Boot loop win xp

[cablefreejunkie]

Helllo peeps
Well as the title says im stuck with my laptop trying to boot up
Basically it boots up then i get a screen saying iwindows did not start correctly with options to fire up in safe mode etc etc
If i select any option it then goes blank and a blue screen appears saying theres a soft ware or hardware
Problem been detected
I cant read it all as the screen goes blank again and then back to the previous screen
Cant figure it out
Any help much appreciated
Im on xp hedition 32 bit sp3

[Bulld0g]

Have you tried booting from the Windows cdrom and choosing Repair?

[cablefreejunkie]

Have you tried booting from the Windows cdrom and choosing Repair?

I dont have it

[cablefreejunkie]

I have a product recovery cd
Would that be of any use to me ?

[Bann32]

Yes - But do you have anything important on the pc?

[Cod3waX]

do a quick hardware check first m8 could be ya hdd has come loose or a dodgy ram stick

[cablefreejunkie]

Yes - But do you have anything important on the pc?

I do have important stuff i need to keep

[Bann32]

id be careful using a product recovery cd, it may just restore everything to default and wipe the rest, what make is the laptop?

[cablefreejunkie]

Ttoshibe sattelitte
Mate at work is going to sort me out a xp boot cd
Will give that a go and see if i can get it started
If not its to the shop to try and get the data back from the hdd
Fingers crossed

[gc1966]

my tower is experiencing the same prob ever since i took the sp3 update.
it says i have a hardware fault but lets me proceed by pressing f1

not sure if this helps m8

[haribo]

Recovery CD's will generally wipe your C: partition clean,
the only expepetions are Sony Vaio recovery centre, and HP recovery centre, both which give you solution to backup your files before recoving the disk from the recovery paritition.

best idea, download Hirens boot disk,, boot to mini-xp,put your files onto usb drive, and then use windows disk or recovery partition to recover your windows, then recovery your data form your usb.
cheers

[cablefreejunkie]

Recovery CD's will generally wipe your C: partition clean,
the only expepetions are Sony Vaio recovery centre, and HP recovery centre, both which give you solution to backup your files before recoving the disk from the recovery paritition.

best idea, download Hirens boot disk,, boot to mini-xp,put your files onto usb drive, and then use windows disk or recovery partition to recover your windows, then recovery your data form your usb.
cheers

Ok
So i dl hirens
Whats boot to mini xp ? Im a novice by the way
Also i have quite a lot of jpegs and docs i need to save
I wont get them all on a usb will i ?
Also i dont have 2 partitions just one 70 gb
Hope this makes sense

[haribo]

Ok
So i dl hirens
Whats boot to mini xp ? Im a novice by the way
Also i have quite a lot of jpegs and docs i need to save
I wont get them all on a usb will i ?
Also i dont have 2 partitions just one 70 gb
Hope this makes sense

on the hirens disk theres a utility called mini-xp..
It basically boots your pc into a mini-xp, and mounts your internal drives,( boots from the CD and creats a RAM disk to boot from ),, so you get a usuable xp and you can see your drives in my computer.
usb drive i dont know, it depends, you can defo get drive's larger than 70gb though so even if you wanted backup your full drive, ( which you dont, you only want the user folder with the pics and docs, )
were talking an external drive not a usb pen or flash drive,
you can use a pen drive of flash drive if your docs are under the size of the drive, which you can get a 8gb one cheap as chips.

if your machine only has 1 partition 70gb, using a recovery disk would defo wipe out the entire drive. but if you have booted into mini-xp and saved all your stuff first, it doesnt really matter.

[haribo]

oh, have your usb drive plugged into computer BEFORE you boot the mini-xp, or it might not see it in my computer once you boot into the mni-xp

[cablefreejunkie]

on the hirens disk theres a utility called mini-xp..
It basically boots your pc into a mini-xp, and mounts your internal drives,( boots from the CD and creats a RAM disk to boot from ),, so you get a usuable xp and you can see your drives in my computer.
usb drive i dont know, it depends, you can defo get drive's larger than 70gb though so even if you wanted backup your full drive, ( which you dont, you only want the user folder with the pics and docs, )
were talking an external drive not a usb pen or flash drive,
you can use a pen drive of flash drive if your docs are under the size of the drive, which you can get a 8gb one cheap as chips.

if your machine only has 1 partition 70gb, using a recovery disk would defo wipe out the entire drive. but if you have booted into mini-xp and saved all your stuff first, it doesnt really matter.

Excellent info haribo
Makes sense now
I will forget the tosh recovery cd and dl hirens and give that a shot
Cheers