Re: XP-SP2 Reboots itself.
From: cocroftc (cocroftc_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/23/04
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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:47:03 -0800
Thanks. That may give me what I need to revive this machine. Much appreciated.
Regards...
"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
> Without a backup of your vital data, you are faced with some tough choices.
> No one wants to hear the 'holier than thou' lecture on that, so let's just
> say we're past that.
>
> First, of course, you want to be sure it's not just bad floppies. After
> that, it's finding a way to read the drive.
> 1) Install the drive to another system, and 'take ownership' of the data.
> 2) buy a standard xp setup disk, and try a setup without any fancy hardware,
> just to install to a new folder, and boot to take ownership/copy data.
> 3) assuming you have all the data you can get, do the provided wipe
> out/recovery.
>
> HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q308421
>
> I think you are seeing what is a fairly common problem since sp2. Adware or
> virus has damaged the password file, and without that, you can't even get to
> recovery console.
>
> There is another system available online, called BartPE. It's a cd of the
> "preinstall environment' used by some OEM's to prepare sysprep images of
> systems. I think it has some bugs, but it might be something that could
> serve for you in this case. I always recommend doing a restore point
> beforehand on the system used to create the boot cd, and restore that system
> after cd creation. (there are relics of the creation process I don't like)
>
> (BartPE) bootable live windows CD-DVD: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
>
> --
>
> Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
> marfers notes for windows xp
> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
> ..
> "cocroftc" <cocroftc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:74894F58-7DC5-431C-85F3-815277BA799E@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks.. Have already checked BIOS. Se it back to DEFAULT and then using
> > another machine downloaded and created a bootable floppy to upgrade BIOS
> > to
> > most current version. The boot disk is not a CD, is a set of floppies
> > made
> > from the zip file one can download from Microsoft. Only disk I have for
> > the
> > PC is a product recovery disk.
> >
> > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
> >
> >> I would suspect a damaged CD disk, or some corruption in the BIOS setup.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
> >> marfers notes for windows xp
> >> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
> >> ..
> >> "cocroftc" <cocroftc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:5962912D-32D4-49A2-9332-67414DCFBC3A@microsoft.com...
> >> > Client laptop. Client updated to SP2 without cleaning out T.V. Media.
> >> > Get's
> >> > STOP ERROR c0000135.
> >> > MS Article ID 885523 instructs to boot to Recovery Console. However,
> >> > when
> >> > I
> >> > type "R" to enter rcovery console, it re-boots.
> >> > Client has critial data and, of course, no backup.
> >> >
> >> > Any suggestions?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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