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XP only starts in Safe/Cmd mode, well maybe
Well, I guess I'm being punished for trying to cheat Toyota out of its
$535 dollars. After installing a different download of Techstream, XP won't start anymore. This Acer netbook has no CD drive, but I can probably copy a CD to a flashdrive. Trying in safe mode, the last line to display is multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\windows\system 32\drivers\agpCPQ.sys IIRC, it's not this line that is the problem but the next one, and of course I don't know what the next one is. At one point years ago, I knew where the 2 lists that had the files in start-up order were. But I forget. Is agpCPQ.sys the problem, or is it the one in the next line? ==== We interrupt this problem to give an important message. After failing to start 6 times or more, I started in command mode, then used task manager to restart, then used F2 to go into the BIOS to see if I could boot from a USB drive (probably), then I exited discarding changes, and then it booted all the way into windows. How could that happen? What happened? Am I out of the woods? I haven't rebooted yet. I'm too scared! Plus, not positive, but I don't think this had anything to do with Techstream. This different version starts like the previous one, but it still won't accept the key that is supposed to work. Even though the previous version would only run on XP and not on 7 or later, and that's what I've got, considering that two version have had the same problem, I'm beginning to thing the problem is me, and not the software. This version installed with no error messages at all. Continuing with the problem: And even when I used XP all the time, when I'd have a problem like this, I wondered why there wasn't an easy way to skip problem steps. Was there? Is there? Anyhow, I'm googling the file name now and there are a lot of hits, but if you guys know an easy fix, please let me know. This is interesting. I tried to start in safe mode with command prompt, and it still stopped on the line above, but after a couple minutes, it still brought up the command prompt. That was very thoughtful of MSoft And I can run msconfig with start msconfig . It's amazing that I remembered this. Now I think I remember the lists, system.ini and win.ini. No, I went to win.ini and used the cmd command edit, and it has no sys files. Oops, now I don't know how to get out of Edit. IIUC I should get a good copy of agpCPQ.sys, or the one in the following line** that I don't see, and r-eplace the one that is on this computer. **I still don't remember where those lists are, and googling keeps coming up with hits that assume windows is running, like use msconfig.exe. |
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XP only starts in Safe/Cmd mode, well maybe
In message , micky
writes: [] ==== We interrupt this problem to give an important message. After failing to start 6 times or more, I started in command mode, then used task manager to restart, then used F2 to go into the BIOS to see if I could boot from a USB drive (probably), then I exited discarding changes, and then it booted all the way into windows. How could that happen? What happened? Am I out of the woods? I haven't rebooted yet. I'm too scared! I know the feeling (-:! Probably worth getting ERUNT - that creates restore that can be run from a command prompt, if you can boot that far. Obviously a full imaging (such as Macrium) is better (with that, you make a boot CD - I keep mine on a mini-CD), but an ERUNT restore is quicker to try first, if you can at least get to a command prompt. [] Now I think I remember the lists, system.ini and win.ini. No, I went to win.ini and used the cmd command edit, and it has no sys files. Oops, now I don't know how to get out of Edit. Alt-F (brings up the file menu - the mouse may also be working [probably not if it's a USB one though]), then X for eXit. [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Security is the perfect excuse to lock you out of your own computer. - Mayayana in alt.windows7.general, 2015-12-4 |
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XP only starts in Safe/Cmd mode, well maybe
micky wrote:
Well, I guess I'm being punished for trying to cheat Toyota out of its $535 dollars. After installing a different download of Techstream, XP won't start anymore. A "different download" of Toyota's Techstream that is used with their test tool. So just WHERE did you get the cracked copy of Techstream? Why would you download that? Considering other sources of cracked or warez software likely contains malware, guess it's time to restore your OS/app partition(s) from your backups. This is not a pro-pirating newsgroup. For help on keygen, crack, or warez copies of software, there are other newsgroups for those. This Acer netbook has no CD drive, but I can probably copy a CD to a flashdrive. You probably can use a USB-attached disc drive. Look in the BIOS to see if boot order can use a USB device. Else, yeah, you'll have to set BIOS to boot from the USB device and look online how to make bootable a USB flash drive. Trying in safe mode, the last line to display is multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\windows\system 32\drivers\agpCPQ.sys The problem with that log display is it shows the LAST driver that successfully loaded, not the driver that is currently trying to get loaded. So you won't see what driver is hanging the system. IIRC, it's not this line that is the problem but the next one, and of course I don't know what the next one is. At one point years ago, I knew where the 2 lists that had the files in start-up order were. But I forget. In the boot menu, can you select "Last known good configuration"? Now I think I remember the lists, system.ini and win.ini. Not used by NT-based versions of windows except when opening a command shell (within Windows). |
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