How to fix the “We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully” error如何解决： “我们带来的不便深表歉意，但是Windows并没有成功启动”错误

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Are you getting this error message when you try to start up Windows:您是否获得这个错误讯息当您尝试启动安装Windows ：

We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully.我们很抱歉给您带来的不便，但是Windows并没有成功启动。 A recent hardware or software change might have caused this.最近的硬件或软件的变化可能造成这一点。

If so, your Windows system files are probably corrupt or there is something wrong with your hard drive (bad sectors, etc.) Luckily, it’s usually an error that can be fixed without having to reinstall the Windows operating system!如果是这样，您的Windows系统文件可能是腐败的，或者有什么不对您的硬盘驱动器（坏扇区等） ，幸运的是，它通常是一个错误，可固定，而不需要重新安装Windows操作系统！

I’ve seen this error several times in the last couple of years working as in IT support and each time it was fixed in a different way.我见过这个错误好几次在过去的几年中工作的IT支持和每次它固定在一个不同的方式。 Here are some steps you can take to try and fix the problem.这里有一些步骤，你可以尝试解决这一问题。

Method 1 – Repair Windows via Recovery Console by running CHKDSK方法1 -修复W indows通过故障恢复控制台的运行C HKDSK

My first suggestion would be to restart your computer into the Recovery Console mode and run CHKDSK with the repair option to make sure there are no errors on your hard disk.我的第一个建议是重新启动电脑，进入故障恢复控制台模式和运行 CHKDSK的修复选项，以确保没有任何错误在您的硬盘上。

In order to get into the Recovery Console in Windows XP, you need to put in your Windows installation CD and press any key when it says boot from CD.为了进入Windows XP的恢复控制台，您需要把您的Windows安装CD ，然后按任意键时说，从CD启动。

Now in the XP Professional Setup screen, press R to choose the Repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery Console option.现在在XP专业版安装屏幕上，按R选择修复Windows XP安装使用故障恢复控制台选项。

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Now you need to choose the installation that you want to run the recovery console too on, usually you can just type 1 .现在，你需要选择安装，你要运行故障恢复控制台也对，通常您只需键入 1 。 Enter the password for the local Administrator account on the computer and press Enter .输入密码的本地管理员帐户的计算机上，并按下Enter键。

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Now go ahead and type in the command CHKDSK /r at the command prompt to run the disk check:现在继续进行并输入命令的CHKDSK /住宅在命令提示符下运行磁盘检查：

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Method 2 – Do a Repair installation of Windows方法2 -请不要修复安装W indows

In Method 1, we ran CHKDSK through the Recovery Console to try and repair any errors that may have been on the hard disk.方法1中，我们遇到的CHKDSK通过故障恢复控制台，试图修复任何错误，可能已经在硬盘上。 In Method 2, we will do a repair installation of Windows, which basically replaces all of your system files without deleting any of your data.在方法2 ，我们将尽修复安装的Windows ，基本上取代了所有的系统文件而不删除您的任何数据。 The OS is reinstalled, but all data is left intact.操作系统重新安装，但所有的数据是原封不动。

After doing a repair install, you will have to reapply all Windows Updates.在做了修复安装，你将不得不重新所有的Windows更新。 For this, you would put in your XP CD like before, boot to it by pressing a key when you see Press any key to boot from CD .为此，您将在您的XP光盘像以前一样，启动它的紧迫的一个关键当你看到按任意键从CD启动 。

From the menu of options above, press Enter instead of pressing R. This is a little counter-intuitive, but you have to choose the option to setup Windows XP.从菜单的选择上面， 按下 Enter键，而非紧迫的河这是一个什么反直觉的，但你必须选择安装的Windows XP 。

Press F8 to accept the license agreement and then press R to choose the Repair the selected Windows XP installation option. 按 F8以接受许可协议然后按R选择修复选定的Windows XP安装选项。

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Note that it will look like Windows is reinstalling the operating system fresh, but it is not!请注意，它看起来就像是重新安装的Windows操作系统新鲜，但它并不是！ It’s just replacing all of the Windows system files, so your data will not be lost.这只是取代所有的Windows系统文件，使您的数据不会丢失。

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Always make sure that you are using the same XP CD that came with computer originally or the repair may fail in the middle!务必让您使用的是同样的XP光盘附带的计算机最初或修复可能会失败中！ Allow the install to complete and then restart your computer and see if you can log on.允许安装完成，然后重新启动计算机，看看您是否可以登录。 Your desktop settings may be back to their defaults because of the repair.您的桌面设置可能会回到他们的默认，因为修理。

Method 3 – Use Last Known Good Configuration option方法3 -使用最后一次正确的配置选项

A final thing you can try is to press F8 when the computer is starting to boot up and choose Last Known Good Configuration from the Windows XP Advanced Options menu:最后你可以尝试是按下 F8当计算机已开始启动，并选择最后一次正确的配置从Windows XP高级选项菜单：

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Those are basically your three options for the “Windows did not start successfully error”.这些基本上都是您的三个选项中的“ Windows并没有成功启动的错误” 。 Last resort would be to simply reinstall Windows, but that means you lose your data.不得已将只需重新安装Windows ，但这意味着你失去您的数据。 You can also try to log into safe mode and if you can, that means you can try to do a system restore by going to the command prompt and typing in the following command:您也可以尝试登录到安全模式，如果你不能，这意味着你可以尝试进行系统恢复进入命令提示符，输入下面的命令：

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe ％ systemroot ％ \ system32 \恢复\ rstrui.exe

Now follow the instructions on to choose an earlier state to restore your computer back to.现在，按照指示选择一个以前的状态，将电脑还原回。 Hope that helps someone fix their problems!希望有人帮助解决他们的问题！