XP Professional loops at bootup

[Guest]

My XP Pro SP1 suddenly started to loop at startup. After the first crash I get the choice of starting in safe mode but it still fails. There is no error message displayed that I can see. I have tried to set the disk as slave in a second PC to perform disk check and defragmentation - all without problems. I can then see all my files so the HD seems OK

I have started of the XP CD in repair mode and done FixMBR and FixBoot with no effect. Since I have a lot of SW installed to it I woul like to avoid reinsatlling everything again

How can I repair or trouble shoot my PC.

My PC is a HP XW4100 with XP Pro Sp1 with all the latest patches. I use Norton Internet security

Regard
Geir

 

[Mary Sauer]

An upgrade?
The Computer Is Stuck in a Restart Loop After You Upgrade from Windows 98 or Windows
Me
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318018&Product=winxp
Setup from the 16-Bit Winnt.exe File Continues in an Endless Loop
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282296&Product=winxp

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My XP Pro SP1 suddenly started to loop at startup. After the first crash I get the

choice of starting in safe mode but it still fails. There is no error message
displayed that I can see. I have tried to set the disk as slave in a second PC to
perform disk check and defragmentation - all without problems. I can then see all my
files so the HD seems OK.

I have started of the XP CD in repair mode and done FixMBR and FixBoot with no

effect. Since I have a lot of SW installed to it I woul like to avoid reinsatlling
everything again.

 

[Guest]

No - not an upgrade

I was able to solve my problem reading the article linket below

http://www.mediaworkstation.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=8658