Can't boot XP system - Any Suggestions ?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Al Dykes
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Al Dykes

Is this a hardware problem or a software problem ?

I installed a small application (WS_FTP 5-something) which asked to
reboot my system. When it came up it gives me the Micosoft splash
screen and then flashes what looks like a BSOD bugcheck and reboots
again.

Last Good Configuration and the other boot options do the same thing.

Recovery console hangs with a underscore cursor in the upper left
corner of the screen.

I've read that booting from an XP distro can be used to atttempt to
repair a screwed up configuration. This is a Compaq that came with
OEM CDs that can only reimage. PITA. One of the CDs does have a /i386
file system. Is there a way to burn a bootable CD that will ask me if
I want to repair ?

There is some _very_ small chance that this version of WS_FTP is
hostile to XP and trashed the registry. I've used it on w2k systems
but never before on XP.

Any suggestions ?
 
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