XP will not boot following SP2 upgrade

From: pat (patrick.green_at_alcan.com)
Date: 09/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:04:46 +0100

I followed the instructions after being prompted that new updates are
available, it all seemed fairly simple then the prompt to reboot. Since then
i cannot boot XP at all, it alternates between allowing me to select Safe
mode and the other options then it starts loading drivers and kicks out to
the begining again, occationally it comes up with a scan disc in 10 seconds
then it starts the reboot process all over again.

No warning messages.

No codes.

Continual attempts to boot until I power off.

Can anyone help?

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