I get the following message (I have seen this question previously, but my circumstances are different).
We apoligize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start
successfully. A recent hardware or software change might
have caused this.
There is more verbage then I get the following start choices:
Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Last Known good Start
Start Windows Normally
No Matter what i select my PC just reboots and gets to the same point etc etc.
I just received a new (different/used) computer sans hard drive. I removed my hard drive from the old computer and installed it in the new computer. However, I get the above message. Thinking I may have installed it improperly, I reconnected the hard drive to the old computer and the computer booted up fine. I reinstalled the hard drive into the new computer and I still have the same problem. I thought I would reformat the hard drive (the data is backed up) using the Windows XP Pro install disk, but the computer does not read the disk from the CD ROM drive. I have checked the BIOs to determine boot order etc., and everything looks okay. I have checked cable connections (even removing it once (and I got a unable to read error at the time the cable was not connected to the CD ROM Drive)) and everything is okay. Has anyone ever had this problem? Help...!
We apoligize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start
successfully. A recent hardware or software change might
have caused this.
There is more verbage then I get the following start choices:
Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Last Known good Start
Start Windows Normally
No Matter what i select my PC just reboots and gets to the same point etc etc.
I just received a new (different/used) computer sans hard drive. I removed my hard drive from the old computer and installed it in the new computer. However, I get the above message. Thinking I may have installed it improperly, I reconnected the hard drive to the old computer and the computer booted up fine. I reinstalled the hard drive into the new computer and I still have the same problem. I thought I would reformat the hard drive (the data is backed up) using the Windows XP Pro install disk, but the computer does not read the disk from the CD ROM drive. I have checked the BIOs to determine boot order etc., and everything looks okay. I have checked cable connections (even removing it once (and I got a unable to read error at the time the cable was not connected to the CD ROM Drive)) and everything is okay. Has anyone ever had this problem? Help...!