Cannot Start Windows XP after installing Service Pack 3

[Guest JJSanFran]

The installation worked fine and then I rebooted the system as instructed and

now my system is stuck in a rebooting loop.

 

Can start in Safe Mode but that's it

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Cannot Start Windows XP after installing Service Pack 3

 

"JJSanFran" <JJSanFran@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:6135FD59-1A67-42C8-9818-E7DED5F7ABE7@microsoft.com...

> The installation worked fine and then I rebooted the system as instructed

> and

> now my system is stuck in a rebooting loop.

>

> Can start in Safe Mode but that's it

>

> Any ideas?

>

> Thanks

 

Perhaps the installation didn't work as fine as it appeared. Did you

disable a/v apps etc while installing?

 

If you can boot to Safe Mode, go there and into msconfig. There, in the

Boot.ini section, turn on /bootlog.

 

Now attempt the restart as normal, if it fails reboot again to Safe Mode

and look at the bootlog file.

 

If you can attach the drive to another system, delete the file pagefile.sys

from the root. This can sometimes help.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest Malke]

Re: Cannot Start Windows XP after installing Service Pack 3

 

JJSanFran wrote:

> The installation worked fine and then I rebooted the system as instructed

> and now my system is stuck in a rebooting loop.

>

> Can start in Safe Mode but that's it

 

Do you have an OEM machine (HP, Dell etc.) with an AMD processor? If yes,

see this by MVP Jesper Johannson:

 

http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/

 

If not:

 

Support - Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available

for Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat

and e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada.

 

US -

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131

CA -

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-ca&prid=11273&gprid=522131

UK -

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-uk&prid=11273&gprid=522131

AU -

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-au&prid=11273&gprid=522131

Other - http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select

Windows XP | select Windows XP Service Pack 3

 

 

Malke

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