Will

my pc always restarts after i get the screen where you get to choose safe mode etc etc, then it goes to the screen with the windows xp and blue loading bar and then it goes and restarts znd back to the screen where i get to choose safe mode etc. any 1 can help.

scoobz72

Hi

Sounds like a recent update which could be causing the loop. Or a recent hardware/software change. Anyway the best bet is to use safe mode, if you can use system restore to a earlier date, restore to then. If you cant use sys restore, then you may have to uninstall any programs from the control panel.

Hope this helps

Iain Young

Can also be caused by a correct file or broken fat entry. I had to resecue a machine for someone a few weeks ago that did this. Ended up booting to dos and running chkdsk to fix it.

Will

it wouldnt go on in safe mode it just looped again, and every other option for that matter.

fixd now though, i inserted the windows xp installation cd and booted the cd drive.

then i did try to select recover or repair which ever 1 it was and it wasnt having any of it.

so in the end had to re-install windows which was a bugger as i lost all my music and picturres etc etc.

thanks for the help any way chaps

Iain Young

Did you not boot to the xp dos prompt and try chkdsk? Sounds like a corrupt sector which could have been recovered (without a reinstall).

Will

iit wouldnt allow me to boot in command prompt, safe mode or anything.

what ever i did it kept looping.

Iain Young

Did you try booting to the recovery prompt, from the XP CD? It doesn't use the hard drive at all in that case so it should have worked...

scoobz72

Seems unusual it would install a fresh copy without letting you boot to XP DOS for chkdsk etc.

Will

I did try and select the recover from the xp CD but i had an error box popping up!! cant remember what it said but put it this way, it wasnt having it and thats why i chose to install it mate.


scoobz72.

I know, i have never had a problem like that ever with my computers.

However a friend of mine did tell me though that it could of been because SOMEHOW i deleted windows by misstake???

scoobz72

Very strange though, I have never heard of that before but hey ho. I take it you will be backing your data up on a separate drive now? :-)

hodgy0_2

mr imprezza -- to avoid this in the future create another partition on your hard drive say d:\ -- use that to store all the data

then when you have to reload the OS on the c:\ no data is effected

d:\ is still there with all your pics/music

also get a usb drive for back up -- peanuts in the scheme of things