You can also use system restore from a command prompt if you can't get into
safe mode:
How to restore the operating system to a previous state in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
"Lizz" <> wrote in message
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> SP 2 has given me more headaches and worry than it should have. I can only
> speak from personal experience, that my desktop computer was working
> beautifully before installing SP 2 and now it will not start without
looping.
> I've noticed quite a few others with this problem. I've exhausted many
> possibilities of fixing it (I can't even start it in safe mode, I can't
> disable the L2 caching, no one from MS has returned my email). I've now
LOST
> ALL INFORMATION ON MY COMPUTER. I can't believe my computer was corrupted
if
> it had seemed to work fine before.
>
> MS should have worked out all the kicks as well as included warnings
before
> releasing this "automatic" update. I wish I could have this day back and
my
> computer back.