Re: Cannot load win xp prof Sorry for the inconvenience, but Windows was unable to l

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From: davetest (davexnetzerotwo_at_hooya!.com)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 02:36:53 GMT

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 19:22:00 -0700, "Peter Flint"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>When i started my pc this morning and start it up, and it
>shows me a screen that reads:
>"Sorry for the inconvenience, but Windows was unable to
>load; this may be caused by a software/hardware change
>etc..."
>
>"Click here for Safe Mode, etc..."
>"Click here to run Windows from last good settings
>etc..."
>"Click here to run windows normally etc..."
>
>So, I try EACH method, many many times, and Windows still
>wouldn't load... not even under safe mode!
>
>I have no idea why this has happened, as it worked
>PERFECTLY the day previously...
>
>so I was wondering how I can fix this...
>
>I have my Windows XP cd, and I loaded it in the CD-ROM,
>and I nothing happened, just the same Black&White error
>screen... I think i need to tell my pc to look at the
>cdrom drive when it starts up ? so i can then choose an
>option on the windows xp prof cd that fixes and repairs ?
>I DONT want to loose whats on my hd etc so i think i need
>to change something when it boots up to look at the cdrom
>drive, if so how do i do this please ?
>
>thanks Peter
Do you have a virus or other MAlware?
Press F8 right before XP boots to enable the real
options menu and choose safe mode command prompt.
Run the system restore tool and restore to a time prior
to this problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q304449
Dave
Then ru

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