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Didn't think of pressing F8 before...but no-go. No matter which
option I pick, it still reboots. Safe mode, safe mode w/ command
prompt, safe mode w/ networking, last known good config, and others.
Every one of them leads to a reboot right after pressing enter.

Any other ideas?

Rob


On Oct 9, 6:50 pm, Gaius Baltar <bal...@nowere.now> wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:02:52 -0700, Rob <robertborger...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Hey all,
>
> >A friend came to me with a computer problem: her computer would
> >restart on boot. It's a windows XP machine, AMD, fairly good speed.
> >But now, just before the Windows XP should appear, the computer
> >reboots--its an infinite cycle!
>
> The first things you would normall try is to press F8 (once a second)
> as the PC is starting up until the WIndows XP troubleshooting menu
> appears.
>
> Then try Last Known Good Configuration.
>
> If that doesn't work, try Safe Mode.
>
> If either of the above work its a Windows corruption problem, you
> might be able to fix by booting from the Windows CD and doing a Repair
> install (NOT Repair using Recovery Console). You will need to
> reinstall all Windows high-priority updates afterwards.
>
> Otherwise, yeah, it's probably hardware...
>
> gb

On 10 Oct, 01:02, Rob <robertborger...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Didn't think of pressing F8 before...but no-go. No matter which
> option I pick, it still reboots. Safe mode, safe mode w/ command
> prompt, safe mode w/ networking, last known good config, and others.
> Every one of them leads to a reboot right after pressing enter.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
When you have two disks installed what is the boot priority list?
Is it trying to bood from the "bad" one.

Sounds like a corrupt registry:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

A way to examine your disc is to create a CD as described at:
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
There are various recovery utilites.

Update: Putting it into a USB enclosure, another computer detects it
as a hard drive, partitioned, but unformatted.

How can I get at the file system that I know is on there?

Rob

On Oct 9, 7:40 pm, alvinfi...@aol.com wrote:
> On 10 Oct, 01:02, Rob <robertborger...@gmail.com> wrote:> Didn't think of pressing F8 before...but no-go. No matter which
> > option I pick, it still reboots. Safe mode, safe mode w/ command
> > prompt, safe mode w/ networking, last known good config, and others.
> > Every one of them leads to a reboot right after pressing enter.
>
> > Any other ideas?
>
> When you have two disks installed what is the boot priority list?
> Is it trying to bood from the "bad" one.
>
> Sounds like a corrupt registry:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
>
> A way to examine your disc is to create a CD as described at:http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
> There are various recovery utilites.

It probably beyond home recovery

"Rob" <> wrote in message
news: ups.com...
> Update: Putting it into a USB enclosure, another computer detects it
> as a hard drive, partitioned, but unformatted.
>
> How can I get at the file system that I know is on there?
>
> Rob
>
> On Oct 9, 7:40 pm, alvinfi...@aol.com wrote:
>> On 10 Oct, 01:02, Rob <robertborger...@gmail.com> wrote:> Didn't think of
>> pressing F8 before...but no-go. No matter which
>> > option I pick, it still reboots. Safe mode, safe mode w/ command
>> > prompt, safe mode w/ networking, last known good config, and others.
>> > Every one of them leads to a reboot right after pressing enter.
>>
>> > Any other ideas?
>>
>> When you have two disks installed what is the boot priority list?
>> Is it trying to bood from the "bad" one.
>>
>> Sounds like a corrupt registry:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
>>
>> A way to examine your disc is to create a CD as described
>> at:http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
>> There are various recovery utilites.
>

So no other ideas?

Rob

On Oct 10, 10:54 am, "old man" <d...@spoofmail.notme> wrote:
> It probably beyond home recovery
>
> "Rob" <robertborger...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news: ups.com...
>
> > Update: Putting it into a USB enclosure, another computer detects it
> > as a hard drive, partitioned, but unformatted.
>
> > How can I get at the file system that I know is on there?
>
> > Rob
>
> > On Oct 9, 7:40 pm, alvinfi...@aol.com wrote:
> >> On 10 Oct, 01:02, Rob <robertborger...@gmail.com> wrote:> Didn't think of
> >> pressing F8 before...but no-go. No matter which
> >> > option I pick, it still reboots. Safe mode, safe mode w/ command
> >> > prompt, safe mode w/ networking, last known good config, and others.
> >> > Every one of them leads to a reboot right after pressing enter.
>
> >> > Any other ideas?
>
> >> When you have two disks installed what is the boot priority list?
> >> Is it trying to bood from the "bad" one.
>
> >> Sounds like a corrupt registry:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
>
> >> A way to examine your disc is to create a CD as described
> >> at:http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
> >> There are various recovery utilites.

Rob <> wrote:

>So no other ideas?

I don't know if it's been mentioned but try F8 and select no reboot on
error.

Then:
1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

2. Click the Advanced tab.

3. Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings to open the Startup and
Recovery dialog box.

4. Clear the Automatically restart check box, and click OK the
necessary number of times.

5. Restart your computer for the settings to take effect.
>
>On Oct 10, 10:54 am, "old man" <d...@spoofmail.notme> wrote:
>> It probably beyond home recovery
>>
>> "Rob" <robertborger...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news: ups.com...
>>
>> > Update: Putting it into a USB enclosure, another computer detects it
>> > as a hard drive, partitioned, but unformatted.
>>
>> > How can I get at the file system that I know is on there?
>>
>> > Rob
>>
>> > On Oct 9, 7:40 pm, alvinfi...@aol.com wrote:
>> >> On 10 Oct, 01:02, Rob <robertborger...@gmail.com> wrote:> Didn't think of
>> >> pressing F8 before...but no-go. No matter which
>> >> > option I pick, it still reboots. Safe mode, safe mode w/ command
>> >> > prompt, safe mode w/ networking, last known good config, and others.
>> >> > Every one of them leads to a reboot right after pressing enter.
>>
>> >> > Any other ideas?
>>
>> >> When you have two disks installed what is the boot priority list?
>> >> Is it trying to bood from the "bad" one.
>>
>> >> Sounds like a corrupt registry:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
>>
>> >> A way to examine your disc is to create a CD as described
>> >> at:http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
>> >> There are various recovery utilites.
>

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