resource conflict when booting XP Pro

[kfm123]

I get "resource conflict  "setup or BOOT" message when booting XP Pro running on a Toshiba laptop.
Choosing Setup brings me to the BIOS setup and all looks OK, choosing BOOT brings me to "safe Mode, Normal, etc.. No matter what I select it loops back to the same message as above.
I'm thinking bad RAM, virus, ...anyone have any other thoughts?
Thanks

[Flame]

How much RAM do you have? Did this JUST start happening?

[glb]Flame[/glb]

[kfm123]

512 MB  Just started.

[Raptor]

What is the full error message?

[kfm123]

Just as I stated above,

          Resource Conflict
                 Select
              setup or boot

[merlin_2]

Try safe mode again>>By default when WinXP encounters a system failure, it reboots without warning. The setting that controls this can be changed:

Control Panel/System/Advanced/Settings (Startup & Recovery)/System Failure/Uncheck-Automatically Restart

[kfm123]

Can't get it to boot up to access anything. The owner wants to retrieve some data before I reimage the laptop but I can't even get to a DOS prompt.

[merlin_2]

buy an ide adapter and hook it up to a pc as a slave drive....then retrive the data from it.....has it been networked....did it have an anti-virus.....program on it??


Did you try hold downling the f8 key on boot??......disconnect from the net......

[Raptor]

Have you attempted to reset the BIOS to its default settings?

[kfm123]

resetting the bios was one of the first things I did, but it did not work. Its under warranty so I advised the user to return it to Toshiba for repair. It really looks to be a hardware issue. The laptop is only a few months old and the A/V software was up to date, and since the error message comes up  before XP loads my educated guess its HW.