Help! Caught in endless reboot loop!

[Bob Ladbury]

It all started when I was having small (but headache-inducing)
problems, like my router no longer communicating with Windows (XP Home
Ed.), and no obvious way to repair it... So although Windows worked in
general, I decided the easiest thing to repair the minor system
problems would be to do a repair install. How wrong I was! The repair
install seemed to complete successfully, but upon reboot, it entered
the Windows logo screen for a few seconds, then the computer would
restart itself, ad infinitum. I then tried "Last Known Good
Configuration", that did nothing. I tried booting into Safe Mode, but
halfway down the list of things being loaded, it would reboot. I tried
doing a Repair Install two more times, but that didn't work. I tried
MANUALLY copying the registry files from an old backup to the
c:\windows\system32\config directory. That didn't work. I tried
restoring an old backup of boot.ini. That didn't work.

I'm fresh out of ideas! All I know is that I do not want to do a full
install, I have a lot of stuff that this will destroy!

 

[Guest]

First,boot to xp cd,recovery,press enter key for password,then type:
CHKDSK C: /R When its thru,try performing article kb307545 there's more
info also in kb307654 and kb307973 When thru with them,type:EXIT Let
xp start-up...

 

[Ron Martell]

It all started when I was having small (but headache-inducing)
problems, like my router no longer communicating with Windows (XP Home
Ed.), and no obvious way to repair it... So although Windows worked in
general, I decided the easiest thing to repair the minor system
problems would be to do a repair install. How wrong I was! The repair
install seemed to complete successfully, but upon reboot, it entered
the Windows logo screen for a few seconds, then the computer would
restart itself, ad infinitum. I then tried "Last Known Good
Configuration", that did nothing. I tried booting into Safe Mode, but
halfway down the list of things being loaded, it would reboot. I tried
doing a Repair Install two more times, but that didn't work. I tried
MANUALLY copying the registry files from an old backup to the
c:\windows\system32\config directory. That didn't work. I tried
restoring an old backup of boot.ini. That didn't work.

I'm fresh out of ideas! All I know is that I do not want to do a full
install, I have a lot of stuff that this will destroy!

Boot the computer and bring up the Startup Menu. Read through the
items on the menu and see if there is an item that reads: "disable
automatic restart on system failure". Choose that item if it is
shown.

That should allow you to get the "Blue Screen Of Death" STOP error
message instead of a reboot and the contents of the STOP message
including the STOP code and all 4 parameters will be a direct clues as
to the underlying cause of the problem.

Once we know what the root cause is then we can help you work towards
fixing it.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm