BSOD / Reboot Cycling (possibly after windows update?)

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Published on 2010-06-17T16:06:54Z Indexed on 2010/06/17 16:13 UTC
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Windows XP SP3

Hi Guys,

My desktop PC rebooted during the night (presumably due to an automated Windows update) and was stuck on a file system check. I forced a reboot as it had been stuck for hours and now the system won't finish booting. It shows the Windows XP splash screen, briefly flickers what looks to be a BSOD, and then reboots.

So far, I've tried:

  • Booting into all variations of safe mode (just hangs)
  • Setting BIOS settings to fail-safe defaults (still reboots)
  • Choosing the start-up option to load last known good configuration (still reboots)

Any suggestions on how to proceed here? I haven't installed any recent software or hardware so I don't think this is a result of any explicit change I've made.

-M

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