Can't boot XP

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Bob Dugan

Hi,

I can not get my XP Home Edition to boot. I'm getting
something like:

"We apologize for the inconvience but windows
did not start successfully. A recent HD/SW
change might have caused this.
If your computer stopped responding.......
.......
safe mode
safe mode with networking
safe mode with command prompt
Last known good conf
start windows normally."

None of these work. Safe mode seems to list the loading
programs
and it gets to loading the file agp400.exe and then it
reboots. I
have not touched my computer at all since the last boot
nor have
I recently installed any software.

Rather frustrating. Any ideas?

Thanks.
 
Assuming you have an actual XP CD as opposed to a recovery CD, try a repair
install as follows:


NOTE, while a repair install should leave your data files intact, if
something goes wrong during the repair install, you may be forced to start
over and do a clean install of XP. If you don't have your data backed up,
you would lose your data should that eventuality occur.



Boot from the CD. If your system is set to be able to boot from the CD, it
should detect the disk and give a brief message, during the boot up, if you
wish to boot from the CD press any key.



Once you have pressed a key, setup should begin. You will see a reference
asking if you need to load special drivers and another notice that if you
wish to begin the ASR (Automatic Recovery Console) depress F2. Just let
setup run past all of that. It will continue to load files and drivers.



Then it will bring you to a screen. Eventually, you will come to a screen
with the option to (1) setup Windows or (2) Repair Windows Installation
using the Recovery console.



The first option, to setup Windows is the one you want and requires you to
press enter. When asked, press F8 to accept the end user agreement. Setup
will then search for previous versions of Windows. Upon finding your
version, it will ask if you wish to Repair your current installation or
install fresh. Press R, that will run a repair installation. From there
on, follow the screens.
 
Beyond purchasing an actual XP CD, unfortunately, none of which I'm aware
though I'm uncertain as to how a repair install would go using a retail
version over an OEM. Your options are quite limited with a recovery CD
unless the manufacturer supplied other tools or some of the tools and
functionality that comes with a retail version of XP. I can only suggest
contacting the manufacturer.
 
Thank you Michael. It seems either of my options aren't
too tasty: 1) buying an extra copy of XP or 2) recovering
XP with the recovery CD I have but deleting all of my data
in the process. I didn't see any tools from Sony that
might help me.

I've been looking a little bit on the web on this
agp440.sys problem I'm having. It seems I'm not alone and
there seems to be no sure fire way of solving it. There
are some suggested solutions but none seem to work. If
anyone is interested do a google search for agp440.sys and
read all about it.
 
I had the same problem. I did some research on it. It turned out to be a
random glitch. I was as pissed as you probably will be... this random
glitch could only be fixed by reinstalling the OS. :@

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