Windows XP just cycles. Wont load up

[berkshirea]

Hi guys, I've got a problem. I have a laptop with Windows XP. I installed Comodo Internet Security but when I restarted it, my laptop just would not load up the Windows. It restarts, then a black screen, then Windows start up screen with loading bar, then just restarts back again. It just goes on and on like that. I tried booting it up in safe mode, it's still not working. I tried using Ultimate Boot CD and still no joy. I even went to the extreme of putting the recovery/restore disk but still no success. What must I do guys? any ideas?

thanks for any help.

 

[MonkeyX]

I had a similar problem with an older system a while back. Turned out the hard drive was to blame. I use a program called spinrite that found and relocate a handful of bad sectors at the beginning of the disk. The system ran for quite a while after that without problems (at least until the cat knocked it off the desk...)

 

[xwb]

When loading in safe mode, it prints some stuff on the screen. How far does it get?

Can you boot in safe mode command prompt?

 

[Lemon13]

on windows boot menu (F8), choose disable reboot on error and come back with th bsod

M. Knorr

MCSE, MCTS, MCSA, CCNA

 

[goombawaho]

Also tell us whether it will boot into safe mode and stay running.

 

[berkshirea]

hi goombawaho, monkeyx. when i press f8, it showed the menu for safe mode, run windows normally, etc. and when i choose safe mode, it shows the windows screen with loading bar and screen turns black and restarts again. this thing happens on and on all over again. i can not boot in safe mode command prompt.

hi lemon13. what do you mean by "bsod"?

 

[berkshirea]

btw guys, I used Ultimate Boot CD to run hard drive cjack and found no errors.

 

[berkshirea]

btw guys, I used Ultimate Boot CD to run hard drive check and found no errors. But still not opening up Windows.

 

[xwb]

BSOD = Blue Screen Of Death

 

[berkshirea]

hi guys, when i press f8 and choose disable reboot on error i have this error:

STOP: c000021a { fatal system error }
the session manager initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000034. the system has been shut down.

im stuck?!

 

[Lemon13]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;156669

M. Knorr

MCSE, MCTS, MCSA, CCNA

 

[berkshirea]

Hi guys!

I made it to work again!

I was becoming desperate. I tried all sorts. I tried wiping clean my hdd, scanning for any bad sector, didn't find any. i was not really convinced because i read that it could be caused by hardware failures etc, so, i installed ubuntu and it worked without any hassle. so i still searched the net for some clues and lo and behold i got this weird solution that this someone tried to copy the recovery disk supplied by toshiba and use that to recover/reinstate everything. i tried that saying to myself that it's worth a try and olala, it worked like a charm!!!!

http://www.fixya.com/support/t417557-cannot_format

thnx a lot guys for all your help. your help and suggestions led me to that solution.

you all have a nice day!



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