No Boot into XP sp3 after 2.1 & spe upgrade

I installed the Boot Camp 2.1 updgrade. Rebooted. Installed the XP sp3 updgrade. Rebooted. The first XP screen (with the repeating dashed bar) comes up, but it hangs and won't boot in the OS. I have tried letting it alone (in case sp3 requires some "adjustment" time), but after 30+ minutes nothing happens. Hopefully have not lost functionality via MS upgrade.
Thanks for any assistance in advance.

I too had the same issue after creating a boot camp partition on my new iMAC and then installing from a Windows XP SP3 CD. (EI. hang at logo screen). Tried the Boot Camp 2.1 update with no success. Noticed by accident that if I disconnected the ethernet network connection to my ADSL modem/router that XP would boot every time with no hangs. Suspicious of network driver but in desperation did a windows update and Voila! problem solved. Can anyone explain this? I also have a MBP with boot camp and XP2 with no problems at all.

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I have searched the forums for hours now, but I can't seen to find an answer to my question, so I'd like to ask it.
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Code:
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Code:
Disk: /dev/rdisk0     geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 sectors] Signature: 0xAA55 Starting       Ending #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID> 2: AF 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [    409640 - 1701278816] HFS+ 3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1701688456 -    1269536] Darwin Boot *4: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1704804352 - 248002560] HPFS/QNX/AUX
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Code:
Disk /dev/rdisk0: 1953525168 sectors, 931.5 GiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 6075110F-7CEF-4604-85EE-6231B850E2AE Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1953525134 Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries Total free space is 2564589 sectors (1.2 GiB) Number Start (sector)    End (sector) Size       Code Name 1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00 EFI System Partition 2          409640      1701688455   811.2 GiB   AF00 1 TB APPLE HDD HTS54101 3      1701688456      1702957991   619.9 MiB   AB00 Recovery HD 4      1704804352      1952806911   118.3 GiB   0700 BOOTCAMP

Okay, the code I typed didn't display properly in the forum. Let me try again.
Here's what I get when I type
sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0:
gpt show: disk0: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168
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gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167
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1701688456     1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1702957992     1846360
1704804352   248002560      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
1952806912      718223
1953525135          32         Sec GPT table
1953525167           1         Sec GPT header
And when I type fdisk /dev/rdisk0 I get:
Disk: /dev/rdisk0          geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
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1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
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3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1701688456 -    1269536] Darwin Boot
*4: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1704804352 - 248002560] HPFS/QNX/AUX
Kappy,
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