Solve : Trouble with Windows starting...?

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Answer» I was playing World of WARCRAFT when suddenly my computer froze. I restarted it. Then a black screen came up and said, We are sorry for the inconvienience, but Windows did not start succesfully. A recent software or hardware change may have caused this. Then I get, Safe Mode Safe Mode Networking Safe Mode COMMAND Prompt Last Good Configuration (most recent settings that worked) Start Windows Normally I have tried them all and none of them have worked. I don't have a boot CD, and totally clueless. Edit: I'm on another computer. What Windows version?Quote from: exfusionx on October 20, 2007, 12:24:16 PM Then I get, Safe Mode Safe Mode Networking Safe Mode Command Prompt Last Good Configuration (most recent settings that worked) Start Windows Normally I have tried them all and none of them have worked. Were there other boot options that you didn't list? And what happened when you tried them... Did it reboot and cycle back to these same options each time?Windows Version- I believe it's XP Home Edition but I'm not sure.. 1. No, I listed all the boot options it showed. 2. Yes, on every single one it would just recycle, whenever it would go to the Windows loading screen, it would flicker BLUE then reboot. Too fast to read.Do you have Windows XP CD, or Recovery CD?blue screen...... screen of death. Do any other members know how to pause the screen of death to read it?Yeah, I think there's a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) being masked by an automatic reboot on system error. I was expecting to see a "Windows Advanced Options Menu" that included the "Disable The Automatic Restart On System Failure" item. If present, selecting that item would stop the automatic reboot hopefully leaving you with BSOD and error message which might lead to a solution. Reference the following text from the attached PDF document: "#8: Disable automatic restart When Windows XP encounters a fatal error, the default setting for handling such an error is to automatically reboot the system. If the error occurs while Windows XP is booting, the operating system will become STUCK in a reboot cycle--rebooting over and over instead of starting up normally. In that case, you'll need to disable the option for automatically restarting on system failure. When Windows XP begins to boot up and you see the message Please select the operating system to start or hear the single beep, press [F8] to DISPLAY the Windows Advanced Options Menu. Then, select the Disable The Automatic Restart On System Failure item and press [Enter]. Now, Windows XP will hang up when it encounters the error and with any luck, it will display a stop message you can use to diagnose the problem." [getting space - attachment deleted by admin]

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I was playing World of WARCRAFT when suddenly my computer froze. I restarted it.

Then a black screen came up and said,

We are sorry for the inconvienience, but Windows did not start succesfully. A recent software or hardware change may have caused this.

Then I get,

Safe Mode
Safe Mode Networking
Safe Mode COMMAND Prompt

Last Good Configuration (most recent settings that worked)

Start Windows Normally

I have tried them all and none of them have worked.
I don't have a boot CD, and totally clueless.

Edit: I'm on another computer.

What Windows version?Quote from: exfusionx on October 20, 2007, 12:24:16 PM

Then I get,

Safe Mode
Safe Mode Networking
Safe Mode Command Prompt

Last Good Configuration (most recent settings that worked)

Start Windows Normally

I have tried them all and none of them have worked.

Were there other boot options that you didn't list? And what happened when you tried them... Did it reboot and cycle back to these same options each time?Windows Version- I believe it's XP Home Edition but I'm not sure..

1. No, I listed all the boot options it showed.
2. Yes, on every single one it would just recycle, whenever it would go to the Windows loading screen, it would flicker BLUE then reboot. Too fast to read.Do you have Windows XP CD, or Recovery CD?blue screen...... screen of death. Do any other members know how to pause the screen of death to read it?Yeah, I think there's a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) being masked by an automatic reboot on system error. I was expecting to see a "Windows Advanced Options Menu" that included the "Disable The Automatic Restart On System Failure" item. If present, selecting that item would stop the automatic reboot hopefully leaving you with BSOD and error message which might lead to a solution. Reference the following text from the attached PDF document:

"#8: Disable automatic restart

When Windows XP encounters a fatal error, the default setting for handling such an error is to automatically reboot the system. If the error occurs while Windows XP is booting, the operating system will become STUCK in a reboot cycle--rebooting over and over instead of starting up normally. In that case, you'll need to disable the option for automatically restarting on system failure.

When Windows XP begins to boot up and you see the message Please select the operating system to start or hear the single beep, press [F8] to DISPLAY the Windows Advanced Options Menu. Then, select the Disable The Automatic Restart On System Failure item and press [Enter]. Now, Windows XP will hang up when it encounters the error and with any luck, it will display a stop message you can use to diagnose the problem."

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