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XP Pro boots (scrolling orphan files?)

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by answerman Feb 10, 2005 last reply Oct 30, 2005

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On reboot an XP Pro machine which until today worked perfectly in all ways, goes to a green screen, and scrolls hundreds of thousands of files ..... saying "updating orphan files".....

And it never stops ....

Any suggestions?

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by douglasb Feb 10, 2005

Not sure if this will work, but try holding down the CTRL key and tapping the BREAK key (break key is same as PAUSE). This may halt the program and allow you to boot.

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by darrynmarr1979 Feb 20, 2005

sure xp isnt tryin to boot into safe mode? might be the automated recovery console, tho i doubt it

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