XP Home will not boot

[JML]

When trying to boot my system I end up at a screen that
says:
We apologize for the inconvenience, but windows did not
start successfully. A recent hardware or software change
might have caused this.

It gives the following options for statrting:
SAFE MODE
SAFE MODE WITH NETWORKING
SAFE MODE WITH COMMAND PROMPT
LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION
START WINDOWS NORMALLY

No matter which option is selected I come back to the
same screen.

 

[Dave]

I have the same problem. Did you change anything the last
time you had your PC working ok?

Dave

 

[Ron Martell]

When trying to boot my system I end up at a screen that
says:
We apologize for the inconvenience, but windows did not
start successfully. A recent hardware or software change
might have caused this.

It gives the following options for statrting:
SAFE MODE
SAFE MODE WITH NETWORKING
SAFE MODE WITH COMMAND PROMPT
LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION
START WINDOWS NORMALLY

No matter which option is selected I come back to the
same screen.

It may be necessary to do a Repair Install of your Windows XP.

Note that if your Windows XP disk is a "System Recovery Disk" provided
by the computer manufacturer then a Repair Install will probably not
be possible.

Intructions for doing the Repair Install can be found at
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm Doing a Repair
Install will preserve all of your installed application programs, user
data files, and program configuration settings. All Windows Updates
will have to be reinstalled.

Good luck



Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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