Computer boots to windows xp screen then goes black and restarts

[ctv1337]

I've searched the forum and found nothing. My computer keeps rebooting after displaying the Windowx Xp Pro load screen. It looks like its going to show the login screen but goes black and then restarts. I googled the problem and tried to do a repair of the registry(what msft recommended). Now everytime i boot i get a blue screen saying

STOP c0000221 {Bad Image Checksum}
The Image Version.dll is probably corrupt. The header checksum does not match the computed checksum.
I've tried to move the dl_ from the windows xp cd to the system32 folder on the HD and that didn't work.
Is there anyway to recover windows without reinstalling it? Please HELP


Thanks,

Kyle

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: ctv1337
I've searched the forum and found nothing. My computer keeps rebooting after displaying the Windowx Xp Pro load screen. It looks like its going to show the login screen but goes black and then restarts. I googled the problem and tried to do a repair of the registry(what msft recommended). Now everytime i boot i get a blue screen saying

STOP c0000221 {Bad Image Checksum}
The Image Version.dll is probably corrupt. The header checksum does not match the computed checksum.
I've tried to move the dl_ from the windows xp cd to the system32 folder on the HD and that didn't work.
Is there anyway to recover windows without reinstalling it? Please HELP


Thanks,

Kyle

Run a repair. But did you expand the DLL? (From recovery console, expand CDROM-drive\path\to\file harddisk:\windows\system32 (I'm assuming it's in System32 - put another copy in system32\dllcache too) IIRC it's automatic in RC when you do a copy, but I don't know how you're hitting your hard disk.

Anyway, the easy way to fix is a repair. You could also do a parallel install, update that parallel install to the same servicepack level, and copy the files - and only the files - that are in system32 of the parallel into the original install.

But a repair is easier.

Nothing's changed in the system, hardware-wise, lately, right?

 

[ctv1337]

No changes in hardware lately, it just started doing this. I'll try out what you suggest and see if i get anything. I forgot to expand the file so maybe that will help out. Thanks for the help and if you have any other suggestions bring em on.


Kyle