RE: Stuck in an infinite boot loop

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Thanx brianb. Thanx The Unknown P

I hit F8 at boot up and a screen appeared with:

“Please select an Operating System to start”

I hit F8 again and Windows Advanced Options Menu screen appeared. I tried
Starting the computer in all the given options on that screen:

1. Safe Mode
2. Safe Mode with Networking
3. Safe Mode with Command Prompt

4. Enable Boot Bogging
5. Enable VGA
6. Last known good configuration
7. Directory Services Restore Mode
8. Debugging Mode

9. Start Windows Normally
10. Reboot
11. Return to OS Choices Menu

They all did not work. Whatever I chose I'm taken back to the:

“Please select an Operating System to start” screen.

And as soon as I select Operating System, a blue screen swiftly flashes
briefly, then the boot logo appears, before looping back to, “Windows did not
start successfully….”.

Therefore I cannot get into the Recovery Console to try The Unknown P’s
advice.

Any other ideas? Thanx again.

KC1109.

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"brianb" wrote:

> If you hit F8 while booting, there should be an option among the Safe Mode
> and Restore options to "Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure". That
> will cause your PC to hang at the Blue Screen so you can see what the error
> is exactly which may help determine your exact problem.
>
> "KC1109" wrote:
>
> >
> > My computer keeps looping around the boot screen. I can’t find a way out.
> >
> > A few days ago my computer:
> >
> > 1. Would not detect my USB Memory Stick.
> >
> > 2. Was also not showing any open programs/applications in the Windows Task
> > Bar as it should. It didn’t matter if there were several docs open or several
> > programs/applications running, there was nothing in the Task Bar. Not even
> > the Quick launch icons that I had installed. There was just the Start Button
> > and the Date/Time. The only way I could know which applications were running,
> > and be able to swap between them, was to use the Windows Task Manager.
> >
> > These problems (USB detection and Task Bar) started suddenly, at about the
> > same time, a few days ago. There is no new hardware recently installed on my
> > computer. There are no new programs/updates recently installed/downloaded on
> > my computer.
> >
> > So after suspecting that it could just be an O/S fault, I thought to repair
> > the O/S using the Restore CD.
> >
> > 1. I first uninstalled SP2 which was preventing Restore CD installation
> > (Restore CD has SP1).
> >
> > 2. I selected Repair Present Installation from the Restore CD console.
> >
> > After about 45 mins the process was complete and computer said it was
> > restarting. This is when the looping started. Instead of going to Windows
> > logon screen, the computer kept looping back to the screen - “Windows did not
> > start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused
> > this”
> >
> > I’ve tried Starting the computer in all the given options on that screen:
> >
> > 1. Safe Mode
> > 2. Safe Mode with Networking
> > 3. Safe Mode with Command Prompt
> > 4. Last known good configuration
> > 5. Start Windows Normally
> >
> > The Dell logo appears normally, with the white bar loading at the bottom of
> > the screen. Then instead of going to the Windows logon screen, a blue screen
> > swiftly flashes for a split second, so fast that I can’t read what it says,
> > and the computer loops back to the “Windows did not start successfully……”, to
> > restart the infinite boot loop. At one time I left the computer on for 1.5
> > hours and found it still looping.
> >
> > I’ve also tried F12 (Boot menu) and selecting to boot from the CD/DVD/CD-RW
> > Drive where I inserted the Restore CD, but after it prompts me to press any
> > key to continue, only a black screen appears - forever. No key stroke can get
> > me out of the black screen. I have to switch off the computer every time I
> > want to stop.
> >
> > I'm not “computer literate”, and I’m stumped.
> >
> > My computer is 2years 8months old.
> >
> > Dell Inspiron 1150 Laptop
> > XP Home
> > Intel Celeron 2.4Ghz
> > 512MB RAM
> > 40GB
> > AntiVir 6 Personal Edition Antivirus
> > Spybot Search and Destroy
> > WinPatrol 9.1
> >
> > Sorry about the very long story. I needed to cover as much as possible in
> > order to be as clear as possible.
> >
> > Thanks for all replies.
> >
> > KC1109
> > kusie_c@xxxxxxxxxxx
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