Repair Reboot Installation Help

[zak]

Thanks for everyones help, but still can't get into
windows, machine just keeps cycling from start up, red
flash dark screen goes into the " sorry for the
inconvenience" etc and select a mode( Safe, normal, etc)
tried all of them and it still recycles. Can't even start
the repair installation process which was offered to try.
I am at the point of reinstalling XP from scratch but
can't get the CD to fire up. I really need step by step to
which buttons to push because i must be doing something
wrong following everyones help. Just a note, i see other
folks have the same problems along with the same replies
that i have received from the group. A step by step
process would really help for us beginners with limited
knowledge to correct the problem which was caused by a
Microsoft patch that i installed. Yep it was M/S so called
fix that shut down my machine. Any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks Zak

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips, How to Do a Repair Installation. If your
computer won't boot from the CD drive, check your computer's manual for
instructions on accessing the BIOS and enabling this option.

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"zak" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for everyones help, but still can't get into
> windows, machine just keeps cycling from start up, red
> flash dark screen goes into the " sorry for the
> inconvenience" etc and select a mode( Safe, normal, etc)
> tried all of them and it still recycles. Can't even start
> the repair installation process which was offered to try.
> I am at the point of reinstalling XP from scratch but
> can't get the CD to fire up. I really need step by step to
> which buttons to push because i must be doing something
> wrong following everyones help. Just a note, i see other
> folks have the same problems along with the same replies
> that i have received from the group. A step by step
> process would really help for us beginners with limited
> knowledge to correct the problem which was caused by a
> Microsoft patch that i installed. Yep it was M/S so called
> fix that shut down my machine. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks Zak

[bob]

>-----Original Message-----
>See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips, How to Do a Repair
Installation. If your
>computer won't boot from the CD drive, check your
computer's manual for
>instructions on accessing the BIOS and enabling this
option.
>
>--
>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>http://www.dougknox.com
>--------------------------------
>Associate Expert
>ExpertZone -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>--------------------------------
>Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
>"zak" > wrote in message
...
>> Thanks for everyones help, but still can't get into
>> windows, machine just keeps cycling from start up, red
>> flash dark screen goes into the " sorry for the
>> inconvenience" etc and select a mode( Safe, normal,
etc)
>> tried all of them and it still recycles. Can't even
start
>> the repair installation process which was offered to
try.
>> I am at the point of reinstalling XP from scratch but
>> can't get the CD to fire up. I really need step by
step to
>> which buttons to push because i must be doing something
>> wrong following everyones help. Just a note, i see
other
>> folks have the same problems along with the same
replies
>> that i have received from the group. A step by step
>> process would really help for us beginners with limited
>> knowledge to correct the problem which was caused by a
>> Microsoft patch that i installed. Yep it was M/S so
called
>> fix that shut down my machine. Any help would be
greatly
>> appreciated. Thanks Zak
>
>Zac. when your machine reboots hold down your delete key
and select the first setting in your motherboard bios and
make your first boot the cdrom instead of hdd0
>.
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

And if his computer uses F1 or F2 or some other key to access the BIOS?

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Associate Expert
ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
--------------------------------
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Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

"bob" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips, How to Do a Repair
> Installation. If your
> >computer won't boot from the CD drive, check your
> computer's manual for
> >instructions on accessing the BIOS and enabling this
> option.
> >
> >--
> >Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> >Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> >http://www.dougknox.com
> >--------------------------------
> >Associate Expert
> >ExpertZone -
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >--------------------------------
> >Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> >Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
> >
> >"zak" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Thanks for everyones help, but still can't get into
> >> windows, machine just keeps cycling from start up, red
> >> flash dark screen goes into the " sorry for the
> >> inconvenience" etc and select a mode( Safe, normal,
> etc)
> >> tried all of them and it still recycles. Can't even
> start
> >> the repair installation process which was offered to
> try.
> >> I am at the point of reinstalling XP from scratch but
> >> can't get the CD to fire up. I really need step by
> step to
> >> which buttons to push because i must be doing something
> >> wrong following everyones help. Just a note, i see
> other
> >> folks have the same problems along with the same
> replies
> >> that i have received from the group. A step by step
> >> process would really help for us beginners with limited
> >> knowledge to correct the problem which was caused by a
> >> Microsoft patch that i installed. Yep it was M/S so
> called
> >> fix that shut down my machine. Any help would be
> greatly
> >> appreciated. Thanks Zak
> >
> >Zac. when your machine reboots hold down your delete key
> and select the first setting in your motherboard bios and
> make your first boot the cdrom instead of hdd0
> >.
> >