Constantly re-setting computer, urgent help needed!

brocksta · 25 Oct 2006 at 12:57

Ok, i have this computer, which is booting up to the windows OS loading screen, but then continues to restart and does this over and over again.

Ive now got the hard drive in another computer and i can access it fine. Could one of Windows' files have corrupted? If so can i simply replace it with the one in my working machine? or will this cause problems? thanks,

andy

wizardmaxx · 25 Oct 2006 at 12:59

Have u added any hardware, drivers or done any changes, etc

brocksta · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:01

well it was my brother that was using it, and he says he made no changes.

wizardmaxx · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:02

How many times have u heard that. Have u tried booting into safe mode?

brocksta · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:02

hehe. Sorry i forgot to mention, LKGC and Safe mode dont work either. It tries loading windows but eventually the PC restarts again.

wizardmaxx · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:11

Besides trying to reseat the memory you may have to do a windows repair. It's prob falling over due to a driver problem.

Captain Fizz · 25 Oct 2006 at 14:22

Yup - As advised - Run the XP Setup... PRESS ENTER to setup XP... THEN enter the repair mode.
(Lots of people enter the recovery console instead)

Also - Kick your brother in the groin.

It would be worth checking the BIOS options to see if he's been playing in there too.

Rich43 · 26 Oct 2006 at 04:58

Sounds like the bios isn't set up correctly. Try going into the BIOS then pressing Load Optimised Defaults. It should fix your problems.