Stop reboot on error

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scenemaker

How do I stop a reboot on error if the error is on load and I can't get
into the XP installation to change the setting? I can't read the error.
Any help appreciated.
 
Thanks for the suggestion. Yes. I can't get in from any of the safe modes or
the LKGC.

I think I know what the error says, because I made a big hardware change
(everything but the drive), and I was getting a hang on "Root FAT kernel
GO!". I wanted to be sure. Even so, I don't know what to do about the error.
Reformatting and reinstalling didn't help.

ALD
 
ya hard to fix a problem you can't see...I went BSOD and figured this out too
so I do this to every system I install now

assuming you have access to the system...

1.Go to Start -> Control Panel -> System
2.Go to Advanced
3.Under the Startup and Recovery section, click Settings...
4.Under System Failure un-check "Automatically restart"

But you probably can't do that yet will have to check the error log to see
the error code, you may have an idea already so you should use someone elses
computer to make a Previously-Installed Environment (PE) which emulates the
Windows OS environment from a CD or DVD. Some also have the ability to add
antivirus , diagnostics tools etc to the cd.

Barts PE is the most common. (I actually just made one today from the same
problem)
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/download/
 
Diddnt see this last entry sorry_____

1.I dont think you can use Barts PE on FAT, Its meant for XP SP1 or higher,
not sure about that though.
2.It sounds like you have a physical disc error, if its bad it will not be
repairable.
3.If yu have XP I reccommend you format the disk to NTFS instead of FAT
4.Check the disc for errors, if you dont have the utilities available then
bring the disc to another computer that does and hook it up (you can buy a
HDD case with usb out for portability for under $15usd)
 
Brandon, thanks for the reference to Bart's PE. I'll make one - eventually. I
think this is one of those weird glitches that can happen when you shut down
- or hang in a process and then apply a bunch of tools to fix it. All of my
partitions are NTFS. Partition Magic says the partitions are healthy, but it
did say the OS partition might not be bootable because it crossed some
boundary - cylinder count I think. So I'm guessing that was the source of the
glitch, which triggered a cryptic error message. I've never dug into the
bootlog, so it didn't occur to me.

I could chase this forever, so I'm afraid the nuclear option - a
re-partition and clean reinstallation - is the short route now. I used an old
drive with WinXP to access the files, and copied out to other physical disks
everything that might be useful.

I hope I'm ensuring the hangs don't happen again. I replaced motherboard,
processor, memory, and power supply yesterday. Ka boom.

Again, thanks.

ALD
 
"the OS partition might not be bootable because it crossed some
boundary - cylinder count I think"

ya the 1024 cylinder, im getting that message from par magic too - even
though I know its not even close to that sector. I'm looking into that now,
I'm glad you could retrieve your data, makes the new installation a bit
easier.

I'm trying to figure out how to backup, edit and restore the MBR, boot.ini
etc since I got the BSOD "ntdlr error" a month back. After something like
that you become a whole different computer user.
As soon as you install make sure you un-check "Automatically restart, its
nice to know the error code when it happens, even though BSOD usually means
SOL.
 
scenemaker said:
How do I stop a reboot on error if the error is on load and I can't get
into the XP installation to change the setting? I can't read the error.
Any help appreciated.
Click to expand...

With SP2 installed there should be an additional item on the Windows
XP Startup Menu (the one with Safe Mode, Last Known Good, etc.) that
disables the restart on system failure. Look for it there.

To bring up the Startup Menu turn the computer on and start tapping
the F8 key rapidly just as soon as the first information of any kind
shows on the screen. Keep tapping until the Startup Menu appears.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
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