From: "Glenn Meadows" 

OK, I've reset the autoboot option to 0, let's see what BSOD gets created,
and I've also unplugged the 2 USB HD's

Here's the failure message:

(Usual standard stuff).
No driver file mentioned in the BSOD.

Technical Information:

STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF789E528, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

That's all that it displays.

Any idea why I can't get the system go boot from a CDROM drive?

Also, how would I do a new install on this version of the OS in another
computer?  Have to boot from the CD to be able to tell it which directory
to install to, I guess.  That makes sense, as I don't think booting from
the booted OS will give me the option of selecting which install to
re-install to.

Hmm, maybe I can boot to the recovery console from a CD boot on another
system with this drive attached, and then get to the bogus/dead install and
try a recovery from there.  Thoughts/comments?



--
Glenn M.


"Robert Comer"  wrote in
message news:41c1c280{at}w3.nls.net...
> > The next thing I'm going to try, is to rename mup.sys to mup.sy_ and see
> > what happens.  There is an older version of mup.sys in the service pack
> > uninstall directory, that I could try, and probably will, to see if
that's
> > what's holding things up.
>
> Don't do that, mup.sys is just the last driver loaded and most likely
*not*
> what's failing -- it's something that loads after the drivers that's
causing
> your problems.
>
> First things first, you gotta see what BSOD's happening.
>
> Use this FAQ to turn off the rebooting:
> http://www.jsiinc.com/subb/tip0500/rh0526.htm  They don't describe that
you
> can do it from a second PC, the say use another install on the same PC,
but
> it really would work the same.  That should get you the BSOD and then
maybe
> we can figure out what to do then.
>
> This is just a FAQ on the crashcontrol stuff, interesting and maybe for
> future use: http://www.jsiinc.com/suba/tip0300/rh0312.htm
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
>
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:41c1bf53{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Yo guys.  Need some guru help here.
> >
> > Have one XP SP2 machine, Athalon 2100+ system, that after the last
patches
> > (and it did this once before), goes into a reboot loop.  Everything I've
> > found, so far, has been fruitless to resolve this.  I can move the HD to
a
> > working system, and access the drive. I've done a commandline chkdsk
/f/r
> > on
> > the drives 2 partitions.
> >
> > What I've done:
> >
> > Tried to boot into SAFE mode, hangs at the display of the driver
mup.sys.
> >
> > Added /sos and /bootlog to the boot.ini file, as well as /basevideo
That
> > gets me the same displayed list of driver names, then I get a plain
style
> > VGA screen that lists the boot OS version, etc., and then displays Boot
> > logging enabled.  BUT, in the spot where the boot log is supposed to be,
> > %systemroot%\ntblog.txt, there is only one dated back in August, not a
> > replaced one from today and that boot.
> >
> > After that screen displays, the computer goes back to the bios start
> > screen,
> > and initiates a reboot again.
> >
> > How, when putting the HD into a working system, does one uninstall the
> > fixes
> > that were applied during the latest patch application?
> >
> > Where is the list and order of the drivers to load stored, so if the
> > driver
> > that's hanging/crashing is after the one displayed, you can see what it
is
> > to try to replace it, or rename it so you can attempt to bypass it?
> >
> > Also, I am unable to get this system to boot from the CDROM of Windows
XP.
> > The Boot from CD question appears for about 1 second, but immediately
goes
> > right past to the HD boot.  Even if I turn OFF the HD in the Bios, the
> > computer STILL finds it, and tries to boot from it.
> >
> > The next thing I'm going to try, is to rename mup.sys to mup.sy_ and see
> > what happens.  There is an older version of mup.sys in the service pack
> > uninstall directory, that I could try, and probably will, to see if
that's
> > what's holding things up.
> >
> > --
> > Glenn M.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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