"How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
Rocky
"jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1ad4801c44f4e$f86ddf10$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can anyone please help...
>
> My windows xp home edition won't start... It keeps telling
> me:
>
> "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not
> start successfully. A recent hardware or software change
> might have caused this(which there hasn't been)
>
> If your comuter stopped responding, restarted
> unexpectedly, or was atomatically 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
> power failure or because the power or reset button was
> pressed, or if you aren't sure what caused the problem,
> choose start windows normally"
>
> ...Then it gives me the options to select the following..
>
> -Safe Mode
> -Safe mode with networking
> -last known good configuration
> -start windows normally
>
> AND NONE OF THEM WORK! What do I do?
> I'd love if anyone had any insight!
>
> Thanks a million