Win SP3 installed - now cannot boot up to desktop

[amastie]

Hi,

I've not posted a computer related question before and am open to being advised if this query is for any reason inappropriate. Thanks

Tonight, when I turned on my PC for the first time in many weeks, I received an automatic notification to download Windows Service Pack 3. Since I had already downloaded it without *seeming* to have had a problem with my laptop, I did as requested. Now I find that I cannot boot up past the Windows acknowledgment screen - just prior to getting the Desktop up.

Has anyone else had this problem with SP3?

I'm now questioning whether downloading SP3 isn't also the reason that I can no longer use my Toshiba setup disc to reformat my laptop in order to clean it up from scratch.

As for my PC, I don't know enough about it to know what to do except to try to reformat it from the original setup disc - if it will do that. I've tried different boot-up options available on the PC but none work. It doesn't matter what I do, it still comes up the same.

Hope others have an idea of what's going on.

Thanks,

amastie

 

[David Baxter PhD]

See cannot boot after XP SP3 - Google Search

See also:

How to troubleshoot an unsuccessful installation of Windows XP Service Pack 3
error messages when you start your computer
Error message after you upgrade a computer that uses a processor other than an Intel processor to Windows XP Service Pack 2 or to Windows XP Service Pack 3
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&tid=7b27094c-ef97-4e03-9912-e80626033cc6&cat=en_US_d02fc761-3f6b-402c-82f6-ba1a8875c1a7&lang=en&cr=&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1
STOP error upon reboot after installing RC1 - TechNet Forums
Error message after you upgrade a computer that uses a processor other than an Intel processor to Windows XP Service Pack 2 or to Windows XP Service Pack 3
AumHa Forums View topic - XP SP3: Known Problem in HP Media Ctr w/AMD Processor
https://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2008/05/08/does-your-amd-based-computer-boot-after-installing-xp-sp3.aspx


If all else fails:

How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 3 from your computer

 

[amastie]

Thank you for that
amastie