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| message from Fawke101 on 2 Jun 2004 |
Hi there,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318018
However PC Anywhere is not installed, and my problem occurred after Sp1a
installation.
I have a 1 month old PC with a previously setup HDD (that was on another
PC). We installed the older Maxtor HDD in the new PC and setup the drivers
etc and was working fine for around 4-5days (this was due to software
issues - not having the CDs!).
We then installed Sp1a via Windows Update and then, after installation we
left the PC. After the next system restart the PC simply loops and loops -
It boots up to the WinXP Pro loading screen (you know, with the timer thing)
and then reboots again up to this point, again and again.
Its a nightmare as it wont boot into safe mode, command prompt, last known
good config or anything and i am truly stuck as to how i can roll back SP1a,
which seemed to install fine - clearly i was wrong.
With the events described above i think i would say it was the SP install
that did it, but how can i get this PC up and running again :-(
Any ideas much appreciated.......
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| Marvin replied to Fawke101 on 2 Jun 2004 |
A couple of suggestions, do you have a Win98 boot disk? you can try booting
from that and running fdisk /mbr and replacing the master boot record and
see if that works. Another option is changing your ram chip, a faulty one
can sometimes cause that to happen.
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| Fawke101 replied to Marvin on 2 Jun 2004 |
Will fxdisk/mbr possible create more problems? the disk has data on i dont
want to loose.....
I will try fdisk/mbr but i was wondering if you could explain the possible
concequences (or however u spell it!)
You think the sp1a is a coincedence then?
Thanks for your help
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| Kyle Lang [MSFT] replied to Fawke101 on 2 Jun 2004 |
Trying booting into safe mode (F8) and then running chkdsk /r and see if
that finds anything.
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| Fawke101 replied to Kyle Lang [MSFT] on 2 Jun 2004 |
Would if i could but i cant :-(
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| Kyle Lang [MSFT] replied to Fawke101 on 7 Jun 2004 |
Do you have a USB keyboard ?
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Archived message: Restart loop in XP PRO after Sp1a installation (Microsoft Windows XP)
