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When Windows XP tries to load, I get the following message: "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this." My options are:

Start in safe mode.
Safe mode with networking.
Safe mode with command prompt.
Last known good configuration setting (most recent setting that worked).
Start Windows normally.

I tried all the options but my computer reboots again and goes back to the same page above. The cycle just repeats itself over and over again. Is this caused by a hardware failure or something? Thanks

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First up try and disable the restart option when system detect error. Go to "control Panel" "system" "advanced" in "startup and recovery" click "settings" then, under "System Failure" uncheck the "Automatically restart" box. This should allow your machine to continue to load and not shutdown.
You may then be able to locate the cause of the problem.

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