Rectifying "MEMORY1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED" Error Message in Windows XP

In Windows XP, a STOP error message might occur when you restart your system after installing a new hardware. The main reason behind occurrence of the STOP error message is device incompatibility with your computer. Two major consequences that you experience after a STOP error message are unbootable hard drive and data inaccessibility. To overcome these issues, you need to restore your data from an updated backup. However, if you have not created any backup or backup falls short to restore the required information, then you need to recover the data by using powerful data recovery software.

Consider a practical scenario, where you receive any of below error messages (or a combination of both) when you attempt to restart your Windows XP system after installing a new hardware:

"STOP: 0x00000065" 

Or 

"MEMORY1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED" 

Or 

STOP: 0x00000065 (parameter, parameter, parameter, parameter) MEMORY1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED 

The four parameters in the above error message depend up on the system configuration.

After any of the above error messages appear, the system becomes unbootable making the data stored in the hard drive inaccessible. Furthermore, you encounter the same error message each time you attempt to restart your system.

Cause:

The root cause for the above error message is the new hardware's driver incompatibility with your system.

Resolution:

To resolve the above error message, you need to take these steps:

* Check Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) to verify whether the hardware is compatible with your system. In case of hardware incompatibility, uninstall the hardware. 

* If the message continues to appear, press F8 key while rebooting your system and select Last Known Good Configuration from the Windows Advanced Options. 

* If the above method also fails, then try using Emergency Repair Disk that came with your computer.

If the problem prevails even after following the above measures, then you need to go for a fresh reinstall of Windows XP. A clean reinstall will erase all data from the selected hard drive partition. To recover the lost data from a formatted hard drive partition, you need to opt for efficient data recovery software. These data recovery tools employ high end scanning methods to recover lost files and folders. Built with highly interactive user-interface, these data recovery utilities are easy-to-understand and implement.

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