computer keeps restarting, cant even get to the

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computer keeps restarting, cant even get to the - 02/25/07 12:51 AM

desktop....

i resently did softwear repair wizard. and now the computer did runs fine than it restarts out of no where and it wont let me get to the desktop.
even when i attemp to get to my desktop to get into safemode it restarts itself.reboots, i cant even log into safemode it could have been the trojen pandex'inf

i disable atomatic restart and it was working fine THAN beacuse it would have a problem it would show me the problem, now it doenst do that anymore, it just restarts.

i do not have windows XP installation cd or recovery, and doing the system restaor i would loose all of my information.
i just want to know if theres anyway to get into safemode without if constintly restarting. o yes and i opend up the computer to make sure all of the fans were running fine.


Re: computer keeps restarting, cant even get to the - 03/06/07 07:40 PM

Just before you computer restarts, do you hear a strange clicking noise? If so, then you have a physical error on the HDD, which is pretty much unrepairable.

If not, try booting up from a boot disk.

Re: computer keeps restarting, cant even get to the - 03/07/07 02:20 AM

Could be a bad capacitor on your computer's motherboard or power supply.
I had similar issues as you describe with XP. After replacing 4 faulty capacitors on MB, the rebooting/resetting problems vanished.

Take a look at my previous post here:
http://www.compatdb.org/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/171627/page/0#Post171627

Good luck getting it sorted.

Vince / coolguy3