Re: unable to boot into xp

I'm sure this was a mistype on your part.
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Windows versions prior to XP cannot load registry hives with Regedit, that is why the article instructs you to use Regedt32.
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Prior versions did use regedit.

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"John John" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23nqjK9CCHHA.3604@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From the Vista installation you can change the reboot on crash behaviour so that the computer will stop with a BSOD or bugcheck error message instead of going into a reboot, you might then be able to get useful information to help you resolve the problem. You will have to edit the Windows XP registry from the Vista installation, the instructions here are culled from the article below, but we will use Regedit (instead of Regedt32). Windows versions prior to XP cannot load registry hives with Regedit, that is why the article instructs you to use Regedt32. Only do the steps below, the other steps in the article are not necessary.

1. Run Regedit.exe from the Vista installation, and then go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key.

2. On the Registry menu, click Load Hive, and then open the System file in the original Windows XP installation location. By default, this installation is located at %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\System.

3. Enter an arbitrary name when you receive a prompt for a key name in the Load Hive window. This loads the original HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive as a subkey of the current key.

4. Change the value data in the AutoReboot value to 0 (zero), instead of 1, in the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\CrashControl

5. Collapse the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subkey and unload the hive.

This disables the Automatically Reboot option in the original Windows installation. After you follow these steps, you may be able to gather information from the STOP error message and resolve the problem that prevents the computer from starting.

Windows Restarts Continuously with Blue Screen
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/174630/EN-US/

This will help you better understand the instructions:
http://www.rwin.ch/xp-live/regedit.htm

John

Danny wrote:
No, XP will not boot to safe mode either. I have already looked at boot.ini and it is fine. Visa and XP are not on the same drive. I used the repair console from the boot cd to fixboot and fixmbr. I also ran chkdsk and found no errors.


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