Re: Dump and reboot continuously

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Thanks Dave,
I may have to use this if all else fails. I've already backed up the data
from this machine but "as usual" the owner lost their software recovery and
install disks so their software will be lost.

Thanks again for the reply

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> I don't know how much good this will do, but from a parallel install, run
> regedt32.exe, then from the Local Machine Hive, choose Registry|Load Hive,
> then navigate to the
> %windir%\system32\config
> directory on the other install, and find the system file, then Open, in the
> Key Name box give it some temp name, then under tempname, navigate to
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Select
> and look in the Reg_Dword value of "Current", this is the current
> controlset, then navigate to
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet00x\Control\CrashControl
> Where x = the value of "Current" (found above) and set the values as follows
>
> "AutoReboot"=dword:00000000
> "CrashDumpEnabled"=dword:00000001
> "LogEvent"=dword:00000001
> "Overwrite"=dword:00000001
> Then navigate back up to "tempname" and choose Unload Hive, and boot your
> original install, Autoreboot is now turned off so you should be able to read
> the stop error.
>
> Bug Check Codes
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ddtools/hh/ddtools/BCIntro_f55acfed-3296-4e84-8885-c3162fd0ddbf.xml.asp
>
> If nothing else you can at least recover your data from the parallel install
> prior to rebuilding the operating system.
>
> This article may also help you.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmc_str_jyof.asp
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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>
> "Vagrant" wrote:
> | Right, can't get to the control panel in either safemode or normal. The
> only
> | place I can go is to the recovery console without reboot. The dump/reboot
> | happens at the splash screen before entering windows.
> |
> | Thanks for the reply
>
>
>
.

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