Won't Load, What Next?

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Have a 2 yr old system w/XP Home SP2. Today it refused to load. Upon a
cold boot you get to the black screen w/ the progress bar making 3 runs then
back into a automatic reboot. This will continue as long as you want. Able
to get into
Safe Mode. Ran MSConfig, unchecked all startups, then rebooted. Same
thing. Back into Safe Mode, MSConfig and unchecked everything in Services
that was not essential. Same results. In Safe Mode checked to see about
defrag, it said it didn't need it. In Safe Mode w/Networking, ran a scan
online, nothing showed. Did a system rollback, no help. Used the OS CD for
a repair, no help. Did a fixboot and a fixMBR, no help. No new programs
added.

Besides doing a OS reload, any ideas ?

Thanks for your help,

Sam
 
SPG said:
Have a 2 yr old system w/XP Home SP2. Today it refused to load. Upon a
cold boot you get to the black screen w/ the progress bar making 3 runs then
back into a automatic reboot. This will continue as long as you want. Able
to get into
Safe Mode. Ran MSConfig, unchecked all startups, then rebooted. Same
thing. Back into Safe Mode, MSConfig and unchecked everything in Services
that was not essential. Same results. In Safe Mode checked to see about
defrag, it said it didn't need it. In Safe Mode w/Networking, ran a scan
online, nothing showed. Did a system rollback, no help. Used the OS CD for
a repair, no help. Did a fixboot and a fixMBR, no help. No new programs
added.

Besides doing a OS reload, any ideas ?

Thanks for your help,

Sam


Do the error logs in event viewer yield any clues? The only thing I can
think of is bad hardware or a corrupt driver that isn't normally
available in safe mode. Make a list of what hardware isn't functioning
in safe mode and try disabling/disconnecting them one at a time and
booting normally.

In msconfig did you try making a list of what services are started in a
'Diagnostic startup' only versus the services loaded with just an F8
safe mode boot? You could then do a diagnostic startup and enable
services one at a time to see if the comp barfs on one of them. Of
course a blue screen would be of more assistance for error codes and a
memory dump which once recorded could be posted here.

There are some procedures to try here...

http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/o...sid1_gci968108,00.html?track=NL-118&ad=483711


Sorry I can't give you an instant fix but thats a tough one that I
suspect has a simple answer but you are going to have to dig for it.

John
 
In Safe Mode:

1. Control Panel | System | Advanced ... System and Startup. Turn off
Automatic reboot on failure.
2. Reboot in Normal Mode

Now when the system fails ... it should not automatically reboot.
 
Thanks John for the response. Event Viewer didn't flag me on anything. Will
do your other suggestions, and thanks for the link. By the time I have done
all checks I could have reloaded the OS 3 times, but I will try
troubleshooting a little more.
Thanks
 
After another hour of chasing I said "screw it" and reloaded the OS. Will
install the specialty programs tomorrow. Thanks for the help.
 
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