lukefuno
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XP Home Keeps Rebooting Never Reaches Desktop
I have this HP Box with XP Home on it. On booting, the PC keeps restarting itself, thus never reaching the desktop. And its a constant cycle. I tried all the modes and still never reaches the desktop.
I did disable the auto restart option when XP hits a fatal system error. When it restarted the next time around, it revealed a stop error code.
stop: c00001a { fatal system error }
Any help would be appreciated.
My first guess is the hard drive is simply going but I am not sure.
Thanks,
Luke
I did disable the auto restart option when XP hits a fatal system error. When it restarted the next time around, it revealed a stop error code.
stop: c00001a { fatal system error }
Any help would be appreciated.
My first guess is the hard drive is simply going but I am not sure.
Thanks,
Luke
ultimate boot cd (www.ultimatebootcd.com) has some very good hardware diagnostics. Including HD tests from various HD manufacturers.
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did the chkdsk /r /p option
found errors and such but still keeps rebooting
found errors and such but still keeps rebooting
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As nobus says - repair install is the next step in this case - once hardware failure has been ruled out...
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i used a xp pro cd, and got into a repair install mode. so no it doesnt reboot when i have it start from CD.
i believe the registry is corrupt and needs to repaired -- i may just do a total reinstall as it makes everything easier.
whadda u say about that?
i believe the registry is corrupt and needs to repaired -- i may just do a total reinstall as it makes everything easier.
whadda u say about that?
Do a repair install as nobus suggests. If for some reason that doesn't work, you can always do the total reinstall then.
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I could not do a repair. so I went ahead and did a clean install. Thanks for the input guys.
thanks for the C grade - a bit offending . . .
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I didnt mean to be offending, but you got the points didnt you?
Again, sorry if I offeded you, didnt mean to hurt your 1s and 0s. :)
Again, sorry if I offeded you, didnt mean to hurt your 1s and 0s. :)
the C grade is not the same as at school :
https://www.experts-exchange.com/help.jsp#hi73
...and if you want to review your grading, just post a question in the help section
https://www.experts-exchange.com/help.jsp#hi73
...and if you want to review your grading, just post a question in the help section
A "C" grade is normally only given as a last resort (and not very often) - it doesn't actually hurt you to give a grade "A" (or indeed a "B") over a "C". - as it doesn't cost you any extra points...
lukefuno - your comment "hurt your 1s and 0s" is potentially offensive - as you are clearly being sarcastic - and that is not healthy for other "rookie" users of EE.
lukefuno - your comment "hurt your 1s and 0s" is potentially offensive - as you are clearly being sarcastic - and that is not healthy for other "rookie" users of EE.
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well i didn't realize it was offensive until i read the help section, so cut me some slack -- it was a mistake. and the reason i am being sarcastic is to lighten the whole situation while the grade is the process of being changed. i emailed an admin and he will change it to higher grade.
You should always read the "Help" pages of any website before using them - especially if it is a question & answer-based forum...
You should also read the Member Agreement for EE:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/memberAgreement.jsp
You should also read the Member Agreement for EE:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/memberAgreement.jsp
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k thanks, ill check it out.
well, since you are a new user of EE, it is longtime forgiven, and welcome here; we all need to learn, and make mistakes (which is not bad); but the way you correct them is important.
i hope i can help you later with other questions !
i hope i can help you later with other questions !
(press r at the first blue setup screen)
run
chkdsk /R