Re: Odd startup issues.

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:13:06 -0400

Hi,

Dig out the storage box, locate the CD. You will need to do a repair
installation to break the cycle, unless perhaps you have installed SP2
already. If so you should see an option on the boot menu to "Disable
automatic restart on system failure". Choosing this option may allow you to
fully boot with errors, or produce a blue screen "stop" error that may point
to the problem. 

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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Willie" <izzitdr@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:08d601c4a6cd$e30923b0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> My XP machine is doing odd things on startup. First of
> all,once it does past the BIOS and I get the white bar at
> the bottom,its moving incredibly slow before it goes to
> the XP logo screen with the green bar. That startup screen
> is also incredibly slow.
>
> But wait it gets better. After staying on that screen for
> about 2 minutes the screen goes blank and the computer
> reboots,running through the process once again.
>
> I sat here and watched the machine do this about three
> times.
>
> Sooo,I tried to boot into safe mode,nope...same thing
> happens.
>
> Then safe mode with command prompt,thinking if I could get
> to a command prompt,I could manually run the restore tool.
>
> It did the same thing!! Kept rebooting.
>
> I've checked the BIOS settings and everything there looks
> normal.
>
> I can't run the CD ROM right at this moment cause its in a
> storage unit buried in a box somewhere (tried looking for
> it today)
>
> So,any ideas on how to fix this vexing issue?

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