XP Won't Boot

[Dave]

When XP (H) tries to boot I get a message TRAP 00000006
then the word exception followed by a series of values.
I can't get to safe mode to try rollback nor can I boot
with the system disk. Can anyone help! Of note my
dealer tells me XP is unstable and I should re-instal 98,
yet I have XP on my laptop and have never had a
probelem. This would make the third time in 2 months I
have had different problems with the desktop requiring
reformat of the hard drive. Really don't want to lose
all my data (again).

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Dave,

Probably failed hardware, quite possible your ram. It can also be caused by
overclocking the cpu. Chances are, if swapping in known good ram doesn't
help, you will need to bring it to a shop for diagnostics.

BTW, your dealer is dead wrong. Win98 was good, WinXP is far more stable.

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"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> When XP (H) tries to boot I get a message TRAP 00000006
> then the word exception followed by a series of values.
> I can't get to safe mode to try rollback nor can I boot
> with the system disk. Can anyone help! Of note my
> dealer tells me XP is unstable and I should re-instal 98,
> yet I have XP on my laptop and have never had a
> probelem. This would make the third time in 2 months I
> have had different problems with the desktop requiring
> reformat of the hard drive. Really don't want to lose
> all my data (again).

[Dale]

Most likely the NTLDR file is damaged. You can boot to your XP cd and begin
the installation and when prompted, select the Repair option.

[Kadaitcha Man]

Dave wrote:
> Of note my
> dealer tells me XP is unstable and I should re-instal 98,
> yet I have XP on my laptop and have never had a
> probelem.

Your dealer is a charlatan. Maybe worse, an MVP even.

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[Amethyst]

Dale wrote:
> Most likely the NTLDR file is damaged. You can boot to your XP cd and
begin
> the installation and when prompted, select the Repair option.

And how would that help solve a hardware problem which this undoubtedly is?
It is nothing to do with the NTLDR - if it was, the error would have told
him so. TRAP errors are nearly always RAM.

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[Dale]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B329903

[Ron Martell]

"Dale" > wrote:

>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B329903
>

Windows 2000 not XP.

If it was relevant to XP it would say so.


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[Dale]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/planning/techoverview/default.asp

[Ron Martell]

"Dale" > wrote:

>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/planning/techoverview/default.asp
>

So?

The article you originally quoted was reviewed and updated as of April
29, 2003. If it were in fact relevant to Windows XP then that would
have added to the

"The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional"

section at the top of the article.


See, for example, article 315191 which says:

"The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional"



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[Dale]

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