Xp Home Ed won't start

[Andrew]

ok i tried to uninstall a service pack(cant remember which
one) and when windows attemped to reboot it got past the
flash screen (the one with teh green load bar at the
bottom) and then "click" it flashes a quick blue screen
(quick enough so i cant read what it says) and reboots
from the beginning ... click and over again and click over
again.
I tried starting in safemode.. and all the F8 options, i
tried to use the recovery console changing the default,
software, system, sam etc. (and deleting the
undo_guimode.txt beforehand) but as always click and
reboot...
I'm not liking my options right now... i could wipe and
restart anew ..but i need some documents on the hardrive.
dont care about software etc just the documents...

any suggestions...

[null]

Andrew wrote:
> ok i tried to uninstall a service pack(cant remember which
> one) and when windows attemped to reboot it got past the
> flash screen (the one with teh green load bar at the
> bottom) and then "click" it flashes a quick blue screen
> (quick enough so i cant read what it says) and reboots
> from the beginning ... click and over again and click over
> again.
> I tried starting in safemode.. and all the F8 options, i
> tried to use the recovery console changing the default,
> software, system, sam etc. (and deleting the
> undo_guimode.txt beforehand) but as always click and
> reboot...
> I'm not liking my options right now... i could wipe and
> restart anew ..but i need some documents on the hardrive.
> dont care about software etc just the documents...
>
> any suggestions...

If you need the documents on the hard drive, you can boot to a Win98
startup disk (if the partition is FAT32) and copy the documents to a floppy.

If the partition is NTFS, do a google search for NTFSDOS and download
that to a floppy and you'll be able to see the NTFS partition and copy
documents from that to the floppy.

--
-the small one

All postings carry no guarantee or warranty, expressed or implied.
Proceed at your own risk, and perform system and data backups prior to
making changes to your system, and on a regular basis, to protect your
system.

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP-Windows Shell/User\)]

You might try a repair install as follows:
NOTE, while a repair install should leave your data files intact, if
something goes wrong during the repair install, you may be forced to start
over and do a clean install of XP. If you don't have your data backed up,
you would lose your data should that eventuality occur.



Boot from the CD. If your system is set to be able to boot from the CD, it
should detect the disk and give a brief message, during the boot up, if you
wish to boot from the CD press any key.



Once you have pressed a key, setup should begin. You will see a reference
asking if you need to load special drivers and another notice that if you
wish to begin the ASR (Automatic Recovery Console) depress F2. Just let
setup run past all of that. It will continue to load files and drivers.



Then it will bring you to a screen. Eventually, you will come to a screen
with the option to (1) setup Windows or (2) Repair Windows Installation
using the Recovery console.



The first option, to setup Windows is the one you want and requires you to
press enter. When asked, press F8 to accept the end user agreement. Setup
will then search for previous versions of Windows. Upon finding your
version, it will ask if you wish to Repair your current installation or
install fresh. Press R, that will run a repair installation. From there
on, follow the screens.


--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend

"Andrew" > wrote in message
...
> ok i tried to uninstall a service pack(cant remember which
> one) and when windows attemped to reboot it got past the
> flash screen (the one with teh green load bar at the
> bottom) and then "click" it flashes a quick blue screen
> (quick enough so i cant read what it says) and reboots
> from the beginning ... click and over again and click over
> again.
> I tried starting in safemode.. and all the F8 options, i
> tried to use the recovery console changing the default,
> software, system, sam etc. (and deleting the
> undo_guimode.txt beforehand) but as always click and
> reboot...
> I'm not liking my options right now... i could wipe and
> restart anew ..but i need some documents on the hardrive.
> dont care about software etc just the documents...
>
> any suggestions...

[Harry Ohrn]

Before going any further I would make a full system backup using an
application like Norton Ghost or Drive Image. If you don't have one you can
use the fully functional demo of Image ftp://terabyteunlimited.com/image.zip
to create an image of the drive directly to CD-R if you have a writer
installed or you can create an image to a second hard drive if you have one.
Later when you have your system running correctly you can extract the
individual files you need out of the image. Ghost or Drive Image have built
in apps which will enable you to do this. The Image program uses a free
add-on app called TBIView to open image files so you can extract individual
files http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html

--

Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Andrew" > wrote in message
...
> ok i tried to uninstall a service pack(cant remember which
> one) and when windows attemped to reboot it got past the
> flash screen (the one with teh green load bar at the
> bottom) and then "click" it flashes a quick blue screen
> (quick enough so i cant read what it says) and reboots
> from the beginning ... click and over again and click over
> again.
> I tried starting in safemode.. and all the F8 options, i
> tried to use the recovery console changing the default,
> software, system, sam etc. (and deleting the
> undo_guimode.txt beforehand) but as always click and
> reboot...
> I'm not liking my options right now... i could wipe and
> restart anew ..but i need some documents on the hardrive.
> dont care about software etc just the documents...
>
> any suggestions...