Help with XP Service Pack
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Help with XP Service Pack
HELP!
I have just downloaded and run the XP service pack 1. (I thought I had already done this once but it showed in the update list).
Now after rebooting the (other) PC it won't start windows - it just keeps rebooting - even using the safe modes....
Rescue disk does the same...
Any ideas for the next step?
I have just downloaded and run the XP service pack 1. (I thought I had already done this once but it showed in the update list).
Now after rebooting the (other) PC it won't start windows - it just keeps rebooting - even using the safe modes....
Rescue disk does the same...
Any ideas for the next step?
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I heard of this problem before.
If you press F8 as the PC starts up you should get a menu appear, One of the options is 'Last Known Good'.
Try that one, In the meantime I will have a dig round the MS database and other technical references.....
Gary.
If you press F8 as the PC starts up you should get a menu appear, One of the options is 'Last Known Good'.
Try that one, In the meantime I will have a dig round the MS database and other technical references.....
Gary.
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Happened to me as well, started the puter in safe mode, then went to:
All Programs........Accessories.........Systems tools..........System Restore............restore my Computer to earlier time.
This worked, and has been running ok for 2 days now..
All Programs........Accessories.........Systems tools..........System Restore............restore my Computer to earlier time.
This worked, and has been running ok for 2 days now..
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williamsg... tried that but still crashes while loading.
touch&go ... tried that too but it does't get as far as that before rebooting itself.
touch&go ... tried that too but it does't get as far as that before rebooting itself.
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Pilotwolf,
Seems that a few people have been having this problem and the only way they have been able to fix it is by doing a 'repair install'.
Details on how to do this are at:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
Hope that's of some help.
Gary.
Seems that a few people have been having this problem and the only way they have been able to fix it is by doing a 'repair install'.
Details on how to do this are at:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
Hope that's of some help.
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unplug the PC from the wall and ground yourself to the case before you touch anything inside.
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Well thanks for the input but....
It seems to have resolved itself!!! Following a couple of days of just rebooting I sat down this morning and switched it on to alter the bios to start from the CD, the phone rang and by the time I got back Windows had booted up normally!
Norton/ScanDisk/etc have found no faults...
It seems to have resolved itself!!! Following a couple of days of just rebooting I sat down this morning and switched it on to alter the bios to start from the CD, the phone rang and by the time I got back Windows had booted up normally!
Norton/ScanDisk/etc have found no faults...
