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[Guest]

Hello,

I have a Windows XP SP2 box that when I boot up, I get the following error:

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE BUT WINDOWS DID NOT START SUCCESSFULLY.
A RECENT HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE CHANGE MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS.

When I try to choose any of the boot menu choices that appear, it keeps
cycling back to the same error, etc. There has been no recent changes. At
this point, I'm really just trying to boot into the OS to recover data.

Please assist.

Thank you.

 

[Haggis]

Hello,

I have a Windows XP SP2 box that when I boot up, I get the following
error:

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE BUT WINDOWS DID NOT START SUCCESSFULLY.
A RECENT HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE CHANGE MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS.

When I try to choose any of the boot menu choices that appear, it keeps
cycling back to the same error, etc. There has been no recent changes.
At
this point, I'm really just trying to boot into the OS to recover data.

Please assist.

Thank you.

have you tried a repair ?

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

 

[Malke]

Hello,

I have a Windows XP SP2 box that when I boot up, I get the following
error:

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE BUT WINDOWS DID NOT START
SUCCESSFULLY. A RECENT HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE CHANGE MAY HAVE CAUSED
THIS.

When I try to choose any of the boot menu choices that appear, it
keeps
cycling back to the same error, etc. There has been no recent
changes. At this point, I'm really just trying to boot into the OS to
recover data.

Recover your data first and then try a repair install - after you've
determined that the hardware is healthy.

It is completely possible to retrieve data off a drive even if Windows
won't boot. Here are some ways:

1. Pull the drive and slave it in a computer running a working install
of XP. Depending on the target drive's characteristics, you may need a
drive adapter; i.e., laptop-to-IDE or a SATA controller card, etc. A
usb/firewire external drive enclosure works very well, too. Use the
working Windows Explorer to copy the data to the rescue system's hard
drive and then burn the data to cd or dvd.

2. Often XP will not boot with a slaved drive that has a damaged file
system. In that case, boot the target computer with either a Bart's PE
or a Linux live cd such as Knoppix and retrieve the data that way.
http://www.knoppix.net
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ - Bart's PE Builder

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install
How-To
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows -
What you will need on-hand

Malke

 

[Guest]

Thanks Haggis and Malke,

I was able to run a chkdsk /r using the recovery console and then was able
to boot into the OS to recover data.

 

[Malke]

Thanks Haggis and Malke,

I was able to run a chkdsk /r using the recovery console and then was
able to boot into the OS to recover data.

Glad it worked out for you. Thanks for taking the time to let us know.

Malke