On Jan 3, 10:47*pm, Stan wrote:
I checked and found one piece of hardware did not have the driver installed
and corrected. I also stopped my virus protection prior to the install of SP
3. I still get the same results of windows will not start and must revert
back to when it would start. Any other suggestions are appreciated as my
search of this forum and the microsoft online help do not have anything
matching my situation as I can find.
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Stan

"Stan" wrote:
I had to replace my hard drive. I ran the XP Home install and installed SP
1A. When I install either SP 2 or 3, when my PC reboots it will not load
windows but goes to safe start. ( no errors when installing SP) I then have
to go back to previous setup prior to the SP install to get it to work. I
need SP 2 or 3 to be able to use most of my software. PC Gateway 5000,
Pentium 4, 2 ghrz
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Stan

Stopping anti-virus "may" not prevent the anti-virus from "blocking"
the "massive" file update that a "service pack" does. Sometime, you
need to uninstall the anti-viurs software before installing a "service
pack."