Well, thank you very much too :) It is always nice to know we have helped someone.
If you can`t get your problem solved, why not post it in a new thread here?
Elaine
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Well, thank you very much too :) It is always nice to know we have helped someone.
If you can`t get your problem solved, why not post it in a new thread here?
Elaine
i may have too... a clean install failed to resolve the problem (how often is that the case?) I'll start a thread now :confused:
Sorry guys for reviving this seems to be dormant thread. I follow the suggestions above:
1) run the bootcfg /REBUILD and enter the options above. When it restarted, it list two same Windows XP Proff Options and tried to select first, then the safe mode is still there. I tried the 2nd options and same thing happens.
2) run the bootcfg /REBUILD again, this time, I choose No load options and restart the system. Like on steps 2, I choose Microsoft XP 1 then same things happens , then option Microsoft Options 2, then Option 3, same thing happens.
3) Run in safe mode using choosing Microsoft XP Prof 1 , then 2 then 3, and I and press ctrl+alt+del, but I cannot enter the task manager.
Appreciate your help on this. Any other options? Or why I am not getting the desired result?
I had the same issue. Edits to the boot menu and Ctrl + alt+ del did nothing to stop loop. Then as a last ditch hope tried to do another repair install but this time with a Win Xp SP2 disk as the first disk i used was SP1 only and the machine was setup with SP2.
The repair has not copied required files and rebooted to finish the setup. Whilst its still setting up I no longer seem to be in the Safe mode loop.
Give that a try and let us now how it goes.
Sorry bad grammer and spelling there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Go_scottie
It HAS copied the setup files and is now just Finalizing the installation.
How sad that 2 years ago I had this problem and it still manifests itself. On the other hand, I'm glad that several of us have been able to resolve the problem on our machines! Still pondering the problems of those for whom the fix doesn't work...
Have you considered this could be the BSOD? (blue screen of death)
Windows XP can be set up to handle critical errors in different ways, one is to reboot into safemode. It's also possible that you don't recieve any error messages once booted into SM. To check this:
1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings to open the Startup and Recovery dialog box.
4. Clear the Automatically restart check box, and click OK the necessary number of times.
5. Restart your computer for the settings to take effect.
Reboot and see how you system behaves.
After that, like an earlier post said, I would then remove all peripherals, reboot and check. If you are still suffer from the problem then I would start to remove any PCI cards you may of installed (pc off first!) - this could be a driver issue - or a faulty piece of hardware that causes the machine to reboot - but in safe mode it will be disable or the features that are causing the problem are not enabled.
Obviously try the above after you have done the first step of unticking Safemode in msconfig.
You could then do a disk check by typing CHKDSK in the RC or in SM, right click the C: drive, properties, tools, error checking - check now, tick the top box and click "yes" to the question that pops up and reboot.
The last point is, that sometimes, just every now and again - a windows installation can be completely broken and no matter of repair installing or boot configuring can sort the problem. In this case, get out a trusty Ubuntu live cd (v7 upwards), boot up from CD. Now you can use the live CD to browse your HD and move anything to a safe location that you want to keep before dong a fresh install.
Good luck!
Only thing is BigBrain that the system is so stuffed in most peoples cases they cant do anything in Windows no matter what mode they enter into.
Either the machine locks up on loading bar for Normal boot or Safe Mode they are told they cannot finish setup in safe mode - machine rebooting.
You can carry out a check disk without booting into safemode. Use your Windows installation disc to boot windows setup, when windows setup detects current version of windows installed, you can shoose R to go into the recovery console, here you can run the CHKDSK command.
If your machine is restarting when you are doing a fresh install, then this can indicate either a corrupt installation source/cd, memory failure, cpu overheating, pci card/s failing or another peice of hardware malfunctioning. In this scenario you would have to remove everything from your case apart from the basics need to do a test install. (VGA,MEM,HD,CD) Unplug everything else.
If your machine still reboots after that when doing a fresh install, try alternate MEM then HD then MB etc....
Yeah I know the CHkDSK from recovery console but it doesn't appear to fix a hung repair install of XP.
I found that the Setup XP CD has to be of the same service pack as the OS being repaired, as files are newer on the HDD then the CD. So a SP2 XP install CD is required is SP2 installed on PC. Its not Hardware that causes this sadistic XP Loop.
Hardware can cause a machine to constantly reboot when that bit of hardware is being initiated or a driver for it is loading. So hardware can cause an XP reboot loop, I seen it many, many times.
i googled my issue with trying to exit safemode [something shell] after i mistakenly typed in cmd.exe and couldn't get out ... i have been at this
for at least 8 hours ... and here you are with these itty bitty instructions and i escaped from safe mode ... i registered just to say THANKS! but my bigger
problem still exists... so, i'm taking a break but will return. Thanks again and
God Bless you!
Hello sassipat https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
I`m so glad you found some help here.
Just start your own thread about your other problem and we will try to help again. :) Give as much information as you can please
Elaine
I realize that this thread is sleepy. But I need someone to wake up, and help me. I am stuck in the Setup/SafeMode Loop Of Death which this thread addresses, and to which most have responded by use of the Recovery Console - this seems to be the going solution to the problem generally. But no solution has posted for the user (like me, for instance) who can't access the RC because he can not for his life rediscover what Administrator Password he established during XP installation (and I did indeed establish a password of some kind...'Enter' does not serve).
Is there a way to modify the boot.ini file using a particular linnux distro (hard drive is partitioned...xp install on one, nothing on the other)? Is there some other solution to this problem? Anybody?
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to VirtualDr :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RailSz
Here's the official word on password recovery from Microsoft:How to log on to your Windows XP-based computer if you forget your password or if your password expires
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321305Quote:
INTRODUCTION
If you forget your Windows password or if your password expires, you must reset your password before you can log on to your computer. This article contains two methods that you can try to reset your password so that you can log on to your computer again. These steps only work if you have previously created a password reset disk for the computer, or if you can log on as an administrator to assign a new password to your account.
If you do not have a reset disk or cannot log on as an administrator, unfortunately, you may have to reinstall Windows XP and all other programs that were installed on the computer before you can use the computer again. This is for security. Without these safeguards, anyone could reset a password to anyone else's computer and gain access to private information.
This article is intended for a beginning to intermediate computer user.
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