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

[glb]Flame[/glb]512 MB  Just started.What is the full error message?Just as I stated above,

          Resource Conflict
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              setup or bootTry 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 RestartCan'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.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......Have you attempted to reset the BIOS to its default settings?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.