CompProb - Inadvertent Reboots During Bootup
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CompProb - Inadvertent Reboots During Bootup
What could cause a computer running WinXP Pro to restart itself after a certain point in bootup -- that point being after the windows logo / loading screen? I get no beeps from the motherboard when I turn the computer on, all I get is the standard message saying "Your computer was not shutdown properly. You can... (1) Start in Safe Mode ... (X) Start using Last Known Good Configuration ... (3) Start normally." Regardless of which option I choose I am given the typical windows loading screen after which the computer reboots and the whole process is repeated. What makes this especially wierd is that I can think of nothing that triggered this. I've made no changes to hardware and only occasionally made minor changes to software (such as winupdate).
Could the power supply have been damaged and is now not able to produce enough power to start the computer?
Any ideas?
Could the power supply have been damaged and is now not able to produce enough power to start the computer?
Any ideas?
Last edited by nigma on Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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it's possible, but not likely that an update caused it, directly. If possible, boot with the Windows install CD, asking it to repair the installation. If not possible, try booting in command line mode and running a few things like chkdsk. You may need to return to a previous restore point as well.. (not sure how that's done via command line at this time though.. sorry)
I've heard of this happening on pirated versions of windows that have been unsuccessfully "cracked" or tried to update to one of the service packs
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