I've read about the fixes out there but what can I do when safe mode reboots endlessly (all modes) and it won't even get into bios. It's asking for a password that I never assigned.
I've read about the fixes out there but what can I do when safe mode reboots endlessly (all modes) and it won't even get into bios. It's asking for a password that I never assigned.
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I never made an image. It's my mom's computer - just email and hospital website.
So now the computer is useless. Bill owes my mom a computer
Last edited by usergame; August 15th, 2008 at 19:53 PM.
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system restore. SP3 should have made a restore point prior to installation.
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Re-download SP3 from here and reinstall.
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how am I going to do a system restore when it also crashes and reboots in safe mode?
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Boot from the CD and carry out a repair.
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I finally got into bios. I ran repair but the damn thing went on a reboot loop again several times so I let it go then finally a blue screen came on with a windows dialog saying: "the system is not fully installed. Please run setup again"
So back in repair mode:
***edit: seems to be stuck on "setup will complete in approximately 39 minutes"setup already attempted to upgrade the following windows installating blah blah.....
Setup will try to complete the upgrade again....
Last edited by usergame; August 18th, 2008 at 19:39 PM.
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Unplug any unnecessary peripherals prior to setup
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Back on track now. Thanks Reverend
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as usual Rev....u da man!!!....
Tried to install in regular mode and safe mode with all peripherals unplugged but I get, "SP3 - ACCESS DENIED"
**edit - found this and will try it
Originally Posted by http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2586439&SiteID=17
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the solution worked
Last edited by usergame; August 21st, 2008 at 05:53 AM.
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