Re: can't stop xp pro reboot loop

"sandy j" <sandyj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0292E715-0238-450B-9173-5AC6AAB38717@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
I hope there is hope for me..I was reading an article on AOL's
home page. Before I could really get into it, AOL closed, and the
computer started a reboot.
I can get as far as the desktop, then the reboot starts. I've tried
'safe mode' and still the desktop closes before I can do anything.
I saw a similar problem here, and tried the suggested fix (using
'safe mode w/networking'

Try, "last known good".

and still couldn't get to 'my computer'
to complete the rest of the instructions, before the reboot started.
I have 2 files I would really like to retrieve from the hard drive.
Do I have a chance of getting them?

In the very worst case, there shouldn't be any problem in recovering the
files. Just, before you start drastic repairs, attach the drive to another
system and copy the files off. It's that simple.

(Anyone responding, please
don't get too technical)

Something that I have found works in a number of cases is to attach the
drive to another XP system, locate "pagefile.sys" in the root, and delete
it. Empty the wastebasket, put the drive back in, and restart. Pagefile
corruption can apparently cause looping restarts, but if you're getting as
far as the desktop, the problem is likely with something else and you need
to turn off "restart on crash" to see the error report.

Try rstarting in Safe Mode, log into the Administrator account. If you can
get into that one, then it may just be that your profile is damaged, and you
need to create a new one and migrate your files. This is not really a big
deal.

HTH
-pk


Thanks

--
sandy j


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