Help! XP will NOT Boot up!

[Katmandu]

I have a PC (my main PC) that when it tries to boot up, will get to the
Windows XP flash screen (with the scrolling line), then flash the "blue
screen of death" (for a 1/10th of a second) and then revert back to the DOS
based reboot screen

I've tried rebooting chosing the options "Last known Configuration that
worked" and also Safe Mode, and neither work.

The system just reverts back to the rebooting sequence.

Where do I go from here ??

 

[Greg Fenske]

Have you tried using the windows xp cd and tried to repair your windows?

1) Go to your bios setup and make your first boot device your cd drive.
2) Insert your windows xp cd into the cd drive.
3) When it asks to boot from the cd press any key.
4) It will start running up the setup.
5) when it asks to repair select the option to repair. You will not loose
any of your data when doing this it will just try repair what is broken.

good luck

 

[John John]

When booting the computer press F8 and disable the Automatically Reboot
option and then post the error message here, we may be able to offer
help or suggestions if we know the contents of the error message.

John

 

[John John]

If you can boot to another XP installation on the computer then you can
use Regedit on the working installation and load the System Hive of the
broken installation and change the CrashControl AutoReboot registry value.

1. Run Regedit.exe from the running XP installation, and then go to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key and highlight it.

2. On the Registry menu, click Load Hive, and then open the System hive
in the broken Windows XP installation location. By default this
installation is located at %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\System. The
file is "System" without an extension.

3. Enter an arbitrary name when you receive a prompt for a key name in
the Load Hive window. This loads the original HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive as
a subkey of the current key.

4. Change the value data in the AutoReboot value to 0 (zero), instead of
1, in the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\CrashControl

*** See ControlSetNNN note below ***

5. Collapse the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subkey and unload the hive.

This disables the Automatically Reboot option in the original Windows
installation. After you follow these steps, you may be able to gather
information from the STOP error message and resolve the problem that
prevents the computer from starting.

Look here for easy to follow example:
http://www.rwin.ch/xp-live/regedit.htm

*** You will notice that on a dormant XP system the registry has no
CurrentControlSet key, it only has ControlSetnnn keys (ControlSet001,
ControlSet002...) The CurrentControlSet key is created from one of the
numbered keys when the computer reboots. To determine which Control Set
will load when computer boots look at the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Select key. The numbers there indicate which
Control Set will be loaded depending on which boot option is chosen.
Edit the AutoReboot value in the appropriate Control Set.

John

 

[Katmandu]

Hey John,

I tried accessing Safe Mode via the F8 key and it did not work.

At this point, I'm not able to boot from the HD. I do however have (2)
other HDs mounted on this system already. I am able to access the effected
HD via this method, but I can NOT boot from it.

Unfortunately, it's my MAIN HD and I would like to still be able to boot
from it.

Is there a way to do a O/S reinstall if I can't access it by itself ???


TIA!

ERIC

 

[Katmandu]

Cool!

Thanks John!

I'll get on it (if I can get a break from my job! LOL!).


-ERIC