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Errror Message on XP at startup 0xc0000020

I have a Sanyo Vaio Model PCV-2220. Running XP. At startup I am caught in a loop. I had it stop rebooting and show error. It is 0xc0000020 (0x00000000, 0x00000000) IT has a partitioned hard drive and it was not booting to the c:drive which is where the OS is loaded. I hooked it to another PC and ran error checking and the search for bad sectors. It found that some sectors where reporting data in the sector that was not correct and said it repaired the problem. I also backed up the other partition with all the customers data is on. When I connected it back to the original PC I have the same error message and problem. Can someone tell me what I can do without having to format the c:drive if that is possible? I was thinking of doing a repair but first I wanted to see if there is an easier way of repairing this hard drive.
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FeMaster

This is a VERY tough one to crack. Depending on if you can even get the system to start to boot, try hitting the F8 key and see if you can get it to boot into Safe Mode. If that doesn't work, reboot again, hitting F8 again. This time, choose "Last Known Good Configuration" and see if it will boot that way.

If both those fail, there is a decent write-up over at Microsoft with some other ideas that you might want to try. Hopefully something there will get you back up and running without the dreaded format and re-install..

Microsoft Write-up

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ASKER

I have tried safe mode with networking and safe mode with command prompt and Last Known good config. No luck. I will have to check Microsoft site but they dont do much support for XP from what I have heard.
If anyone else knows something for me to try. Please let me know. I do have the Ultimate Boot CD, but I don't know where to go from there.

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