RE: start up problem in XP - gets to black loadig screen and then rebo

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i am having same problem i had to reinstal xp but every time i put updates on
it just boots and boots

"jintheuk" wrote:

> Hi. running XP home edition SP2, used computer fine yesterday, in the
> background it ran an update and installed - asking me to restart to finish
> the installation. I had also ran a spybot scan and no errors were found etc.
> On restart the PC got to the black XP loading screen with the blue bar
> running across but after 10 sec it rebooted. Now it simply keeps donig this
> over and over. I have tried to start up from the XP disk but it won't do it.
> I have tried to change BIOS setting to start up from the CD as orimary - but
> on save and exit the PC simply hangs - I have to press ctrl, alt & esc to get
> out. I can't get it to load in safe mode either - same thing as above
> happens. I have a really important file on the disk - please can anybody help?
.

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