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rougespok
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_ 		18. February 2008 @ 12:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Last night after doing a standard reboot my machine will no longer boot into normal mode. Below are my observations.


* System appears to boot normally reaching the XP Pro screen
* Eventually the progress bar stops moving
* Select safe mode or normal mode screen appears
* If Safe is selected system will boot
* Rebooting from safe sends machine into boot loop
* If normal is selected then a quick blue screen flashes
* System continues to reboot


I am thinking that I may have to recover (repair) from the OEM XP CD. Not really sure if this is the correct direction to move in. My other thought is trying to use the Ultimate Boot Disk in order to run a dskchk.

Thoughts and ideas are greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
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seb32
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_ 		18. February 2008 @ 18:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Try turning off the "Automatic Restart on System Failure". You can do this from safe mode:

Go to Control Panel > System > Advanced > Startup and Recovery (Settings) then uncheck "Automatically Restart"

This should prevent the system from restarting, so you can see the BSOD, and this should help in determining the cause of the problem.
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rougespok
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_ 		19. February 2008 @ 00:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
BSOD is tellling me that there was a problem with the following file: sunkfilt62.sys

It appears to be an issue with my memory card reader. Should I disconnect it first or attempted to re-install the file?

Thanks.
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seb32
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_ 		19. February 2008 @ 00:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Disconnect, then see if you can boot. If you can, you might need to reinstall drivers for the reader. It could also be a hardware error with the reader itself... do you have warranty?
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rougespok
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_ 		19. February 2008 @ 00:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
disconnected and it will boot into normal mode.

I guess it is time to look into a new and higher quality memory card reader.

Thanks for the help.
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seb32
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_ 		19. February 2008 @ 00:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No problem.

You could try reinstalling or updating the drivers for it, but if that doesn't solve the problem, you probably have to replace it.
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