WinXP won't load in Normal

[mathscitch]

I had my system disconnected for over 5 days (went on vacation and never
hooked it up). I came back home and connected it and Windows loaded then
just rebooted. I have done system restore, nothing. I don't see any error
messages displayed. I can get Windows to load in Safe mode but nothing else.
Anyone have any suggestions or ways to figure this out?

I thought maybe it was an error with Automatic updates but even after
shutting it down and reboot but that didn't do anything.

Any suggestions will be super helpful. Thanks in advance. :)

[John John]

When the computer boots press F8 and Disable Automatic restart on system
failure. You can also disable autoreboot on crash while in Safe-Mode.
Go to the Control Panel's System applet adn select Advanced | Settings |
Startup and Recovery and deselect the "Automatically restart... option.
After you disable the Autoreboot behaviour you may be able to get a
relevant bugcheck error message which may help identify the cause of the
reboot.

John

mathscitch wrote:

> I had my system disconnected for over 5 days (went on vacation and never
> hooked it up). I came back home and connected it and Windows loaded then
> just rebooted. I have done system restore, nothing. I don't see any error
> messages displayed. I can get Windows to load in Safe mode but nothing else.
> Anyone have any suggestions or ways to figure this out?
>
> I thought maybe it was an error with Automatic updates but even after
> shutting it down and reboot but that didn't do anything.
>
> Any suggestions will be super helpful. Thanks in advance. :)

[AJR]

Good Safe Mode boot - bum normal boot - usually indicates a device problem
(99%). Start in Safe Mode then Start>Run>msconfig>diagnostic startup - or
clear all items listed under "startup" tab. Reboot - if OK - check
individual items to find culprit (can be time consuming).

Option - select bootlog option from F8 menu - normal boot - check last entry
in log.

"mathscitch" > wrote in message
...
>I had my system disconnected for over 5 days (went on vacation and never
> hooked it up). I came back home and connected it and Windows loaded then
> just rebooted. I have done system restore, nothing. I don't see any
> error
> messages displayed. I can get Windows to load in Safe mode but nothing
> else.
> Anyone have any suggestions or ways to figure this out?
>
> I thought maybe it was an error with Automatic updates but even after
> shutting it down and reboot but that didn't do anything.
>
> Any suggestions will be super helpful. Thanks in advance. :)

[Rock]

"mathscitch" <wrote
>I had my system disconnected for over 5 days (went on vacation and never
> hooked it up). I came back home and connected it and Windows loaded then
> just rebooted. I have done system restore, nothing. I don't see any
> error
> messages displayed. I can get Windows to load in Safe mode but nothing
> else.
> Anyone have any suggestions or ways to figure this out?
>
> I thought maybe it was an error with Automatic updates but even after
> shutting it down and reboot but that didn't do anything.
>
> Any suggestions will be super helpful. Thanks in advance. :)

Resources for troubleshooting startup problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308041/en-us

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]