Win XP not Booting Up

[Parry]

Hi,

Since yesterday I have been facing issues with my desktop of not booting up. It remains stuck at Windows XP boot up screen. The day before I had shut down the PC normally. What I have tried;

1) Have tried booting up in the Safe Mode & Last Known Good Configuration as well but no luck. On selecting Safe Mode, it loads some of the files up till WINDOWS/System32/Drivers/aswRvrt.sys & then again shows up the same message again giving options of Safe Mode/ Last Known Good Configuration & Start Windows Normally.

2) Removed both the RAM modules one by one & boot up, but still the same error.

Pls assist resolving the issue.

Desktop Confirguration:
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 635
MB: Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H
RAM: 2 x 2GB Kingston DDR3 1333MHz
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB

[patio]

Do you have your XP CD ? ?

[Parry]

Yes, I have.

Have googled around & Avast AV seems to be cause of aswRvrt.sys getting stuck at boot up.

[patio]

Uninstall Avast and see what happens...

XP Repair Install...

I suggest reading it thru and printing out a reference copy before starting...

Done properly all your data and apps will be intact...1 mistake and all will be gone ...but you'll have a fresh XP install.

[Parry]

Booted with XP CD & used FIXBOOT from Recovery Console and was able to boot back.

Uninstalled Avast on startup. Tried a reboot & the PC rebooted. Now which AV should I install? AVG or re-install Avast?

[patio]

Re-install Avast...
Also add MalwareBytes and SuperAnti-Spyware to your arsenal.
Only run 1 scan at a time...