agp440.sys broken help needed...

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.
But I can print.

Thanks,

td.

Hi - I saw that you had a reply to your identical post elsewhere - did you
not see it?

Allen Balthrop 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.
> But I can print.
>
> Thanks,
>
> td.

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
> Hi - I saw that you had a reply to your identical post elsewhere -
> did you not see it?

No.

> Allen Balthrop 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.
>> But I can print.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> td.

Allen Balthrop wrote:
> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>> Hi - I saw that you had a reply to your identical post elsewhere -
>> did you not see it?
>
> No.

This is why crossposting is better than multiposting (the original post
wasn't crossposted if I recall correctly). I don't remember which group I
saw it in.
>
>> Allen Balthrop 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.
>>> But I can print.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> td.