Guest Geoff Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Recently my computer failed to load Win XP Pro SP2 (seemingly a problem with a video card, BSOD referred to an ATI driver). Fitted another video card and received basically the same BSOD message this time referring to the new video card driver. The Windows splash screen would show, then the computer would go into a continous loop of wanting to Start Windows Normally (?) and would not allow me to make any other choices such as safe mode etc. I then went into the BIOS settings and change the first boot device to CD (the second being the hard drive), placed the XP Pro disc into the CD reader (with a view to doing a "Repair" installation) BUT the computer continued to go to the XP splash screen thence to the continual loop of wanting to Start Windows Normally, back to splash screen to Start Windows Normally, ad infinitum now ad nauseam! Whats happening?
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: failing to start XP Pro >Recently my computer failed to load Win XP Pro SP2 (seemingly a problem with >a video card, BSOD referred to an ATI driver). Fitted another video card and >received basically the same BSOD message this time referring to the new >video card driver. The Windows splash screen would show, then the computer >would go into a continous loop of wanting to Start Windows Normally (?) and >would not allow me to make any other choices such as safe mode etc. I then >went into the BIOS settings and change the first boot device to CD (the >second being the hard drive), placed the XP Pro disc into the CD reader >(with a view to doing a "Repair" installation) BUT the computer continued to >go to the XP splash screen thence to the continual loop of wanting to Start >Windows Normally, back to splash screen to Start Windows Normally, ad >infinitum now ad nauseam! Whats happening? The BSOD will always have some kind of error code. It would be helpful if you told us what that code was. - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest Brian A. Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: failing to start XP Pro "Geoff" <lvr181@maybehotmail.com> wrote in message news:ucOQrdrBJHA.3396@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Recently my computer failed to load Win XP Pro SP2 (seemingly a problem with > a video card, BSOD referred to an ATI driver). Fitted another video card and > received basically the same BSOD message this time referring to the new > video card driver. The Windows splash screen would show, then the computer > would go into a continous loop of wanting to Start Windows Normally (?) and > would not allow me to make any other choices such as safe mode etc. I then > went into the BIOS settings and change the first boot device to CD (the > second being the hard drive), placed the XP Pro disc into the CD reader > (with a view to doing a "Repair" installation) BUT the computer continued to > go to the XP splash screen thence to the continual loop of wanting to Start > Windows Normally, back to splash screen to Start Windows Normally, ad > infinitum now ad nauseam! Whats happening? > > After setting the CD drive in the BIOS as the first drive to boot from, did you Save and Exit? If no, you need to save the change, then exit. If you saved and exited, when booting with the XP CD in the drive did you "Press any key" when prompted to do so? If not, keep an eye out for the prompt and when prompted do so. If all of the above was done, see if any of these helps: How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341 How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449/ Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314058 How to enable an administrator to log on automatically in Recovery Console http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312149 How to install the Windows Recovery Console http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;216417 How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654 How to remove Windows Recovery Console http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555032 -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://basconotw.mvps.org/ Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Recommended Posts