Re: Computer is stuck in a boot, restart loop, Help!
- From: Ron Martell <ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:33:08 GMT
Crandallfire <Crandallfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My father's computer has been working fine. Then I was using Norton
SystemWorks 2003 and I tried to optimize his hard drive. All of a sudden it
restarted the computer.
It starts up, the Windows XP logo appears then a blue screen flashes, then
the Dell loading bar appear, and then it restarts back to the Windows logo,
and around and around it goes. I push F2 to access the setup to change the
boot sequence from diskette first and CD fourth, to CD first and diskette
fourth. But my father has set the admin password and he can't remember it.
When I disable the automatic restart on system failure, the blue screen says
to "Disable or uninstall any anti-virus, disk defragmentation or backup
utilities. And run CHKDSK /F, then restart". The only problem is Windows XP
has to be running to disable or uninstall these things and to run CHKDSK and
I can't get out of my loop. I downloaded the 6 disk floppy startup disks for
XP. When it gets to Disk 6 it gives me the blue screen again telling me to
run CHKDSK and an antivirus program and restart. How to I either reset the
admin password or run CHKDSK at startup. The recovery console is not an
option when I press F8 and I need windows running to install it. Help!
Download Bart's PE Builder (free) from http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
and create a bootable CD. Boot your father's computer with this CD,
open a Command Prompt window and run:
CHKDSK C: /F
Also look at the root directory of drive C: and make sure the file
ntdetect.com is present. If not copy it from the \i386 folder on the
hard drive.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
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