Windows Xp wont boot

[kutster]

Here is my situation.

I had to move my computer tower (nothing else) upstairs and swap it out with my other computer. I plugged in everything and booted. At the splash screen where i would expect it to dissapear and the welcome screen to appear it hung up. So later I took it back downstairs and plugged all the original stuff that it usually works with in and booted. Same thing. I then tried safe mode. It came up to apg440.sys and stoped for a bit then it came to sptd.sys and went on into safe mode. I did some searching around and many people had success in removing their mouses, webcams ect. so I removed my mouse. So instead of hanging at the splash screen I get a BSOD when I would expect the Welcome screen. and same thing with trying safe mode after a few seconds at the apg.sys file I get a BSOD. I really don't want to reinstall windows. But I guess if I have to I have to. Please Help!

Windows Xp Pro (Sp2)

All current updates

384mb ram

Pentium 2 (lol I know right)

40gb Seagate harddrive

Edited July 10, 2006 by kutster

[LLXX]

Check to ensure that the processor's heatsink is still firmly attached.

There have been many cases in which the heatsink loosens due to movement, causing the processor to overheat during the boot process.

[pugwash2004]

First check the ram and make sure it hasn't come loose, from my experience drive errors have been down to bad or badly seated ram.

I would also recommend running chkdsk with the /F /R options. Use your installation disk, boot into recovery mode and run it from there. If this doesn't work then try a recovery from the 'Boot from last known working configuration', I've a machine at work that every couple of weeks dies with a BSOD at each boot caused by the Nvidia graphics drivers and using the 'Last known' has fixed it everytime so far.

[bledd]

i say remove all the ram and try each stick seperatly..

ultimatebootcd.com use the ram tester on it!

Edited July 10, 2006 by bledd

[kutster]

Thanks guys for the posts I haven't tried any of them yet but I am going to in just a minute. Maybe I will put my burned version of Hiren's Boot CD.

[kutster]

It booted! And I didn't have to use Hiren's Boot CD or nothing. When I opened the case I saw my problem my CD cable had come off. Which is kind of confusing to me. Why would a simple Cd drive not being connected cause so much problem? So who knows. After reattaching the CD drive I used 'Boot from last known working configuration' and it booted right up. Thanks for all of your guys help and time.

[Guest vcam]

That's windows

[tomcatuk]

That doesn't make any sense at all, but will remember the tip