windows xp wont start

[schneidz]

hi, a friend of mine has a asus eee netbook (no dvd drive).

when she turns on her computer it shows the win-xp splash screen then goes to a blue-screen-of-death then automatically reboots (wash, rinse, repeat).

(she tried safe mode, ... same problem).

is there something like a live-usb that she can boot to a terminal and run:

chkdsk :c /r

?

thanks,

[Makcalable]

You will need to Install Windows to a different folder;

Run Regedt32.exe from the new installation of Windows > go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key.

On the Registry menu > click Load Hive, and then open the System file in the original Windows installation location.

By default, this installation is located at %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\System.

Enter an arbitrary name when you receive a prompt for a key name in the Load Hive window.

This loads the original HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive as a subkey of the current key.

Change the value data in the AutoReboot value to 0 (zero), instead of 1, in the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\CrashControl

Collapse the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subkey and unload the hive.

For more information on this issue see here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/174630