Windows XP SP2 hangs at agpcpq.sys in safe mode

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July 10, 2008 at 1:31 pm #2149650

Windows XP SP2 hangs at agpcpq.sys in safe mode

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by schwar · about 15 years, 9 months ago

I have a Dell Dimension 4700C with Windows XP SP2. I tried to boot this morning normally, but I received the XP splash screen and then it went black (no blinking cursor). I then tried safe mode, it hung at agpcpq.sys. Then I tried, last known good config. That WORKED!! I thought I was home free. Tried to reboot and same problem. Next, I tried the Windows XP Reinstallation CD from Dell. It looked like it was working until the screen said “Windows is starting” and froze at that point. I also reseated the RAM.

Any thoughts, suggestions, advice?

Thanks for listening!

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- July 10, 2008 at 1:31 pm #2913549
  
  Clarifications
  
  by schwar · about 15 years, 9 months ago
  
  In reply to Windows XP SP2 hangs at agpcpq.sys in safe mode
  
  Clarifications
- July 10, 2008 at 1:40 pm #2913545
  
  You need to wipe the drive first….
  
  by Anonymous · about 15 years, 9 months ago
  
  In reply to Windows XP SP2 hangs at agpcpq.sys in safe mode
  
  Then re-install Windows. You can use this to wipe your drive:
  http://the-undelete.com/
  The free disk wipe is located at the bottom.
  
  Please post back if you have anymore problems or questions.
- July 10, 2008 at 3:17 pm #2913514
  
  Try this
  
  by rob miners · about 15 years, 9 months ago
  
  In reply to Windows XP SP2 hangs at agpcpq.sys in safe mode
  
  as wiping the drive will not get you anywhere.
  
  http://tinyurl.com/aghdk
  
  Run the BIOS update utility from DOS environment (Non-Windows users)
  
  < add a bit >
- July 10, 2008 at 9:32 pm #2913432
  
  And if the above doesn’t help
  
  by oh smeg · about 15 years, 9 months ago
  
  In reply to Windows XP SP2 hangs at agpcpq.sys in safe mode
  
  Get yourself a copy of th Ultimate Boot CD from here
  
  http://tinyurl.com/3jnpy
  
  Place the CD into the Optical Drive and boot the computer. You will see a Non Windows Menu and you can select different testing utilities start off with the HDD and CPU Tests nd then do a Memory Test. If you still don’t have any problems you can retry the Dell Recovery Disc. But you should be aware that this reinstalls the OS so you need a full System Data & Settings Backup before you start using the Recovery Disc as you’ll loose everything that you had on the computer.
  
  Col
- July 11, 2008 at 3:19 am #2913380
  
  RE: Windows XP SP2 hangs at agpcpq.sys in safe mode
  
  by riverab · about 15 years, 9 months ago
  
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  It sounds like a problem with the video card driver. If your computer has a built in video card and a card in a slot, you may want to disable the agp card (built in or slot) to see if the computer boots.
- July 6, 2009 at 12:36 pm #3005823
  
  Wiping the Drive isn’t the Whole Answer
  
  by cappii · about 14 years, 9 months ago
  
  In reply to Windows XP SP2 hangs at agpcpq.sys in safe mode
  
  Although it’s a good place to start. Here’s what I did:
  
  I installed ubuntu from the alternate CD. From there, it went straight into recovery mode. This allowed me to run the following command “Sudo fsck -f” It took quite a while, and I had to basically hold down “y” to fix the drive errors. One it went through, it ran fsck again, with no errors and rebooted into Ubuntu. I was able to re-install Windows from that point, then update the BIOS, which may or may not have been necessary. Worked well for me, after hours of troubleshooting, and trying to install new drivers via MiniXP. Hope this helps.
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