Windows XP Home wont run safe-mode or otherwise

[EliteRetard]

Never had a problem with my machine, been runnin for years...let my freind play a game on it and he does something stupid in the game and hits the screen shot button. BSOD.

Thats rather odd, my system is all stock and running cool...never had any stability issues, musta been a freak chance. Restart and the machine says no keyboard? I checked the plug and stuff but couldnt get it to work (I had a USB to PS2 adaptor). Plugged directly into USB and the loading windows thing pops up but the progress bar doesnt move...for like 10 minutes. So I hit restart and when the options menu pops up for safe mode and such I hit safe mode...it loads a bunch of files and then stops. Wont go any further. I checked and it seems the PS2 ports are dead (maybe the adaptor too?)...dunno if that has to do with anything.

I tried a few times, and twice I got a different error saying there was something wrong with some different file in windows. What the hey, I have the disk and I can just use it to repair windows right? So I go through and do the windows reinstall thing...and nothing. Same as before.

Im not at my computer right now, so I cant tell you which file safe mode gets stuck on, or what the errors were saying...I can check those later if needed, but does anyone know what the heck might have happened? Or how to fix it? I dont know the recovery console thing at all, but I know its there and there may be a way to solve this thing or something...I dont want to reformat because Ive got quite a few files Id like to keep. Nothing was backed up because Im an idiot.

Ive been working like 12-14 hour days for the last few weeks and my brain is totally fried...I figured cant hurt to ask.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

First thing I would do is take the hard drive out and back it up using another machine. I've recently worked on two systems that had similar boot failures and both times running check disk (from a boot CD) solved the problem. Just backup your files before doing anything.

 

[Old Hippie]

I'll second Cal's HD backup before you do anything.

This sounds like a repair Install will be needed if you're running XP or Vista.

It will leave your files intact but wipe any updates that aren't on the install disk.

If your install disk doesn't include any major SP updates, I would recommened getting one that does.

 

[EliteRetard]

Yeah, I already did the windows reinstall thing like I said...but when it restarts I can only get to the same xp load screen. The first one that pops up with the blue loading bar, it loads 3 bars and stops. Same as before I tired the reinstall. So what else can I try?

When I tried safe mode it stopped loading on the mup.sys driver...I dont know why or if thats the problem or how to fix it.

 

[Old Hippie]

Yeah, I already did the windows reinstall thing like I said

Sorry 'bout that, I musta been reading with my eyes closed.

A quick Google of your mup.sys driver problem brings a slew of different fixes.

I run across a lot of "In the Recovery Console type " disable Mup.sys ", reset CMOS, run Check disk, to just about everything except an OS problem.

Here's a whole page dedicated to it.

Sorry I can't offer more specific help.