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Safe mode reboot loop
Name: BRochfo Date: June 16, 2004 at 22:25:08 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: PC2700 712 MB
Comment:
I was not able to defrag in XP so I attempted to boot into safe mode to perform defrag. Went through the msconfig setup to boot into safe mode. Upon startup of safe mode the login screen with admin and user icons pops up and then the system reboots itself, goes to admin screen and reboots, loop. Is there anyway to get out of the loop or force the sys to load back to norm windows?
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