Boot - Continuous Loop

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  • siudawgssiudawgs
    edited January 2006
    I left it blank. pushed enter.

    But, it cycles out with three tries and back to the loop-t-loop.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited January 2006
    Have you tried a Repair Install? (Not to be confused with the "Repair" option in the recovery console.)

    A Repair Install will leave your data intact and should allow previously installed programs to work as they did before.
  • sdgcansdgcan
    edited January 2006
    siudawgs wrote:
    I left it blank. pushed enter.

    But, it cycles out with three tries and back to the loop-t-loop.


    You might want to try a password recovery tool...I've been in a similar situations with customer built by somebody that fell off the planet pc's a few times.

    Here's a link I have in my favs to some recovery tools...

    http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm#20
  • siudawgssiudawgs
    edited January 2006
    A Repair Install will leave your data intact and should allow previously installed programs to work as they did before.

    How does one go about a repair install?
    You might want to try a password recovery tool...I've been in a similar situations with customer built by somebody that fell off the planet pc's a few times.

    How do I use the password recovery with my computer in the loop - t - loop cycle?

    Thanks.
  • sdgcansdgcan
    edited January 2006
    You'd be booting from a floppy or cd....
  • siudawgssiudawgs
    edited January 2006
    Cd
  • sdgcansdgcan
    edited January 2006
    Then build a bootable cd with the recovery tool of your choice and show that machine who's da boss ;)
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited January 2006
    Just for clarification's sake, a Repair Install is usually performed by booting from your WinXP CD and proceeding as if you were doing a clean install. At the point where Windows discovers a previous installation it will offer you a few choices. Pick "Repair previous installation", not "Add a new copy", etc. :thumbsup:
  • siudawgssiudawgs
    edited January 2006
    I got to the screen that gives me the option with all of the partitions.

    Is that correct?
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited January 2006
    Yes. Now just look for the option to do a repair installation. I forgot the exact terminology.
  • siudawgssiudawgs
    edited January 2006
    Thats where I get either

    Setup XP
    Repair a Windows XP Installation using Recovery Console, press r
    Quit.

    When I choose repair, thats when I get the admin password problem.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited January 2006
    siudawgs wrote:
    Thats where I get either

    Setup XP
    Repair a Windows XP Installation using Recovery Console, press r
    Quit.

    When I choose repair, thats when I get the admin password problem.
    Go for Setup XP. Let it go through the same old rigamarole that you'd see on a clean install.
  • sdgcansdgcan
    edited January 2006
    I looked back through your posts and did not see the answer to a question I have...

    Do you have you any idea or inclination as to what the root cause is of the problem your experiencing ? Like I take it before that everything was working good then you installed software\hardware or something and now your having this problem ?
  • sdgcansdgcan
    edited January 2006
    Prof if he goes the setup route and he's got a viri or a software driven loop happening it's maybe not going to solve the issue....
  • siudawgssiudawgs
    edited January 2006
    No new software installed.

    My wife said she played a dvd. Shut down the computer.

    Woke up the next day turned it on and the loops began.

    She did say it was not plugged into a surge protector.
  • sdgcansdgcan
    edited January 2006
    With that answer I'm thinking hardware maybe....BUT....ask her to think hard and recall if she was reading email or browsing the web before the movie.
  • siudawgssiudawgs
    edited January 2006
    Thats all she can remember.

    Will the password recovery work in a situation like this?
  • sdgcansdgcan
    edited January 2006
    Password recovery will help you recover your admin password and thats it and all that will accomplish is giving you a password to enter when asked...

    Since you never stated it I have to ask if it will boot in safe mode....ie: pressing f8 during bootup and then selecting start windows in safe mode
  • siudawgssiudawgs
    edited January 2006
    It will not boot in safe mode, last, etc.

    When I try to run Repair it asks for the password of which I don't know.
  • sdgcansdgcan
    edited January 2006
    I'm gathering by what you just said that you can at least get to the screen with the safe mode choices ?
  • siudawgssiudawgs
    edited January 2006
    Yes, I can get there but a quick blue screen comes up for about 1/2 a second after I press any of the options and back to the loop.
  • sdgcansdgcan
    edited January 2006
    How technically adept are you ? You know how to and have the capability to make bootable cd's ? Are you very familliar with diagnostic tools, virus scans from the command prompt etc ??

    If the answer is no to those questions and you don't want to loose whats on the hard drive right now then your best off taking the machine to a reputable tech. The other and most drastic is knocking down the partitions and starting from scratch...and I personally always use that option as a last resort for myself and my customers.
  • siudawgssiudawgs
    edited January 2006
    Well, I have reformatted my hard drives several times, and I make bootable Cds.

    Do you think getting my admin password will solve this problem?

    Like I said, I can get to the repair option by booting from the XP Pro CD, but it asks for the password, of which I don't have.

    Will the available programs work in this situation for password recovery?

    Is that the best method for my situation?

    Or are there other options so I won't lose all my info.
  • sdgcansdgcan
    edited January 2006
    Well if you don't want to loose anything then repairing is the best option but like I said a repair "may" not give the desired results and I've been in that situation. Password recovery tools work..I've used them, I also have a couple boot cd's with various diagnostic tools and AV scanners...one that's flexible and free is from http://www.ultimatebootcd.com the other I use from here http://www.eddiemaintenance.com costs ten bucks or something trivial like that.
  • sdgcansdgcan
    edited January 2006
    I should say repair might not give the desired results because you have no idea why the problem started in the first place...figuring that out is simply a process of elimination which can be time consuming.
  • siudawgssiudawgs
    edited January 2006
    sdgcan,

    Thanks for the help. I used one of the password recovery tools you had mentioned, ran ckdsk /r and it repaired a couple of errors.

    Works fine, no data lost.

    Thanks again.
  • sdgcansdgcan
    edited January 2006
    Thats good news then...way to go man :thumbsup:
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