Restart loop in XP PRO after Sp1a installation

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Fawke101

Hi there,

I have looked long and hard on the MS support site and the nearest article i
can find to my problem is:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318018

However PC Anywhere is not installed, and my problem occurred after Sp1a
installation.

I have a 1 month old PC with a previously setup HDD (that was on another
PC). We installed the older Maxtor HDD in the new PC and setup the drivers
etc and was working fine for around 4-5days (this was due to software
issues - not having the CDs!).
We then installed Sp1a via Windows Update and then, after installation we
left the PC. After the next system restart the PC simply loops and loops -
It boots up to the WinXP Pro loading screen (you know, with the timer thing)
and then reboots again up to this point, again and again.

Its a nightmare as it wont boot into safe mode, command prompt, last known
good config or anything and i am truly stuck as to how i can roll back SP1a,
which seemed to install fine - clearly i was wrong.

With the events described above i think i would say it was the SP install
that did it, but how can i get this PC up and running again :-(

Any ideas much appreciated.......

--
Thanks in advance

Fawke

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A couple of suggestions, do you have a Win98 boot disk? you can try booting
from that and running fdisk /mbr and replacing the master boot record and
see if that works. Another option is changing your ram chip, a faulty one
can sometimes cause that to happen.
 
Trying booting into safe mode (F8) and then running chkdsk /r and see if
that finds anything.
 
Its a nightmare as it wont boot into safe mode, command prompt, last
known
Would if i could but i cant :-(

--
Thanks in advance

Fawke

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Kyle Lang said:
Trying booting into safe mode (F8) and then running chkdsk /r and see if
that finds anything.

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Fawke101 said:
Hi there,

I have looked long and hard on the MS support site and the nearest
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article
i
can find to my problem is:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318018

However PC Anywhere is not installed, and my problem occurred after Sp1a
installation.

I have a 1 month old PC with a previously setup HDD (that was on another
PC). We installed the older Maxtor HDD in the new PC and setup the drivers
etc and was working fine for around 4-5days (this was due to software
issues - not having the CDs!).
We then installed Sp1a via Windows Update and then, after installation we
left the PC. After the next system restart the PC simply loops and loops -
It boots up to the WinXP Pro loading screen (you know, with the timer thing)
and then reboots again up to this point, again and again.

Its a nightmare as it wont boot into safe mode, command prompt, last known
good config or anything and i am truly stuck as to how i can roll back SP1a,
which seemed to install fine - clearly i was wrong.

With the events described above i think i would say it was the SP install
that did it, but how can i get this PC up and running again :-(

Any ideas much appreciated.......

--
Thanks in advance

Fawke

Please remove ANTI and SPAM
from my email address before emailing me.

www.bradflack.com
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Do you have a USB keyboard ?

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Kyle Lang [MSFT]
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Fawke101 said:
Would if i could but i cant :-(

--
Thanks in advance

Fawke

Please remove ANTI and SPAM
from my email address before emailing me.

www.bradflack.com




Kyle Lang said:
Trying booting into safe mode (F8) and then running chkdsk /r and see if
that finds anything.

--
Kyle Lang [MSFT]
This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


Fawke101 said:
Hi there,

I have looked long and hard on the MS support site and the nearest
Click to expand...
article
i
can find to my problem is:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318018

However PC Anywhere is not installed, and my problem occurred after Sp1a
installation.

I have a 1 month old PC with a previously setup HDD (that was on another
PC). We installed the older Maxtor HDD in the new PC and setup the drivers
etc and was working fine for around 4-5days (this was due to software
issues - not having the CDs!).
We then installed Sp1a via Windows Update and then, after installation we
left the PC. After the next system restart the PC simply loops and loops -
It boots up to the WinXP Pro loading screen (you know, with the timer thing)
and then reboots again up to this point, again and again.

Its a nightmare as it wont boot into safe mode, command prompt, last known
good config or anything and i am truly stuck as to how i can roll back SP1a,
which seemed to install fine - clearly i was wrong.

With the events described above i think i would say it was the SP install
that did it, but how can i get this PC up and running again :-(

Any ideas much appreciated.......

--
Thanks in advance

Fawke

Please remove ANTI and SPAM
from my email address before emailing me.

www.bradflack.com
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