how to proceed. Thanks.

XP Logon Screen Does not Appear and the Computer Continuously Restarts
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310396
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q310/3/96.asp&NoWebContent=1
Black Startup Screen Is Briefly Displayed, Computer Restarts Repeatedly
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314466&Product=winxp
Access the Recovery Console and extract a new copy of the Kernel32.dll
file from the original WinXP CD
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/wxprcons.htm
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial117.html
http://webcast.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=8658
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654

 

[rc]

Thanks group for the infomative solutions. I believe the hard drive is
trying to crash....oh no!! Its hanging up during beginning of boot process.
Thanks again.

 

[Anon]

Hello group,

Windows XP machine keeps restarting/rebooting itself. Occasionally it will
perform disk check and then proceed to user login screen. At this point any
attempt to login begets another restart. Usually the disk check runs ok but
occassionally it will mention something close to: " The size of the
\documents & settings\Dee\ntuser.dat.Log entry is not valid." Help. I
don't know how to proceed. Thanks.

Try getting into safe mode (F8 early and often). If it doesn't reboot
from there, it will tell you something about what's happening, and also
you can look around to see what you can find.

If it does restart from safe mode, try to find a "Live" operating system
CD, either linux or Windows. If it reboots from that, it's hardware.

 

[rc]

Hello again,

ok, so now I have installed new HDD WD Caviar PATA 320GB. Its recognized in
BIOS. What's next? I keep getting hung at "verifying DMI data pool....."

 

[Johnw]

Hello again,

ok, so now I have installed new HDD WD Caviar PATA 320GB. Its recognized in
BIOS. What's next? I keep getting hung at "verifying DMI data pool....."

Here is a start.

verifying dmi pool data hang

http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&q=v...rifying+DMI+pool&gs_rfai=&fp=6bfef12aefe0ce81

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/computer/dmi.html
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000474.htm
http://www.tippscout.de/pc-locks-up-at-verifying-dmi-pool-data_tipp_3011.html

 

[Johnw]

rc formulated on Tuesday :

Hello again,

ok, so now I have installed new HDD WD Caviar PATA 320GB. Its recognized in
BIOS. What's next? I keep getting hung at "verifying DMI data pool....."

Another thought, did you set the bios to boot from CD first?

 

[rc]

I've attempted to boot using XP installation disk but only get to where it
appears it is setting up window and then it will either hang there or I get
the BSOD with the following at the bottom: stop: 0XC0000005,
0X807E856E............ So I never actually get to the point where I can
enter recovery console. This negates a lot of the possible fixes I've read
about.

 

[jmatt]

I've attempted to boot using XP installation disk but only get to where it
appears it is setting up window and then it will either hang there or I get
the BSOD with the following at the bottom:  stop:  0XC0000005,
0X807E856E............  So I never actually get to the point where I can
enter recovery console.  This negates a lot of the possible fixes I've read
about.

Here is a start.

0XC0000005

http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&sou...=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=8b6170e7f9e2a6d5

http://www.updatexp.com/0xC0000005.html