Problems with booting up Windows XP

[Morgan Wick]

I'm in the midst of trying to deal with a myriad of problems preventing
Windows XP to boot up, but this one is vexing:

Right now, when Windows attempts to boot up, it returns the following error:
STOP: c0000135 {Unable To Locate Component}
This application has failed to start because winsrv was not found.
Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

The only thing I've been able to find on the Knowledge Base has been this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885523/en-us
but I haven't ever installed this "TV Media" thing or whatever it's called.

 

[Andrew E.]

Try tapping the F8 key on pc startup,select safe mode,enter as administrator.
Install XP cd,exit the menu,open thru my computer,R.click cdrom,open,search
for the file,once found,L.click on it,copy this file,copy to C: windows
folder,xp
should replace or install it auto.

 

[Gerry]

Morgan

What exactly do you have by way of a Windows XP CD?

Have you tried a Repair Install?
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Morgan Wick]

After reading this, I attempted a repair install and now I have a new problem.

If my past experience with full installs are any indication, Setup should
copy a lot of files to the disk with a progress bar with text in a DOS-like
font, then reboot and finish installation on a screen with graphics.

Well, when it attempted the reboot to the screen with graphics, it showed
the Windows XP logo, then cut to a black screen with a mouse cursor, and
stopped doing anything. I shut it down (since for some reason I can't use
CTRL-ALT-DEL when Windows doesn't finish booting), started it back up, and
the same thing happened.

What can I do to get it going again?

 

[Daave]

After reading this, I attempted a repair install and now I have a new
problem.

If my past experience with full installs are any indication, Setup
should copy a lot of files to the disk with a progress bar with text
in a DOS-like font, then reboot and finish installation on a screen
with graphics.

Well, when it attempted the reboot to the screen with graphics, it
showed
the Windows XP logo, then cut to a black screen with a mouse cursor,
and stopped doing anything. I shut it down (since for some reason I
can't use CTRL-ALT-DEL when Windows doesn't finish booting), started
it back up, and the same thing happened.

What can I do to get it going again?

Apparently, many others have experienced the same thing:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="windows+xp"+"repair+install"+"black+screen"&aq=f

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a solution!

So, assuming you had already backed up all your data, you might as well
just perform a clean install:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

If not, remove the drive and retrieve your data first!