XP Pro will not boot after security update

[KLUPAMMO]

I have been running XP Pro on my secondary computer for two weeks with no restart problems at all. I have norton antivirus and firewall installed and have not had any virus problems. I finally got around to running windows update last night. I installed the critical updates and restarted the computer after succussful intallation of the updates. During restart, the computer loads bios, lists pci devices, then stops with a blinking cursor. I reset cmos to boot from cd and that won't work for some reason. I can't get to a point to restore old settings. Any suggestions?

AMD Athlon 650Mhz
ASUS K7V mobo
128MB ram
20GB WD HD
Vibra 128 SC
Nvidia MX 440 GC
Win XP Pro

[Eraserhead]

Have you tried F8 at startup to get the boot menu and selecting "Last Known Good Configuration"? Or can you boot into Safe Mode, then uninstall the update patch?

[KLUPAMMO]

I can't get far enough to use the F8 option. It locks up prior to loading windows. I don't know of any other way to get the computer past the lock point. It will boot off a utility floppy disk, but I can't get windows to come up. I tried editing cmos to boot from cd rom using the xp cd, but it wouldn't work. I am don't know where to go from here besides a complete reinstall. I reall don't want to do that if possible.

[J-Excel]

You weren't running the DevilsOwn copy of XP Pro were you?

[VHockey86]

Will it boot from the win xp CD or a floppy boot disk?

[KLUPAMMO]

J-Excel, I don't know what the "devilsown" copy means.

It will boot from a floppy, but I don't want to reinstall if I have a better option.

[MTAtech]

let's go back a little further. Does your system bios recognize the hard disk?

If system bios recognize the hard disk, it sounds similar to an XP issue I had about a year ago http://www.techimo.com/forum/showthr...hlight=MTAtech

There are several possible causes. (XP problems are among the few problems George Bush is not responsible for.) See the link above.

Your Windows XP system files maybe damaged.

To resolve this issue, repair the Windows XP installation. To do so, follow these steps:
Set your CD-ROM drive as the first priority boot device in your computer's BIOS. For information about how change the BIOS settings, see your computer documentation or contact the manufacturer of your computer.
Insert the Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer.
Press any key to use the Windows XP CD to start your computer when you are prompted with the following message:
Press any key to boot from CD

When you start your computer with the Windows XP CD, Setup verifies your hardware. When you are prompted with the following options, press ENTER:
To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
Note: Do not press R.
Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.
When your current Windows XP installation appears in a box that contains the following options, press R:
To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R.
To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing, press ESC.
Windows XP Setup automatically repairs your installation of Windows XP.

[J-Excel]

DevilsOwn is a group that released the first pirated copy of WinXP. I've heard that people who have tried to update this copy lately have been having the same problem you mentioned.

[rockpile]

what does george bush have to do with this thread MTA

[KLUPAMMO]

Apparently, my partition was bad. I couldn't do a soft reinstall, it told me my partition was bad, disk was bad, or had other unrecoverable problems (not verbatem). I am doing a complete reinstall and will follow up with what happened. Thanks for the assistance.