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That's a reasonable option. Going that route you can prove/disprove a
hardware issue and if the hardware isn't an issue you can manipulate the
failing OS image a bit easier. Give it a try and then see if you can get
into SR on the failing OS by following the instructions on the first link I
posted.
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Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
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"Ron F" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:89d401c48540$8107a6e0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> since my 2nd hard drive is basically for storage with no
> os installed,what problems would occur if i installed
> windows on that harddrive,and used my main one as slave?
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Unfortunately that's a bit messy to deal with. :-/
>>
>>Odds are the system is faulting and dropping into an
> automatic restart,
>>followed by a fault that triggers another restart, etc.
> The problem is that
>>unless you can see the fault message it's virtually
> impossible to determine
>>if you're having a hardware or driver/service problem.
>>
>>You can try this
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
> us;307545&Product=winxp
>>to see if you can get to a functioning restore point.
>>
>>You can also attempt to isolate the problem in place via
> recovery console.
>>That's dicey, even for some one that is technically
> competent. See
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=244905 for
> an explanation of
>>how to disable startup items/services via recovery
> console. About midway
>>down this article
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
> us;316434&Product=winxp
>>is a list of most of the services that the OS uses in a
> default
>>configuration. Anything *not* on the list should be safe
> to disable for
>>diagnostic purposes. RPC is the *only* service that must
> be left on. All the
>>over services may, temporarily, be disabled but avoid
> disabling anything
>>that is shown by default as automatically started.
> Although it's possible to
>>get by with disabling some of those, disabling them
> blindly can cause worse
>>problems than you currently have.
>>
>>Alternatively, you can try a repair reinstall. The
> disadvantage is that if
>>certain parts of the registry are damaged, especially
> related to the system
>>hive, a repair reinstall might not work. You can also try
> a parallel install
>>so that you can trouble shoot the damaged OS using
> something other than
>>recovery console, but unless you have a separate
> drive/partition, a parallel
>>install will stomp on part of the existing OS instance.
>>
>>--
>>Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
>>Associate Expert
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>Any technology distinguishable from magic is
> insufficiently advanced.
>>http://www.dts-l.org
>>http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/defa
> ult.asp|
>>
>>
>>"Ron F" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:727a01c48411$8065c440$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>i have two hard drives both maxtors,and lately my pc
> would
>>> lock up while certain programs run,so i tried system
>>> restore and it temporarally solved the issue,but it
> locked
>>> up again and now once it get to start up screen,running
>>> windows normally,or if i try safe mode,last known config
>>> that worked,whatever,it just keeps restarting itself
> over
>>> and over, would someone please help,what can make it
> stop
>>> restarting so i can at least get to safe mode?????
>>
>>.
>>
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