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    ken_wall2003 Posts: 10, Reputation: 1
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    Jan 3, 2011, 09:55 AM
    Windows failed to start
    A recent hardware or software change may have caused this... no recovery disk. Any suggestions for recovering data?
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    Jan 3, 2011, 09:57 AM
    Have you tried booting to Safe Mode ?
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    Jan 3, 2011, 09:59 AM

    Do you have the options for safe mode?
    What Operating System are you running?
    Was it OEM software or did you install a retail operating system or was it pirated.
    Have you recently made any changes?

    Answering these questions will give us a better idea of what we're dealing with!
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