I had to fix something related to my disk defrag and I went ahead to MSConfig and switched the to start in Safe Mode, I pressed apply and restart it. I'm presented with the following options:
Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)
Start windows normally
1 Answer
It sounds as though something has become corrupt related to your boot files.
Your easiest fix is to grab a windows xp sp3 install disk, boot from the CD and do a repair on the system. Make sure you're not installing a new system, just repairing it.
You can obtain an ISO of Windows XP SP3 here:
