Help! Power Failure & Now Can't Reboot

All:

A brief power outage has caused my Windows XP computer to behave badly.
Upon a restart the following message and instructions appeared:

Error:
We appologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully.
A recent hardware or software change might have caused this.
If your computer stopped responding, restarted unexpectedly, or was
automatically shut down to protect your files and folders, choose Last Known
Good Configuration to revert to ythe most recent settings that worked.
If a previous startup attempt was interrupted due to a power failure or
because the Power or Reset button was pressed, or if you aren't sure what
caused the problem, choose Start Windows Normally.

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt

Last Known Good Configuration

Start Windows normally

Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice.

All attempts including a successful reboot from Safe Mode return to this
screen and Windows will not boot normally. When I chose the Last Known Good
Configuration option the hard disk spun for several minutes but would still
not boot.

My goal is to salvage everything on my hard disk and get XP to boot properly
instead of completely wiping out everything. I'm hoping that since I was
able to boot in Safe Mode that this is possible.

Please suggest some logic solutions for this problem.

Thanks in advance,

Moose

Do you have backups of your user data?
"Moose" wrote in message
...
All:

A brief power outage has caused my Windows XP computer to behave badly.
Upon a restart the following message and instructions appeared:

Error:
We appologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start
successfully.
A recent hardware or software change might have caused this.
If your computer stopped responding, restarted unexpectedly, or was
automatically shut down to protect your files and folders, choose Last
Known
Good Configuration to revert to ythe most recent settings that worked.
If a previous startup attempt was interrupted due to a power failure or
because the Power or Reset button was pressed, or if you aren't sure what
caused the problem, choose Start Windows Normally.

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt

Last Known Good Configuration

Start Windows normally

Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice.

All attempts including a successful reboot from Safe Mode return to this
screen and Windows will not boot normally. When I chose the Last Known
Good
Configuration option the hard disk spun for several minutes but would
still
not boot.

My goal is to salvage everything on my hard disk and get XP to boot
properly
instead of completely wiping out everything. I'm hoping that since I was
able to boot in Safe Mode that this is possible.

Please suggest some logic solutions for this problem.

Thanks in advance,

Moose

Moose;
Perform a Repair Installation:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm


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"Moose" wrote in message
...
All:

A brief power outage has caused my Windows XP computer to behave
badly.
Upon a restart the following message and instructions appeared:

Error:
We appologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start
successfully.
A recent hardware or software change might have caused this.
If your computer stopped responding, restarted unexpectedly, or was
automatically shut down to protect your files and folders, choose
Last Known
Good Configuration to revert to ythe most recent settings that
worked.
If a previous startup attempt was interrupted due to a power failure
or
because the Power or Reset button was pressed, or if you aren't sure
what
caused the problem, choose Start Windows Normally.

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt

Last Known Good Configuration

Start Windows normally

Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice.

All attempts including a successful reboot from Safe Mode return to
this
screen and Windows will not boot normally. When I chose the Last
Known Good
Configuration option the hard disk spun for several minutes but
would still
not boot.

My goal is to salvage everything on my hard disk and get XP to boot
properly
instead of completely wiping out everything. I'm hoping that since
I was
able to boot in Safe Mode that this is possible.

Please suggest some logic solutions for this problem.

Thanks in advance,

Moose

And then make sure your computer is plugged into a good surge protector.


"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Moose;
Perform a Repair Installation:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm


--
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"Moose" wrote in message
...
All:

A brief power outage has caused my Windows XP computer to behave
badly.
Upon a restart the following message and instructions appeared:

Error:
We appologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start
successfully.
A recent hardware or software change might have caused this.
If your computer stopped responding, restarted unexpectedly, or was
automatically shut down to protect your files and folders, choose
Last Known
Good Configuration to revert to ythe most recent settings that
worked.
If a previous startup attempt was interrupted due to a power failure
or
because the Power or Reset button was pressed, or if you aren't sure
what
caused the problem, choose Start Windows Normally.

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt

Last Known Good Configuration

Start Windows normally

Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice.

All attempts including a successful reboot from Safe Mode return to
this
screen and Windows will not boot normally. When I chose the Last
Known Good
Configuration option the hard disk spun for several minutes but
would still
not boot.

My goal is to salvage everything on my hard disk and get XP to boot
properly
instead of completely wiping out everything. I'm hoping that since
I was
able to boot in Safe Mode that this is possible.

Please suggest some logic solutions for this problem.

Thanks in advance,

Moose

Thank you!

Moose


"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Moose;
Perform a Repair Installation:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm


--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp
Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.


"Moose" wrote in message
...
All:

A brief power outage has caused my Windows XP computer to behave
badly.
Upon a restart the following message and instructions appeared:

Error:
We appologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start
successfully.
A recent hardware or software change might have caused this.
If your computer stopped responding, restarted unexpectedly, or was
automatically shut down to protect your files and folders, choose
Last Known
Good Configuration to revert to ythe most recent settings that
worked.
If a previous startup attempt was interrupted due to a power failure
or
because the Power or Reset button was pressed, or if you aren't sure
what
caused the problem, choose Start Windows Normally.

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt

Last Known Good Configuration

Start Windows normally

Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice.

All attempts including a successful reboot from Safe Mode return to
this
screen and Windows will not boot normally. When I chose the Last
Known Good
Configuration option the hard disk spun for several minutes but
would still
not boot.

My goal is to salvage everything on my hard disk and get XP to boot
properly
instead of completely wiping out everything. I'm hoping that since
I was
able to boot in Safe Mode that this is possible.

Please suggest some logic solutions for this problem.

Thanks in advance,

Moose