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So my computer is stuck in an endless reboot, and my guess is it has something to do with the boot record, but here goes anyways...
Computer boots up, I get the mobo/BIOS splash screen, see the quick run of all stuff at the prompt (verifying DMI Pool Data), then I get a quick splash of the Windows loading screen and then the screen pops up "Windows was not shut down properly... yadda yadda yadda, Safe Mode, Command Prompt, Last known working, and boot normally.
Here is where it gets tricky... there is obviously power going to the keyboard as the lights are on, but the keyboard does not work at this screen. So I let the countdown go and it tries to boot again, repeat process above. I can get into the BIOS and the keyboard works fine. Everything from the BIOS looks ok, but I'm not a guru with all that stuff. But I choose to boot from the CD-ROM with the Windows XP (SP2) disc in and choose recovery console.
I ran CHKDSK /R and when it was finished it said something along the lines that it fixed one or more files. So I type EXIT and still endless rebooting.
(Note, prior to the endless rebooting, when I tried to power on the computer, the computer sounded like it was booting normally, might have been stuck in the loop as well, I don't know, but it never triggered the monitor to come out of sleep/power save mode. A few tries later, and I am where I am above).
Does this sound like a boot issue? I really don't want to wipe the HD clean with a fresh install so what I'll end up doing if I can't fix it is buy another HD and install fresh on that, slave the old HD, back up the data etc etc. But if I can fix the booting issue, that would be great.
I've never used the FIXBOOT and FIXMBR commands, is that a logical next step? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Computer boots up, I get the mobo/BIOS splash screen, see the quick run of all stuff at the prompt (verifying DMI Pool Data), then I get a quick splash of the Windows loading screen and then the screen pops up "Windows was not shut down properly... yadda yadda yadda, Safe Mode, Command Prompt, Last known working, and boot normally.
Here is where it gets tricky... there is obviously power going to the keyboard as the lights are on, but the keyboard does not work at this screen. So I let the countdown go and it tries to boot again, repeat process above. I can get into the BIOS and the keyboard works fine. Everything from the BIOS looks ok, but I'm not a guru with all that stuff. But I choose to boot from the CD-ROM with the Windows XP (SP2) disc in and choose recovery console.
I ran CHKDSK /R and when it was finished it said something along the lines that it fixed one or more files. So I type EXIT and still endless rebooting.
(Note, prior to the endless rebooting, when I tried to power on the computer, the computer sounded like it was booting normally, might have been stuck in the loop as well, I don't know, but it never triggered the monitor to come out of sleep/power save mode. A few tries later, and I am where I am above).
Does this sound like a boot issue? I really don't want to wipe the HD clean with a fresh install so what I'll end up doing if I can't fix it is buy another HD and install fresh on that, slave the old HD, back up the data etc etc. But if I can fix the booting issue, that would be great.
I've never used the FIXBOOT and FIXMBR commands, is that a logical next step? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
