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echo: windows
to: Mike Powell
from: Pontiac
date: 2010-03-25 12:48:14
subject: Win XP stuck in Setup Loo

-=> Mike Powell wrote to All <=-

 MP> I recently had a situation where I had to run the
"repair" option from
 MP> the Windows XP CD.  Now my PC is in a "loading setup" loop.

 MP> If I boot from the CD and use the "repair console" option
(where I "log
 MP> into" a command prompt), is there a file I can edit or delete that will
 MP> tell XP to stop trying to run setup?

 MP> If the answer is edit, does XP or the repair console have a
 MP> command-line editor?  Been so long since I've needed one, I've
 MP> forgotten!

 MP> Thanks!

It almost sounds more like you have a memory problem then anything else.  I 
would find a copy of memtest86, drop it to a CD and run some tests.

The other option could be to try and just reinstall from scratch on an extra 
drive.  If you go through without a problem, then there may be something else 
botched in the OS that is preventing it from going.

As well, when you press F8 when the OS is loading, there SHOULD be an option 
to not reboot the machine on a BSOD.  I don't recall what the exact wording is
however.  I do remember it was one of the last options.

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