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>><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Also - if you do perform a 'Repair' install with your
>>> original XP CD, you
>>>>will lose SP2 and revert to the same version as is on
> the
>>> XP CD. You can
>>>>overcome this with a slipstreamed SP2 CD, but first you
>>> will have to
>>>>download the 266 MB SP2 file:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
>>> FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-
>>> 9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
>>>>
>>>>and then follow the directions in the following article
>>> to create the
>>>>slipstreamed CD:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?
>>> action=show&showarticle=49
>>>>
>>>>With the slipstreamed SP2 CD you can then attempt
>>> a 'Repair' install without
>>>>having to revert to an earlier version of XP. The same
>>> procedure applies as
>>>>in Michael's article.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>Will Denny
>>>>MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>>>Please reply to the News Groups
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"curly" <bmyth@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:0aba01c4a0b1$422a23d0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>> last night, i tried to access my computer (running
>>> windows
>>>>> xp home with sp2) and it was frozen. it would not
>>> unlock,
>>>>> even when using strl-alt-delete. so, i manually
>>> restarted
>>>>> it. after that, it would not boot. i was given 5
>>> choices
>>>>> of how to boot up the computer:
>>>>>
>>>>> - safe mode
>>>>> - safe mode with networking
>>>>> - safe mode with command prompt
>>>>> - last good configuration
>>>>> - start windows normally
>>>>>
>>>>> the boot sequence does not complete in any of these
>>> modes
>>>>> and i'm stuck in a restart loop.
>>>>>
>>>>> can anyone help me out? i've tried to search the MS
>>>>> knowledge base, but i don't even know for sure what to
>>>>> search for. i looked under "restart" and havent seen
> my
>>>>> issue discussed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.I have the same situation. The system continually
> reboots
>>> There is a flash of a blue screen error which is never
>>> visual long enough to read(have tried to "pause"). I
> have
>>> managed to perform a repair installation but the same
>>> thing still happens ? Help
>>> Baz
>>
>>Hi
>>
>>Have a look in the Event Viewer to see if they are any
> entries there that
>>may point to the problem of the Blue Screen.
>>
>>
>>--
>>
>>Will Denny
>>MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>Please reply to the News Groups
>>
>>
>>Hi Will
> Cant get the system to boot so cant look in the event
> viewer !
> Baz
Oops - sorry. If the Repair install didn't help you may have to 'Clean'
install XP to solve the problem. Usually a Repair install will clear up the
problem of a non-bootable system. Unless you have a backup of the Registry
that you can try and restore via 'DOS'?
--
Will Denny
MVP - Windows Shell/User
Please reply to the News Groups
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