XP Home Version RE-boot Loop

[bmcarol]

Hi.

I origally had a problem with Explorer. It would not
bring up any pages even though there were no connectivity
problems. Messenger and e-mail works fine. I decided to
re-install service pack 1. It took 18 hours to unpack,
cpu was at 100%. After it finished this morning, I re-
booted the pc. It starts, gets the initial ms screen,
then re-boots again. It stays in a loop. What options
do I have. I do not have a disk re-boot. Can I start the
install over again. I tried re-booting from the Dell XP
CD, but I have the same problem. Any suggestions?

 

[bmcarol]

I change the system to reboot to the CD. It just
continues to reboot over and over. What about video
drivers. Could they have been overwritten during the
install of sp1?

 

[Guest]

Hmmmm. If u think its yr video card, start windows in safe mode. then try reinstalling the driver. If u installed something new and then it started to misbehave try using system restore in safe mode.

 

[Guest]

I am a beginner trying to setup XP on a new system and I may have encountered that same problem. I bought all new equipment except for a DVD-ROM and CD-RW from the old system. It turns out that XP didn't like the old DVD-ROM from 1998. It would just keep re-booting right after the BIOS loaded. The newer CD-RW worked fine.