xp wont load and then reboot

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I have dual OS on my pc, win98SE and winxppro. It has been working fine till yesterday. I selected winxppro as the OS and then I got the winxppro logo and the progess bar. After 20 odd seconds later, my pc rebooted and presented me with OS choices again. This kept on happening. I trried to load xp in safe mode which i was able to do, then tried system restore. However, the same thing is happing when I try to load winxppro in normal mode. Just to let you know that win98se loads without any hitch. I am perplexed and seek your advice

Thanks
 
Hi,

Could be a corrupt driver, but safe mode won't help you there. Are you
getting a blue screen or is it just immediately rebooting?

Other than that:

Repair the Windows XP Installation - Note: You will forfeit all MS Updates.

Configure your computer to start from the CD-ROM drive. For more information
about how to do this, please refer to your computer's documentation or
contact your computer manufacturer.

Insert your Windows XP compact disc (CD) into your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM
drive, and then restart your computer.

(You can also boot with a Windows 98/Me Startup disk with CD support and run
WINNT.EXE in the I386 folder on the CD)

When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message is displayed on your
screen, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD.

When you see the following message displayed on the Welcome to Setup screen,
press ENTER: To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

At this point an option to press R to enter the Recovery Console is
displayed. Do not select this option.

On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to agree to the
license agreement. Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is
selected in the box, and then press the R key to repair Windows XP. Follow
the instructions on the screen to complete Setup.

Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315341




shundori said:
I have dual OS on my pc, win98SE and winxppro. It has been working fine
till yesterday. I selected winxppro as the OS and then I got the winxppro
logo and the progess bar. After 20 odd seconds later, my pc rebooted and
presented me with OS choices again. This kept on happening. I trried to load
xp in safe mode which i was able to do, then tried system restore. However,
the same thing is happing when I try to load winxppro in normal mode. Just
to let you know that win98se loads without any hitch. I am perplexed and
seek your advice.
 

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