Windows not loading up problem

Simonnn · 2 Sep 2006 at 21:13

Hi, i'm having a problem with a pc. Its been built and running fine for a while but on turning it on today it failed to load windows, it gets to the black screen with the windows logo and loading bar, goes across a few times and then the computer restarts itself. Weve tried the options such as loading from last working point and safe modes none which work, any ideas as to what could be the problem?

oldbag · 2 Sep 2006 at 21:14

Tried re-seating the RAM, and checking all the power cables, IDE/SATA cables are plugged in OK?

Simonnn · 3 Sep 2006 at 23:41

Thanks, will try this but would it be down to that seeing that it was working fine and has suddenly started doing this?

Curiosityx · 4 Sep 2006 at 17:20

Run a third party utility to test the disk, i recommend the IBM Drive Fitness Test or if you know the name of the manufacturer who produced the drive use there own disk check utilities.

They can be downloaded from there websites and can be booted either from floppy or CD.

You will need to seperate machine to create the disk though.