XP hanging on boot recovery

"Woodchuck" <stv_euroski.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 > I'm trying to get XP to boot in hope I can recvover some files
 > since my MB is dying. When I hit F8 and try all options it hangs
 > on one driver (agp440.sys). Is there a way to get around this
 > like win98 had?
 >
 > Thanks

Take the drive out and chuck it in another (WinXP or linux machine
if NTFS) pc and copy the files onto some other media. Generally a
bad idea to try and get a backup from a failing machine, you may
have problems with data corruption.

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How do I force Xp to not load drivers?

How do I do XP repair?


"Conor" <conor.turton RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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 > In article <JqrId.6$w7.1@fe61.usenetserver.com>, Woodchuck says...
  >> I'm trying to get XP to boot in hope I can recvover some files since my
  >> MB
  >> is dying. When I hit F8 and try all options it hangs on one driver
  >> (agp440.sys). Is there a way to get around this like win98 had?
  >>
 > SAfe mode, no drivers.
 >
 >
 > --
 > Conor
 >
 > An imperfect plan executed violently is far superior to a perfect plan.
 > -- George Patton<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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After looking around I think a better choice would be:

IS7
AI7
AS8

could someone rank theese in order of good, better, best? I may also just
purchase SATA drive too. Is there a difference between the western digital
regular & caviar series drive?

"Conor" <conor.turton.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
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 > In article <JqrId.6$w7.1@fe61.usenetserver.com>, Woodchuck says...
  >> I'm trying to get XP to boot in hope I can recvover some files since my
  >> MB
  >> is dying. When I hit F8 and try all options it hangs on one driver
  >> (agp440.sys). Is there a way to get around this like win98 had?
  >>
 > SAfe mode, no drivers.
 >
 >
 > --
 > Conor
 >
 > An imperfect plan executed violently is far superior to a perfect plan.
 > -- George Patton<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: XP hanging on boot recovery 

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:01:58 -0500, "Woodchuck"
<stv_euroski.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:

 >How do I force Xp to not load drivers?

BOOT TO SAFE MODE.

 >
 >How do I do XP repair?

Boot WIndows CD, choose install, then choose repair.

Since agp440.sys is an AGP driver, perhaps resetting bios to
defaults and/or setting bios agp settings to their lowest
would help, or maybe putting a PCI video card in instead (I
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