Please Help

[pacmanx1]

I have windows XP and it get stuck in the restart mode for hours. I do not have to do anything it does it itself. My last computer was hit by storm and this one was given to me and I do not have the XP CD or disk. what can I do to stop this from happening for hours at a time. Thanks It does work but it is a hassle to use not sure if it is the time to buy a new computer and not sure of a good system to use.

Pete

[Bonzai]

There are a number of options that you can try. Since you do not have the XP disk, and the computer works after awhile:

1. Go to start > program > accessories and click on command prompt.

2. When the Command Prompt dialog box opens up, type "chkdsk C: /r", (without quotes and spaces are important) assuming C is the hard drive your operating system is on. The hard drive identification letter will be identified by the first letter displayed in the Command Prompt dialog box "C:\".

3. You will receive a message box stating that the volume is in use by another application, and do you want to have it run the next time you start the computer. Type Y and press Enter.

4. Type Exit to close the Command Prompt dialog box.

You didn't mention if a Blue Screen displays briefly before the computer reboots. If it does, then an error is occuring. To disable the computer from automatically rebooting when an error occurs:

1. Right-click My Computer and click on Properties.

2. Click the Advanced tab.

3. Under Startup and Recover, click Settings to open the dialog box.

4. Clear the Automatically restart check box by clicking on the check mark to make it disappear.

5. Click on the OK button, until you are back to your desktop.

6. Restart computer for the settings to take effect.

7. The next time the error occurs, a Blue Screen will display with an error message. Write down the error number e.g. 0x0000007b, a fairly common error number for loose connections or failing hard drives.

I hope this helps.

[Stretch]

I bought a new bare bones unit from CompUSA with a much faster duel core processor. Pluged in my old drives with a new 500 gig, works great.

http://www.compusa.com/applications/Catego...e=Barebone-Kits

Here is a guy that went through a lot only to find out it was the PSU (Power Supply Unit).

http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-s...-over-over.html

Here are a couple more help pages.

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/55951/

http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48937