Error- "We Are Sorry For The Inconvenience But Windows Did Not Start Up Successfully
Mar 27, 2010
Before I describe it in length, Here are a few things about my system, my OS, my hardware:I use an iMac that runs XP on a partition using Bootcamp. I use this mainly for gaming and Steam, so I don't necessarily care about wiping the hard drive... but I haven't been able to find my XP disc and it would generally be favorable (although not crucial) if there were a fix that doesn't involve losing all my stuff on XP and suffering through 50 GB of re-installations. I also have Avast! and haven't downloaded anything (outside of downloads while joining servers in Source engine games) within the previous 48 hours of having this issue.
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Nov 21, 2008
My daughter's laptop has sudenly refused to start WINXP. Got the "we apologize for the inconvenience, but windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this" white text on black screen message. It gives the option to start in safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe mode with command prompt or "last Known Good Configuration" ..together with "start windows normally" which is the default automatic restart. It says "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 indows normally".
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Mar 17, 2007
My computer is currently running Windows XP Home. When i turn it on i get the error message that reads: Sorry for the inconvenience but windows did't start successfully. It then asks me whether i want to start windows in safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe mode with command prompt, last known good configuration, or start windows normally. If i i choose to use the last known good configuration, windows begins to load but then a blue error screen appears and the computer restarts quickly again to the same screen. If i choose any of the other options the computer restarts and eventually ends up at the windows loaded unsuccessfully screen. I would just use my Windows XP disk to either repair or reinstall windows but i use an external cd drive and it does not appear in the boot sequence.
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Dec 14, 2006
I recieved the following message after a forced restart after windows updates were installed: "We are sorry for any inconvenience but Windows was unable to start successfully" My options are to start in Safe Mode , Last known config or normal. Safe Mode is the only thing that works. Also System Restore would not work Also System Recovery from Sony Vaio Recovery Wizard would not work
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Jul 10, 2008
I have Sony Viao VGN-S460 with windows xp home edition already installed. My computer froze so I restarted my laptop and get this screen: We apologize, windows did not start successfully.
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Mar 6, 2006
When trying to log on to my PC I am getting:We apologise for the inconvience, but windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this.If your computer stopped responding, restarted unexpectedlly,or was shut down to protect files and folders, choose Last Known good Configuration to revert to the most recent settings that worked.If a previous startup attempt was interupted due to power failure or because the power or reset button was pressed.
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Apr 25, 2008
I've just tried turning my computer on this morning and it's not quite working - I'm on a friends computer at the moment.I'm running window XP, I have recently had some help from the 'spyware, malware' section of this forum in removing some virus's and trojans, we managed to stop all the intial problems however now.When I turn the system on, it does it's first page fine (the one that has the system information) then goes to the screen that says "windows didn't start successfully, a recent hardware or software change might have caused this" and gives me the start up options of 'safe mode', safe mode with networking', 'safe mode with command prompt', 'start windows normally' and 'last known good configuration'. I've selected all the options once and they all do the same thing - once selected it goes to the windows xp screen and looks likes it's loading then a blue screen with some information on it pops up for a micro second, the system then restarts itself and goes back to the safe mode options screen.
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Oct 9, 2008
My wife has a 5 year old Toshiba laptop with an XP OS. Over the years , she has updated and downloaded the various service packs from Microsoft. Last night , while watching You Tube, my daughter noticed an error message on the screen (she's 11 years old, and she can't remember exactly what the message said). She turned the computer off properly . Now, when I try to start the computer, it goes to the "sorry for any inconvenience" page.Whichever method I choose to boot- safe mode , networking etc- it goes to the Toshiba logo screen and then goes right back to the "sorry for any convenience screen".
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Jul 24, 2007
Ok, first of all I'm using XP, not sure about service packs or other things as my System Tools>System Information doesn't work so I cant find out anything else about my computer. I've looked around for this problem on the forum a bit but haven't found anything, so sorry if this has already been talked about.I think this started about 6 months ago, can't really remember that much as I don't use 'run' that much. Now whenever I go to Start>Run my whole computer freezes and stops responding until an error message comes up saying-
'Windows explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.' then the whole send error report thing.
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Apr 18, 2005
I have XP pro on my computer. My computer froze up so I had to turn it off manually. And now it wont restart. I tried all the options but nothing seems to work. It just goes back to this same screen again. Please help. I have tons of very valuable information on my computer.Everything was fine. Next time pc was started it did the boot process and then a DOS screen appeared telling me that Windows did not start successfully and on lower part of screen it gives you 4 choices to start in safe mode and one choice to start at the last known configuration that worked. None of these choices come up. The computer just keeps restarting and then the screen comes up about Windows not starting successfully.
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Feb 14, 2007
My computer cannot boot up for some reason. Whenever I try to boot it up, the following text will appear, white words on a black screen: We apologize 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 the most recent settings that worked. If a previous startup attempt was interrupted due to a power of failure or because the Power or Reset button was pressed, or if you arent sure what caused the problem,choose Start Windows Normally.
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Feb 24, 2009
I got that typical windows did not successfully start thing come up today. It was working fine yesterday even did a virus scan and it picked up nothing. Turned it on today, it loaded up then this came up so I go on google to try and get help and I put in my windows CD and go onto repair, it use to come up with an error but thats gone now and I can access the repair function but it asks me 'Which windows and installation would you like to log onto' and from there I'm stuck.
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Jan 31, 2006
I really need some help. My thoughts are that this does not look good at all but hopefully somebody out there can help me. Thanks for any assistance whatsoever. I'm at work at the moment and the affected PC (Acer Aspire Laptop) is at my home so any remedial action will have to wait until I'm at home tonight but would be interested in any comments in the meantime. I do plan on taking another laptop home with me tonight so I can at least get onto these forums. I was in the middle of something last night (had just updated virus protection and on a bank website I think) and everything just closed down on me. when it tried rebooting, i was presented with the following (i.e. white text on black like when it's normally booting up): We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this.
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Aug 6, 2005
I rebooted my system, which windows XP Pro versiopn 2002 with service pac 1, after several weeks of being connected to the internet with no problems. After the reboot windows will not start see the attachemnt for a photo of the monitor.
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Sep 12, 2007
Well I just normally restarted my computer and when I did I got this message. Everytime I try to restart I get this message that wondows did not start properly and I tried all of them nothing work's and I didn't get the Windows XP cd D:It's a Compaq Presario Desktop.
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Feb 16, 2005
My computer was shut down unexpectantly by a power outage. When I turned it back on, it stated that Windows did not start successfully & to choose one of the options: Safe Mode ~ Safe Mode with Networking ~ Safe Mode with Command Prompt ~ Last Known Configuration ~ & Start Windows Normally. At the bottom of the screen it counts down until you choose an option ... unless the time runs out, then it tries automatically to start up. None of the options worked though. Everytime, the computer starts to run, then the Gateway Logo screen shows up, the computer make a "grunting" sound, & it goes back to the screen telling me that windows did not start up successfully.
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Aug 6, 2005
In a not updated Version of Windows XP you can run (Start-run) "start"command at the Run dialog just typing it, when you update windows andwrite the same "start" into Run dialog Windows shows a error message >Windows cannot find `start`. Make sure you typed the name correctly,and then try again. To search for the file, click the Start button, andthen click Search.If you are in CMD the `start` command works fine but the problem is thein Run dialog windows doesn’t recognize it ?
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May 19, 2007
I'm looking at a lap top for a friend. When it boots up, it starts normally and then on a black screen it says that windows did not start successfully. It gives a list of ways to boot up, safe mode safe mode with network, some others, then last known good config. None work. Which ever I try I then get a blue screen with "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage. An attempt was make to write to read only memory." It then tells me if it's the first time I'm seeing the screen that I should reboot etc.
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Jul 16, 2010
When booting up my pc, I continue to receive the 'We apologize for the inconveneince. Windows did not start successfully' screen ., and then asks me to select from, The timer counts down, but I am unable to choose any of the options. the window then appears to freeze.I can't do anything with the pc only turn it off from the on/off button.
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Aug 6, 2007
I have a Toshiba T9100 laptop, and recently while I was listening to some music with Windows Media Player it suddenly crashed, showing a blue screen with the error description 'Unmountable Boot Volume'. When I try to restart it, a black screen appears saying:We apologize for any inconvienience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this.
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Aug 7, 2005
I have trouble getting my e-mail from work.When I try, I get this message.What does it mean in layman's language, and how can I fix it?
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Nov 5, 2007
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>system 32hal.dll Please re-install a copy of the above file.
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Jul 18, 2005
I am getting the following Rundll notification on WinXP SP2.
Error loading C:windows
patchw32.dll
The specified module could not be found
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Apr 17, 2008
This error always shows upon turning on my pc
Here's my HJT Log:
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 10:28:33 AM, on 4/18/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
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Nov 16, 2007
I have been trying to fix this computer for quite a while. I am having some probs.
When I boot it up now, it comes up with an error
Quote: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or currupt.
WindowsSystem32Configsystem I do not want to reinstall Windows but IF I must I will. If there is a way to access the data I need some pictures off there.
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Jun 10, 2006
Picked up a computer from my parents the other night that has stopped working. When it is turned on it goes throught the normal process of recognising the BIOS, running some checks on processor, memory clock, primary master etc., but once these checks are done it jumps to the screen that says: We apologize for the inconveneince. Windows did not start successfully etc., and then asks me to select from
Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with command prompt
Last known configuration
Start Windows normally
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Sep 16, 2010
every time I boot Windows XP Pro SP3 I get the following error message.
Windows cannot find "C:Documents and Settingsaquilinaymjgjsa,exe"
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Dec 29, 2005
We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent harware or software change might have caused this.I get this every time I start my computer. I start it in normal mode and everything seems to be working fine but when I restart or turn off and turn back on I get this black screen with the error.
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Oct 12, 2005
"There is no disk in drive. Insert a disk into the drive."This annoying thing pops up and has to be closed at least a dozen times before it will stop. This occurs in all user profiles.
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Nov 1, 2005
This annoying thing pops up and has to be closed at least a dozen times before it will stop. This occurs in all user profiles. "There is no disk in drive Insert a disk into the drive."
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Nov 17, 2005
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