XP Home constant restarting

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John A.

While trying to avoid all of the recent blasters and worms
I attempted to update my Sony Vaio notebook with service
Pack SP1 update. The computer froze completely and had to
be unplugged to restart. Now that's all it does. Restart
over and over, it only gets to the window logo srceen and
restarts again. All I can do is reboot with my "set of 6
XP boot floppys" and get to the command prompt. Windows
doesn't recognize the partitian even though c and d show
up at the command prompt, as do a and e. My only restore
cd's are the Sony restore set that require a complete
reformat. I tried to "make" a "full version XP" cd from my
Presario but it doesn't work to reload XP home. Any
idea's? Help is greatly appreciated - thank you in
advance! John
 
John --

Reboot into SAFE MODE.

How to Access Safe Mode
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm#How to access Safe Mode

Once you are in SAFE MODE, go to:
Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore
Select a RESTORE POINT that was created prior to downloading
SP1, such as yesterday's Restore Point.

Then perform the following:

1. Perform a DISK CLEANUP:
(Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup)

2. Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter. In the Command
Prompt window type: CHKDSK /F , and hit enter, answer "yes" and
reboot your computer.

3. How To Fix The Cryptographic Service Error
http://www.updatexp.com/cryptographic-service.html

4. Windows XP Service Pack 1 (direct download)
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/default..asp

Note: Select "Network Installation" (32-bit)

5. Revisit Windows Update and download the updates after installing SP1.

6. Repeat the Disk Cleanup and CHKDSK procedures, then Defrag
your hard drive.


--
Nicholas

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| While trying to avoid all of the recent blasters and worms
| I attempted to update my Sony Vaio notebook with service
| Pack SP1 update. The computer froze completely and had to
| be unplugged to restart. Now that's all it does. Restart
| over and over, it only gets to the window logo srceen and
| restarts again. All I can do is reboot with my "set of 6
| XP boot floppys" and get to the command prompt. Windows
| doesn't recognize the partitian even though c and d show
| up at the command prompt, as do a and e. My only restore
| cd's are the Sony restore set that require a complete
| reformat. I tried to "make" a "full version XP" cd from my
| Presario but it doesn't work to reload XP home. Any
| idea's? Help is greatly appreciated - thank you in
| advance! John
|
 
I have the exact same problem. However, the computer will
not even boot up in safe mode. I also only have the Sony
recovery CD's. Is there a way to just fix the corrupt
files that keep refusing the boot up? This is an obvious
statemnet, but I do not want to lose data on the hard
drive by performing a full recovery.

Dominick
 
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