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i installed windows xp successfully. turned it off then turned it back on again it gets to the screen where it says something vdmi pool update successful then gives me the options to run safe mode, safe mode networking, safe mode with command prompt, load last config that worked or start normally. i have chosen each 1 of those options it does the same thing it reboots and goes back to that screen. can any one help me.
it runs windows 98 perfectly, i reformatted the clean installed.

Intell celeron 2.4ghtz
Sapphire radeon 9100igp
1xsamsung 512mb ram @400 mtz pc3200
1x256 mb ram pc3200
western digital 40g hardrive
standard vga graphics card

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A compact troubleshooting checklist to consolidate advice for and avoid duplicate threads (as pointed out). The steps below cover the most common hardware and boot-record causes for XP installs that fail to progress past early startup; they are ordered from noninvasive to more invasive so the easiest checks come first.

Start with hardware isolation: remove all nonessential peripherals (USB devices, extra PCI cards, optical drives and additional HDDs), reseat the video card and memory, and try booting with a single RAM module in the primary slot. Swap the IDE/PATA cable and verify drive jumpers (master/slave) or set SATA to IDE/compatibility mode in BIOS if present. Reset BIOS to defaults and, if available, disable unused onboard controllers temporarily.

If hardware isolation does not help, use the Windows XP Recovery Console from the installation CD and run filesystem and boot repairs. Typical commands:

chkdsk /r
fixboot
fixmbr
bootcfg /rebuild

chkdsk /r checks and repairs disk errors; fixboot and fixmbr repair boot code; bootcfg /rebuild rebuilds the boot list. To disable a suspected driver from Recovery Console, remove attributes and rename it in \Windows\System32\drivers (for example using attrib -r -s -h and ren).

Backing up important data before low-level repairs is advised. If the problem persists after these steps, run a memory test (memtest86+) and try the drive in another system or boot a Linux live CD to inspect files.

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you don't need two threads, we'll get your problem solved;)

Perhaps a mod should close this thread

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