major idiot... agp440.sys boot up problem...

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.

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

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

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Ruairi Glenn" 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.