agp440.sys bootleg problem... Please help or I'll x-post again

Hello,

Sorry for the x post but I need help big time...

I installed a new motherboard and cpu in my system as I fried the old ones.

I did not do a clean install of Windows XP as my HP Pavilion system did not
come with any recovery cd's so I hooked my existing hard drive up to the
system and powered up.

Anyway, it powers up ok but the first time I switched it on there was a blue
error screen that flashed on for a second and then the system rebooted
itself.

Now when I power on I can get past the bios screen ok but before the windows
logo appears I get the boot menu offering safe mode , safe mode with
networking, normal mode etc. A message appears on this screen saying that
the options appear as windows xp did not shut down correctly etc etc

If I choose normal mode then a white progress bar at the bottom of the
screen appears, it gets to the end of it and sits there.....for ever. If I
choose safe mode then it shows it loading all the files from the hard drive
and it gets to a file agp440.sys and it sits there...forever. So whatever
this file is it is causing the system to hang,

Various fixes I have seen include getting into Windows and disabling the
agp440.sys service. But I cannot get into xp at all as my system did not
come with boot cd's.

I can boot to a win98 floppy ok but I cannot access drive c: as it is ntfs,
I thought maybe I could rename agp440.sys to something else.

Any ideas on how to get round this agp440.sys problem? I really don't
want to do a clean install as I have no win xp cd's. My hp pavilion system
contains it's setup files on some hidden partition on the drive.

Thanks,

td.

Toedipper wrote:

> my HP Pavilion system

There's your problem.

--
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Don't take life too seriously, You won't get out alive.

where did this second post come from?? I've only posted once!
"Toedipper" <mytemp.access@\/irgin.net> wrote in message
news:631712-...
> Hello,
>
> Sorry for the x post but I need help big time...
>
> I installed a new motherboard and cpu in my system as I fried the old
> ones.
>
> I did not do a clean install of Windows XP as my HP Pavilion system did
> not
> come with any recovery cd's so I hooked my existing hard drive up to the
> system and powered up.
>
> Anyway, it powers up ok but the first time I switched it on there was a
> blue
> error screen that flashed on for a second and then the system rebooted
> itself.
>
> Now when I power on I can get past the bios screen ok but before the
> windows
> logo appears I get the boot menu offering safe mode , safe mode with
> networking, normal mode etc. A message appears on this screen saying that
> the options appear as windows xp did not shut down correctly etc etc
>
> If I choose normal mode then a white progress bar at the bottom of the
> screen appears, it gets to the end of it and sits there.....for ever. If
> I
> choose safe mode then it shows it loading all the files from the hard
> drive
> and it gets to a file agp440.sys and it sits there...forever. So whatever
> this file is it is causing the system to hang,
>
> Various fixes I have seen include getting into Windows and disabling the
> agp440.sys service. But I cannot get into xp at all as my system did not
> come with boot cd's.
>
> I can boot to a win98 floppy ok but I cannot access drive c: as it is
> ntfs,
> I thought maybe I could rename agp440.sys to something else.
>
> Any ideas on how to get round this agp440.sys problem? I really don't
> want to do a clean install as I have no win xp cd's. My hp pavilion
> system
> contains it's setup files on some hidden partition on the drive.
>
> Thanks,
>
> td.
>
>

Unless you replaced your motherboard with the same HP model motherboard,
you'll have to purchase a new "Full Version" of Windows XP and perform
a repair install. Your HP Windows XP installation is looking for the old HP
motherboard and will not load drivers for a different type of motherboard.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

Problems When Windows XP Tries to Load the Agp440.sys Service
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx

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"Toedipper" wrote:

| Hello,
|
| Sorry for the x post but I need help big time...
|
| I installed a new motherboard and cpu in my system as I fried the old ones.
|
| I did not do a clean install of Windows XP as my HP Pavilion system did not
| come with any recovery cd's so I hooked my existing hard drive up to the
| system and powered up.
|
| Anyway, it powers up ok but the first time I switched it on there was a blue
| error screen that flashed on for a second and then the system rebooted
| itself.
|
| Now when I power on I can get past the bios screen ok but before the windows
| logo appears I get the boot menu offering safe mode , safe mode with
| networking, normal mode etc. A message appears on this screen saying that
| the options appear as windows xp did not shut down correctly etc etc
|
| If I choose normal mode then a white progress bar at the bottom of the
| screen appears, it gets to the end of it and sits there.....for ever. If I
| choose safe mode then it shows it loading all the files from the hard drive
| and it gets to a file agp440.sys and it sits there...forever. So whatever
| this file is it is causing the system to hang,
|
| Various fixes I have seen include getting into Windows and disabling the
| agp440.sys service. But I cannot get into xp at all as my system did not
| come with boot cd's.
|
| I can boot to a win98 floppy ok but I cannot access drive c: as it is ntfs,
| I thought maybe I could rename agp440.sys to something else.
|
| Any ideas on how to get round this agp440.sys problem? I really don't
| want to do a clean install as I have no win xp cd's. My hp pavilion system
| contains it's setup files on some hidden partition on the drive.
|
| Thanks,
|
| td.

Stop forging my posts. Grow up.

Toedipper wrote:
> where did this second post come from?? I've only posted once!
> "Toedipper" <mytemp.access@\/irgin.net> wrote in message
> news:631712-...
>> Hello,
>>
>> Sorry for the x post but I need help big time...
>>
>> I installed a new motherboard and cpu in my system as I fried the old
>> ones.
>>
>> I did not do a clean install of Windows XP as my HP Pavilion system
>> did not
>> come with any recovery cd's so I hooked my existing hard drive up to
>> the system and powered up.
>>
>> Anyway, it powers up ok but the first time I switched it on there
>> was a blue
>> error screen that flashed on for a second and then the system
>> rebooted itself.
>>
>> Now when I power on I can get past the bios screen ok but before the
>> windows
>> logo appears I get the boot menu offering safe mode , safe mode with
>> networking, normal mode etc. A message appears on this screen
>> saying that the options appear as windows xp did not shut down
>> correctly etc etc
>>
>> If I choose normal mode then a white progress bar at the bottom of
>> the screen appears, it gets to the end of it and sits there.....for
>> ever. If I
>> choose safe mode then it shows it loading all the files from the hard
>> drive
>> and it gets to a file agp440.sys and it sits there...forever. So
>> whatever this file is it is causing the system to hang,
>>
>> Various fixes I have seen include getting into Windows and disabling
>> the agp440.sys service. But I cannot get into xp at all as my
>> system did not come with boot cd's.
>>
>> I can boot to a win98 floppy ok but I cannot access drive c: as it is
>> ntfs,
>> I thought maybe I could rename agp440.sys to something else.
>>
>> Any ideas on how to get round this agp440.sys problem? I really
>> don't want to do a clean install as I have no win xp cd's. My hp
>> pavilion system
>> contains it's setup files on some hidden partition on the drive.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> td.

Also read:

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx

You're right Carey, I had checked that out beforehand and HP said that I
would need to re-register XP, when I bought the PC I did not have to
register as it was registered in the factory.

td

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Unless you replaced your motherboard with the same HP model motherboard,
> you'll have to purchase a new "Full Version" of Windows XP and perform
> a repair install. Your HP Windows XP installation is looking for the old
> HP
> motherboard and will not load drivers for a different type of motherboard.
>
> How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>
> [Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]
>
> Problems When Windows XP Tries to Load the Agp440.sys Service
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Toedipper" wrote:
>
> | Hello,
> |
> | Sorry for the x post but I need help big time...
> |
> | I installed a new motherboard and cpu in my system as I fried the old
> ones.
> |
> | I did not do a clean install of Windows XP as my HP Pavilion system did
> not
> | come with any recovery cd's so I hooked my existing hard drive up to the
> | system and powered up.
> |
> | Anyway, it powers up ok but the first time I switched it on there was a
> blue
> | error screen that flashed on for a second and then the system rebooted
> | itself.
> |
> | Now when I power on I can get past the bios screen ok but before the
> windows
> | logo appears I get the boot menu offering safe mode , safe mode with
> | networking, normal mode etc. A message appears on this screen saying
> that
> | the options appear as windows xp did not shut down correctly etc etc
> |
> | If I choose normal mode then a white progress bar at the bottom of the
> | screen appears, it gets to the end of it and sits there.....for ever.
> If I
> | choose safe mode then it shows it loading all the files from the hard
> drive
> | and it gets to a file agp440.sys and it sits there...forever. So
> whatever
> | this file is it is causing the system to hang,
> |
> | Various fixes I have seen include getting into Windows and disabling the
> | agp440.sys service. But I cannot get into xp at all as my system did
> not
> | come with boot cd's.
> |
> | I can boot to a win98 floppy ok but I cannot access drive c: as it is
> ntfs,
> | I thought maybe I could rename agp440.sys to something else.
> |
> | Any ideas on how to get round this agp440.sys problem? I really don't
> | want to do a clean install as I have no win xp cd's. My hp pavilion
> system
> | contains it's setup files on some hidden partition on the drive.
> |
> | Thanks,
> |
> | td.
>

Not the old 'change the name in the account settings' trick.

Yawn etc.


"Ruairi Glenn" <mytemp.access@\/irgin.net> wrote in message
news:jl1712-...
> Stop forging my posts. Grow up.
>
> Toedipper wrote:
>> where did this second post come from?? I've only posted once!
>> "Toedipper" <mytemp.access@\/irgin.net> wrote in message
>> news:631712-...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Sorry for the x post but I need help big time...
>>>
>>> I installed a new motherboard and cpu in my system as I fried the old
>>> ones.
>>>
>>> I did not do a clean install of Windows XP as my HP Pavilion system
>>> did not
>>> come with any recovery cd's so I hooked my existing hard drive up to
>>> the system and powered up.
>>>
>>> Anyway, it powers up ok but the first time I switched it on there
>>> was a blue
>>> error screen that flashed on for a second and then the system
>>> rebooted itself.
>>>
>>> Now when I power on I can get past the bios screen ok but before the
>>> windows
>>> logo appears I get the boot menu offering safe mode , safe mode with
>>> networking, normal mode etc. A message appears on this screen
>>> saying that the options appear as windows xp did not shut down
>>> correctly etc etc
>>>
>>> If I choose normal mode then a white progress bar at the bottom of
>>> the screen appears, it gets to the end of it and sits there.....for
>>> ever. If I
>>> choose safe mode then it shows it loading all the files from the hard
>>> drive
>>> and it gets to a file agp440.sys and it sits there...forever. So
>>> whatever this file is it is causing the system to hang,
>>>
>>> Various fixes I have seen include getting into Windows and disabling
>>> the agp440.sys service. But I cannot get into xp at all as my
>>> system did not come with boot cd's.
>>>
>>> I can boot to a win98 floppy ok but I cannot access drive c: as it is
>>> ntfs,
>>> I thought maybe I could rename agp440.sys to something else.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on how to get round this agp440.sys problem? I really
>>> don't want to do a clean install as I have no win xp cd's. My hp
>>> pavilion system
>>> contains it's setup files on some hidden partition on the drive.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> td.
>
>

Is your CPU a Prescott, Celeron D or Extreme Edition? If yes the flash the
very latest mobo BIOS.

"Toedipper" <mytemp.access@\/irgin.net> wrote in message
news:631712-...
> Hello,
>
> Sorry for the x post but I need help big time...
>
> I installed a new motherboard and cpu in my system as I fried the old
ones.
>
> I did not do a clean install of Windows XP as my HP Pavilion system did
not
> come with any recovery cd's so I hooked my existing hard drive up to the
> system and powered up.
>
> Anyway, it powers up ok but the first time I switched it on there was a
blue
> error screen that flashed on for a second and then the system rebooted
> itself.
>
> Now when I power on I can get past the bios screen ok but before the
windows
> logo appears I get the boot menu offering safe mode , safe mode with
> networking, normal mode etc. A message appears on this screen saying that
> the options appear as windows xp did not shut down correctly etc etc
>
> If I choose normal mode then a white progress bar at the bottom of the
> screen appears, it gets to the end of it and sits there.....for ever. If
I
> choose safe mode then it shows it loading all the files from the hard
drive
> and it gets to a file agp440.sys and it sits there...forever. So whatever
> this file is it is causing the system to hang,
>
> Various fixes I have seen include getting into Windows and disabling the
> agp440.sys service. But I cannot get into xp at all as my system did not
> come with boot cd's.
>
> I can boot to a win98 floppy ok but I cannot access drive c: as it is
ntfs,
> I thought maybe I could rename agp440.sys to something else.
>
> Any ideas on how to get round this agp440.sys problem? I really don't
> want to do a clean install as I have no win xp cd's. My hp pavilion
system
> contains it's setup files on some hidden partition on the drive.
>
> Thanks,
>
> td.
>
>

I would, at this point, either break down and buy a retail version of XP, or
call HP Support and buy the Recovery desks. You are, and will be, going
nowhere fast.

--
DaveW



"Toedipper" <mytemp.access@\/irgin.net> wrote in message
news:631712-...
> Hello,
>
> Sorry for the x post but I need help big time...
>
> I installed a new motherboard and cpu in my system as I fried the old
> ones.
>
> I did not do a clean install of Windows XP as my HP Pavilion system did
> not
> come with any recovery cd's so I hooked my existing hard drive up to the
> system and powered up.
>
> Anyway, it powers up ok but the first time I switched it on there was a
> blue
> error screen that flashed on for a second and then the system rebooted
> itself.
>
> Now when I power on I can get past the bios screen ok but before the
> windows
> logo appears I get the boot menu offering safe mode , safe mode with
> networking, normal mode etc. A message appears on this screen saying that
> the options appear as windows xp did not shut down correctly etc etc
>
> If I choose normal mode then a white progress bar at the bottom of the
> screen appears, it gets to the end of it and sits there.....for ever. If
> I
> choose safe mode then it shows it loading all the files from the hard
> drive
> and it gets to a file agp440.sys and it sits there...forever. So whatever
> this file is it is causing the system to hang,
>
> Various fixes I have seen include getting into Windows and disabling the
> agp440.sys service. But I cannot get into xp at all as my system did not
> come with boot cd's.
>
> I can boot to a win98 floppy ok but I cannot access drive c: as it is
> ntfs,
> I thought maybe I could rename agp440.sys to something else.
>
> Any ideas on how to get round this agp440.sys problem? I really don't
> want to do a clean install as I have no win xp cd's. My hp pavilion
> system
> contains it's setup files on some hidden partition on the drive.
>
> Thanks,
>
> td.
>
>