Windows XP Blue-Screens And Reboots Instantly On Boot-Up
My computer was running perfectly until yesterday; my internet suddenly died. Being wireless, I decided to reboot; now the computer doesn't boot. It shows the "Starting Windows" screen (safe mode loads several drivers), then it suddenly blue-screens and immediately reboots (I cannot read the blue-screen contents at all).
I've tried safe-mode (with and without networking); no dice. I booted another HD with another XP install and ran scandisk on my HDs; no bad sectors, and even with auto-repair, it didn't fix the problem.
Now what? What are my options to fix the broken XP install? I'm thinking:
1) Remove wireless card 2) Run XP install CD and repair installation 3) ???
Solution 1:
Here is a site that tells how to disable the auto-reboot after a BSOD, this should make it easier to see what is causing the blue screen.
http://www.technibble.com/how-to-disable-automatic-restart-for-bsod-if-you-are-unable-to-get-into-windows/
Solution 2:
Remove wireless card and see if it will boot. No repair yet, that is a next to last resort.
If no joy use F8 at boot time and choose "disable automatic restart on system failure"
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