HELP MY PC WONT START IN WINDOWS XP

[Guest]

I was using my PC last night when I got a blue screen saying my computer was
going to be shut down for safety.
I turned it back on and it went through the windows loading screen, then to
a screen that gave me the optiions of safe mode, last known good
configuration & normal windows, I chose last known good but it just went back
to the same screen so I tried safe and normal as well but ti just kept going
back to the same thing.
I put my windows cd in and tried to boot it from that to see if it would
repair, however it then told me that it couldnt detect any previous windows
and that I needed a full program before I could add the upgrade. Now the
problem is my disc is the full windows xp professional, it isn't an upgrade
and it is original microsoft. I have never had this problem with it before
and this disc has always loaded anytime I have done a reboot.
I hope you can understand what I am trying to explain here and I would be
really grateful if anyone could give me any help to get my pc back to normal.
I am typing this at work so I hope someone helps me before home time.
Thanks in advance.
Denise

 

[Homer S.]

I was using my PC last night when I got a blue screen saying my computer was
going to be shut down for safety.
I turned it back on and it went through the windows loading screen, then to
a screen that gave me the optiions of safe mode, last known good
configuration & normal windows, I chose last known good but it just went back
to the same screen so I tried safe and normal as well but ti just kept going
back to the same thing.
I put my windows cd in and tried to boot it from that to see if it would
repair, however it then told me that it couldnt detect any previous windows
and that I needed a full program before I could add the upgrade. Now the
problem is my disc is the full windows xp professional, it isn't an upgrade
and it is original microsoft. I have never had this problem with it before
and this disc has always loaded anytime I have done a reboot.
I hope you can understand what I am trying to explain here and I would be
really grateful if anyone could give me any help to get my pc back to normal.
I am typing this at work so I hope someone helps me before home time.
Thanks in advance.
Denise

From Micro$haft:

"Upon restart, use the new boot option 'Disable automatic restart on
system failure'. If this option is selected, you can get the STOP error
codes and then continue accordingly."

This basically allows you to read the error codes on the BSD before
Windows stupidly blanks the screen and automatic restarts the computer.
This may or may not give you an idea of what's causing your problem.

Run a disk check - From Kellys Corner:

"To start the computer and use the Recovery Console From the Setup CD -
Insert the Setup (CD) and restart the computer. If prompted, select any
options required to boot from the CD. When the text-based part of Setup
begins, follow the prompts; choose the repair or recover option by
pressing R. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot system, choose the
installation that you need to access from the Recovery Console. When
prompted, type the Administrator password. At the system prompt (DOS
prompt), type Recovery Console commands; type help for a list of
commands, or help commandname for help on a specific command.
To exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer, type exit."

When you see the DOS prompt, type chkdsk /r to run a full disk check
with repair enabled - chkdsk alone will just run a check without
repairing anything - chkdsk /? shows you the options.

Good Luck,
HJS

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I was using my PC last night when I got a blue screen saying my
computer was going to be shut down for safety.
I turned it back on and it went through the windows loading screen,
then to a screen that gave me the optiions of safe mode, last known
good configuration & normal windows, I chose last known good but it
just went back to the same screen so I tried safe and normal as well
but ti just kept going back to the same thing.

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