David;
The Repair Installation is the fix.
Go back and look carefully to make sure you are following the directions
correctly.
There can be problems if you are using OEM depending on the OEM media.
If retail, it will work unless Windows is so badly damaged a Clean Install
is required.
But if that is the case, I would suspect a hard drive problem so go to the
hard drive manufacturers website and get their hard drive diagnostics.
--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org
"David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7EF21C06-BFD8-4377-AEEF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have actually stopped the defragment normally and shut down windows by
> using the start menu.
> I have tried this website and the things on there do not work.....(from
> the
> link you provided)
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
> In my post I mentioned I can't log into windows XP because it wont load
> up...the logo and the loading bar start to fade in then the computer
> restarts.
>
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> David;
>> How did you "turned it off"?
>> Did you stop Disk Defragmenter before shutting down?
>> If you did not use a proper shutdown sequence such as Start/Turn off
>> computer, you may have caused data loss as data was being moved by the
>> defragmenter tool.
>>
>> Try a Repair Installation:
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm
>>
>> --
>> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
>> http://www.dts-l.org
>>
>>
>> "David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:72521CDB-D9AC-47C8-9B4F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have no clue where to post this problem. but it's a very serious one.
>> >The
>> > story - Was playing a game, was lagging and someone suggested to clean
>> > up
>> > the
>> > computer and defrag. So I uninstalled useless programs, restarted
>> > computer,
>> > started disk cleanup, then started defragment. It was around 2 or 3
>> > hours
>> > and
>> > my defragment was at 12% so i turned it off and throught of doing it at
>> > night. Restarted my computer because I was mad at the game still
>> > lagging
>> > and
>> > well my computer never STARTED UP again!
>> >
>> > I have looked through my websites and nothing is working. I am sorry
>> > that
>> > this post will be long becasue I wrote down some LONG error messages.
>> >
>> > Problem - Computer starts up then it gives this error message and these
>> > options:
>> > "We apoliogize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not successfully
>> > start
>> > successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused
>> > this.
>> > If your computer stopped responding, restarted unecpectantly, or was
>> > atomatilly shut down to protect your files and folders, choose Last
>> > Known
>> > Good Configuration to revert to the most recent settings that worked.
>> > If a previous startup attempt was interrupted due to a pwer failer or
>> > because the Power or Reset button was pressed, or if you aren't sure
>> > what
>> > caused the problem, choose Start Windows Normally.
>> > Safe Mode
>> > Safe Mode with Networking
>> > Safe Mode with Comand Prompt
>> > Last KNown Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)
>> > Start Windows Normally."
>> >
>> > If I choose one of them, I get the Windows XP Home Edition Logo and the
>> > proccess starting bar and its just starting to fade in, then my
>> > computer
>> > restarts. (For any of the options)
>> >
>> > I tried useing the Windows XP Home Edition CD to do recovery but I get
>> > no
>> > options for selecting anything except changing the default keyboard
>> > settings
>> > or layout. I also tried entering bootcfg then bootcfg /rebuild and got
>> > this
>> > "C:\>bootcfg /rebuild
>> > Scanning all disks for Windows installations.
>> > Please wait, since this may take a while.
>> > Error: Failed to successfuly scan disks for Windows instalations.
>> > This error may be caused by a corrupt file system, which would prevent
>> > Bootcfg from successflly scanning.
>> > Use chkdsk to detect any disk errors."
>> >
>> > I typed in chkdsk and got this"
>> > "C:\>chkdsk
>> > The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems."
>> >
>> > I also went into installtion to resinstall windows and they were
>> > scanning
>> > for earlier windows and they said they detected NONE.
>> >
>> > How can this be? I was using Windows XP Home Edition a min before I
>> > restarted.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any solutions to this PLEASE? I really need the help I
>> > can
>> > get!
>> > I truthfully don't want to lose any files I have on thsi computer! I
>> > have
>> > a
>> > lot of important files, and I never backed any of them up except set
>> > recovery
>> > points.
>> >
>> > I have website files that I was corrently working on, and stuff for
>> > school
>> > etc.
>> >
>> > If anyone has a solution to this problem, I would be gratefull!
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance and sorry for this long error message!
>>
>>
>>
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