After trying to install Service Pack 3 on XP Professional, Windows will start is no longer

Windows XP Pro prompted me to install SP3... I agreed and walked away (first check that norton was disabled)... Walkind on next day and noticed that the system has been stuck on the boot screen (before the windows logo)... tried restart and the same thing... I assumed on the previous expierence base installation reboots the machine, so I don't think that it was necessary to monitor the installation... (I installed before SP on this machine, but had to reformat drive due to the virus)... while I sit now im at a loss as to what do then... any advice you could offer would be great!

THX :)

This thread has some steps you can try, but you will get probably best suggestions of the Windows XP forum.

http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistawu/thread/b5638b85-A245-4b76-89D5-a40ff8d9facb

The error they get in the thread is not the same (they get a blue screen), but the steps to solve are similar.

You should look at trying to boot into safe mode, and then try a system restore, Scandisk, Chkdsk and potentially start last good known Configuration.

I hope this helps.

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