Guest dalecoke Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 MY SONS MACHINE AN hp A305w, running windows xp pro, was accidently unplugged, and now it wont start windows but goes to a screen which says do you want to start normally, or in safe mode, or with last known configuration that was good? None of the choices work. What can I do to get it to load windows? Thanks, Dalecoke
Guest Peter Gibbons Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Re: WINDOWS XP PRO WONT LOAD dalecoke wrote: > MY SONS MACHINE AN hp A305w, running windows xp pro, was accidently > unplugged, and now it wont start windows but goes to a screen which says do > you want to start normally, or in safe mode, or with last known configuration > that was good? None of the choices work. What can I do to get it to load > windows? > Thanks, Dalecoke Perform method "C" (Disable automatic restart on system failure) of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322205 . Probably after that Windows displays more information about what's wrong. Post the exact messages. Regards, Peter
Guest Bobby Johnson Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Re: WINDOWS XP PRO WONT LOAD So, this computer does not have Windows 64-bit? It's the 32-bit XP Pro? Somehow you stumbled into the Windows 64-bit forum. If you purchased the computer new, you should have HP recovery media. Use the media to recover from your problem. dalecoke wrote: > MY SONS MACHINE AN hp A305w, running windows xp pro, was accidently > unplugged, and now it wont start windows but goes to a screen which says do > you want to start normally, or in safe mode, or with last known configuration > that was good? None of the choices work. What can I do to get it to load > windows? > Thanks, Dalecoke
Guest R. C. White Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Re: WINDOWS XP PRO WONT LOAD Hi, Dalecoke. After you get the exact, verbatim STOP code, as Peter said, please post it into a newsgroup for Windows XP Pro. THIS newsgroup, as the title says, is for 64-bit versions of Windows, which excludes the 32-bit WinXP Pro. You PROBABLY just need to repair the startup files - but maybe not. With the verbatim STOP code, the folks in the WinXP newsgroup should be able to help you get that machine going again. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1) "dalecoke" <dalecoke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:13F64DF1-3328-4050-A0FB-4A1499AD58F6@microsoft.com... > MY SONS MACHINE AN hp A305w, running windows xp pro, was accidently > unplugged, and now it wont start windows but goes to a screen which says > do > you want to start normally, or in safe mode, or with last known > configuration > that was good? None of the choices work. What can I do to get it to load > windows? > Thanks, Dalecoke
Guest PH Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 RE: WINDOWS XP PRO WONT LOAD whatever version of xp it is, leave the xp disk in the rom and restart. make sure to boot by cd rom ( via hitting esc or selecting as first boot device in bios). go like you are going to install. it will give you the option to install, delete or repair. choose to repair. then it will seem like it is installing a fresh copy. when install done, you will have xp back operational & all your files ,apps, ie favs, etc on your computer as before. you may have to adjust/ tweak settings in windows from default install. "dalecoke" wrote: > MY SONS MACHINE AN hp A305w, running windows xp pro, was accidently > unplugged, and now it wont start windows but goes to a screen which says do > you want to start normally, or in safe mode, or with last known configuration > that was good? None of the choices work. What can I do to get it to load > windows? > Thanks, Dalecoke
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