Windows Start Up

[Richard]

When I turn on my computer from it's off state I'm seeing a message about a
hardware or software change. No hardware changes were made. Tried to start
in safe mode and got this list, all the drivers,
multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)Windows\system....... Windows will not start.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

315341 - How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation or Repair) of
Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

 

[Richard]

I reviewed the article and although I do have the original installation disc
i would like to salvage the data rather than erase it. Can I just start the
process by boot from the cd and then stop before a complete repair install is
performed?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

A repair setup, unless you are faced with a damaged hard drive, should
result in saving all your data as well as the current settings.