I have a windows XP machine which was working absolutely fine until yesterday. Then suddenly it won't boot in normal mode.
Tried Safe Mode, Safe Mode Command prompt, Last known good configuration etc. but no luck. Well, in safe mode it once started but took 2 hours.
So based on various forum posts, I boot it from CD and started Window XP Repair. (not recovery console).
It copied all files, restarted machine and started installation. But got stuck at 39 minutes. I left it on overnight but it was still stuck. So, in the morning I hard booted by pressing power switch.
After reboot, it got the installation process on track and finished all steps like Installing Device Drivers, Menu Items, Language selection everything and restarted the machine. I now expected "Welcome to reinstalled XP" but it restarted the installation process again.
Now everytime, it goes into the installation process, finishes the installation successfully but comes back to installation after restart.
Any idea guys? This is getting on my nerves.
Thanks in advance. Milind
