Windows XP Home is not starting successfully?

[Mike W.]

I was in a hurry and shut my computer off manually. When I came home to
restart my computer, I noe get a, " we apolagize for the inconvienence,
windows did'nt start successfully". I have tried all of the modes, and
nothing is working. Has my hard drive crashed, loosing all of my data? What
can I do?

Respectfully,

Mike W.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I was in a hurry and shut my computer off manually. When I came home to
restart my computer, I noe get a, " we apolagize for the inconvienence,
windows did'nt start successfully". I have tried all of the modes, and
nothing is working. Has my hard drive crashed, loosing all of my data?
What
can I do?

Respectfully,

Mike W.

- What happens exactly after you see this message?
- What "modes" did you try? What happens in each case?

 

[Gerry]

Mike

Have you tried Last Known Good Configuration?
A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/en-us

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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[Plato]

I was in a hurry and shut my computer off manually. When I came home to
restart my computer, I noe get a, " we apolagize for the inconvienence,
windows did'nt start successfully". I have tried all of the modes, and
nothing is working. Has my hard drive crashed, loosing all of my data? What
can I do?

If your hard drive crashed, it has nothing to do with you "being in a
hurry" and just shutting down the pc.