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Here is the message I get: 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 FAILURE OR BECAUSE THE POWER OR START BUTTON WAS PRESSED, OR IF YOU ARENT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM, CHOOSE START WINDOWS NORMALLY. Beneath that are listed: SAFE MODE SAFE MODE WITH NETWORKING SAFE MODE WITH COMMAND PROMPT LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION (YOUR MOST RECENT SETTINGS THAT WORKED) Below that, the following is already highlighted: START WINDOWS NORMALLY Then it says: USE THE UP AND DOWN ARROW KEYS TO MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT TO YOUR CHOICE. SECONDS UNTIL WINDOWS STARTS: (timer keeps ticking down from 30 seconds to 0 seconds) Here is my problem: My keyboard cant move the highlighted bar to any other choice but START WINDOWS NORMALLY and the clock keeps ticking down from 30 seconds to 0, the system reboots and brings me back to the same page over and over. I cant move the highlight bar to any other choice like SAFE MODE. I have a Dell 4300 with a Tyan motherboard and Windows XP. Any help? Thanks

Try a Repair Install as follows:

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Markus; Repair Installation: http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm

I'm not Michael, but here ya go: How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

I'm really sorry Markus, I guess I hit send when I meant to hit paste. There others have you covered but for the record, here are the instructions: NOTE, while a repair install should leave your data files intact, if something goes wrong during the repair install, you may be forced to start over and do a clean install of XP.  If you don't have your data backed up, you would lose your data should that eventuality occur. Assuming your system is set to boot from the CD-ROM drive and you have an actual XP CD as opposed to a recovery CD, boot with the XP CD in the drive and perform a repair install as outlined below.  If the system isn't set to boot from the CD or you are not sure, you need to enter the system's BIOS.  When you boot the system, the first screen usually has instructions that if you wish to enter set press a specific key, when you see that, do so.  Then you will have to navigate to the boot sequence, if the CD-ROM drive is not first line, set it first in the boot sequence.  Save your settings and exit with the XP CD in the drive.  The system will reboot. When the system boots, a few screens into the process you may see a message instructing you to hit any key in order to boot from the CD along with a countdown.  When you see this be sure to hit a key on the keyboard, if you miss this instruction and the system fails to boot from the CD, it's too late, you'll need to reboot and try again. Once you have pressed a key, setup should begin.  You will see a reference asking if you need to load special drivers and another notice that if you wish to begin the ASR (Automatic Recovery Console) depress F2.  Just let setup run past all of that.  It will continue to load files and drivers. Then it will bring you to a screen.  Eventually, you will come to a screen with the option to (1) setup Windows or (2) Repair Windows Installation using the Recovery console.   ***The selection you want at this screen is Setup Windows, NOT Repair Windows Installation. The first option, to setup Windows is the one you want and requires you to press enter.  When asked, press F8 to accept the end user agreement.  Setup will then search for previous versions of Windows.  Upon finding your version, it will ask if you wish to Repair your current installation or install fresh.  Press R, that will run a repair installation.  From there on, follow the screens. Note, in some cases, you won't receive the repair option, only an option to reinstall.  We have discovered that sometimes this is caused by damaged boot.ini file that can be repaired as follows and also note, in the instructions, K refers to the CD drive in which you have placed the XP CD, replace that drive letter with the appropriate letter on your system, K is simply an example. Reboot, this time taking the immediate R option (this is the section I told you to skip above.  In this case, you will need to get to the Recovery Console to perform the function below), and if the CD letter is say K: give these commands COPY K:i386ntldr  C: COPY K:i386ntdetect.com  C:     (two other files needed - just in case) ATTRIB -H -R -S  C:boot.ini DEL C:boot.ini BootCfg  /Rebuild Once you've completed this function, reboot and see if you can access XP as sometimes, the problem is the damaged boot.ini.  If you still cannot access XP, then reboot and re-run the repair install instructions at the beginning of this message. If you only have a recovery CD, your options are quite limited.  You can either purchase a retail version of XP which will allow you to perform the above among other tools and options it has or you can run your system recovery routine with the Recovery CD which will likely wipe your drive, deleting all files but will restore your setup to factory fresh condition.