XP SP1a causes continuous restart

[Warren]

Hi,

I rencently applied Windows XP SP1a from the tech net
CD's to a IBM thinkpad with Windows XP Professional.

Now the system continuously restarts.

It comes up with a graphical Windows XP screen, then
changes to a blank screen with a flashing cursor in the
top left corner and then after about 5 seconds the system
restarts and does it again.

Also happens in safe mode and last known good.

Only article that I can find suggusted to restore
kernel32.dll in recovery console. Tried that and it did
not help. I only restored a kernel32.dll from a windows
XP Pro SP1 disk. Should I try restoring a kernel32.dll
form an old XP Pro disk (ie Not SP1).

Last entry in ntbtlog.txt reads
Loaded Driver \systemroot\system32\drivers\cdfs.sys
when bootlogged startup option choosen.

As far as I can see there is no way to uninstall SP1a
unless you can get windows to start.

What can I try from here?

Is the last entry listed in the ntbtlog.txt file the
cause of the problem?


Thanks

Warren

 

[lee]

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I rencently applied Windows XP SP1a from the tech net
CD's to a IBM thinkpad with Windows XP Professional.

Now the system continuously restarts.

It comes up with a graphical Windows XP screen, then
changes to a blank screen with a flashing cursor in the
top left corner and then after about 5 seconds the system
restarts and does it again.

Also happens in safe mode and last known good.

Only article that I can find suggusted to restore
kernel32.dll in recovery console. Tried that and it did
not help. I only restored a kernel32.dll from a windows
XP Pro SP1 disk. Should I try restoring a kernel32.dll
form an old XP Pro disk (ie Not SP1).

Last entry in ntbtlog.txt reads
Loaded Driver \systemroot\system32\drivers\cdfs.sys
when bootlogged startup option choosen.

As far as I can see there is no way to uninstall SP1a
unless you can get windows to start.

What can I try from here?

Is the last entry listed in the ntbtlog.txt file the
cause of the problem?


Thanks

Warren
.i have a hp pavillion and after i had installed this ms

released an updated don't use on hp's . it was doing what
you are describing. you may have to do a destructive
restore ( you will lose all music or media files)