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Postby Huntnsinme » Thu May 06, 2004 4:20 pm

ok i was downloading updates from ms when it froze up, had to turn it off manually. When it restarted it gets to the xp home boot screen "xp home logo"and recycles again.it has done that 10 times now, I turned it back off. Can anyone help me?
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Postby imnuts » Thu May 06, 2004 5:38 pm

did you try booting in safe mode or last known good config?
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Postby Huntnsinme » Thu May 06, 2004 5:49 pm

I have tried everything, I am trying a repair install now as we speak.....
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Postby tWeaKmoD » Thu May 06, 2004 7:19 pm

Huntnsinme wrote:I have tried everything, I am trying a repair install now as we speak.....


Keep us posted Huntnsinme...
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Postby Huntnsinme » Thu May 06, 2004 8:40 pm

I ran the xp cd and ran the command fixmbr, and that started to work, then it rebooted again, then I ran the cd again and rewrote the os files and that did the trick. Thanks yall.
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Postby imnuts » Thu May 06, 2004 11:08 pm

glad its back up and running
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