Re: XP stuck in loop

Tech Tip: Click here to run a free scan for Windows Errors and optimize PC performance

You state that you can't get into BIOS but you failed to state how you tried
to get into BIOS. On some manufacturers computers the keys are different
(F1, F2 or F10) and sometime F10 or F12 to change the boot order. Windows
can't stop you from getting into BIOS.

--
Randem Systems
Your Installation Specialist
The Top Inno Setup Script Generator
http://www.randem.com/innoscript.html
Disk Read Error Press Ctl+Alt+Del to Restart
http://www.randem.com/discus/messages/9402/9406.html?1236319938



"cy" <cy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3DA344F4-6967-41C8-8ED6-02D85324BC4B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
I am looking at a friends Tiny PC which runs XP. Unfortunately XP will
not run to the log in screen. It simply gets stuck in a loop.

When i start the PC it runs to the screen saying windows was not shut down
properly, please select safe mode, safe mode with networking, last known
good
config and run windows normally. If i select any of these i get a blue
screen coming back talking bout BIOS, this disappears after about 2
seconds
and the loop starts again.

I have a vista recovery disc that i want to run chkdsk from but i cannot
even get into the BIOS to tell the PC to boot from CD first. Im not 100%
sure if this will resolve the issue but its what i was going to try first.
Does this sound right? If so how can i get into the BIOS to make it boot
from
CD at startup? If not any ideas on how to fix this?

Any help would be great, Thanks.


.

Relevant Pages

  • What a huge surprise!--no "johnf" post on any group that offers help!!!
    ... It was the Belarc advice that prompted me to reply. ... >> What do you do when *you can't get into Safe Mode John*? ... >> Because if that box will turn on, she might be able to change her bios ... >> order to boot from a CD."Debbie can't even get into Safemode!" ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • Re: I need Help. "No Safe Mode" and...? Possibly an opportunity to recover.
    ... > Because if that box will turn on, she might be able to change her bios ... > People can't get into safe mode but can recover a high percent of the ... > I think the point is whether she can boot from the CD or she has a dead ... Some people will key in on that bit of advice and assume that you ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • Re: I need Help. "No Safe Mode" and...? Possibly an opportunity to recover.
    ... When you can't boot to ... system in the next Windows OS, you don't have a wide panopoly of options. ... bios triggered problem. ... > People can't get into safe mode but can recover a high percent of the ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • Re: blue screen
    ... and did you get in in safe mode, ... haven't a clue about the ins and outs of bios and would probably cause ... damage by tinkering around with the bios settings. ... then boot in safe mode if you can. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: 2 wondows versions detected on pc startup?
    ... if not put there by the BIOS? ... BIOS examines the very first sector of the disk for a Master Boot Record ... table which describes the layout of the fixed disk and the partition loader ... This is where Windows and NTLDR comes in, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)