Reboot loop w/XP Home

[Shagnasty]

The PC:

Emachine T2542

2.6 mhz

512 mb

OS = WinXP Home



The problem:

The PC kept running slower and slower. Spy-bot and AVG showed negative. I
did a defrag. No help. I tried to shut down but the PC hung up and wouldn't
shutdown so I turned it off with the power switch.

When I rebooted the problem started. First the PC gave a message that the
PC had been shut down improperly and it stopped at a screen that gave me
boot up options. I choose normal. When the boot process gets to the colored
splash screen with the progress bar it shows for about 5 seconds and then
reboots to the BIOS screen and on back to the option screen.

I choose safe mode. It starts to load drivers. After showing that it has
loaded mup.sys it waits about 7 seconds and then reboots to the option page.

I choose safe to command prompt. Same thing.

I tried a DOS boot disk and I booted to an A:. Of course, I couldn't read
the drives but I could run apps from the disk.

I tried a CD-ROM that loads a small Windows type OS and it seemed to work
OK.

Can anyone give me any help or point me in the right direction?

Thanks.



Shagnasty

 

[Rich Barry]

Take a look here
http://www.earthv.com/tips_detail.asp?TipID=63

 

[Shagnasty]

I disabled the onboard USB but it made no difference. There is no card.
Thanks anyway.
Shagnasty