Constant restarting and not completely booting

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Donald L. Hoffpauir

When attempting to boot my WinXP system I get to an option screen that
allows for safe mode booting, etc., mentioning that a recent change in
hardware or software could have caused this problem.

However, I've had no recent changes so I'm having trouble tracking this
down. Also, if I choose safe mode and run a scan disk, 9 out of 10 times it
will boot properly.

Has anyone experienced this or have any corrective suggestions?

Thanks!
Don
 
Possibly this is a problem with your hard drive going bad.
Immediately make sure all your important files are backed up NOW,
Then, you can use the online diagnostic called SeaTools to get a report on
defects in your HD, even if your hard drive is of another make than Seagate:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7c.html
Post back and let us know how many bad sectors it finds.
 
T. thanks for the help! I'll check it out.

Don

T. Waters said:
Possibly this is a problem with your hard drive going bad.
Immediately make sure all your important files are backed up NOW,
Then, you can use the online diagnostic called SeaTools to get a report on
defects in your HD, even if your hard drive is of another make than
Seagate:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7c.html
Post back and let us know how many bad sectors it finds.
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T, the hard drive tested out fine. Don't really know what's going on.
Trying other things but nothing has worked so far. But that's one thing off
of my list.

Thanks!
Don
 
I am experiencing the auto restart after requesting shutdown. I have
followed up and tried every pertinent thing I could find searching the web.
I have now reformatted the hard drive and re-installed WindowsXP back to the
2002 version and still have the problem with each of the many updates. I
finally installed Norton SystemWorks Premier and ran the Win Disk Doctor
which found a lot of registry entry problems and repaired them. Then I
rebooted and the shutdown worked properly. I was elated at that and thought
I had the problem fixed. See next paragraph.

I have received one hint of the cause relatively to re-installing the Cisco
WMP55AG WI-Fi card. I had left the card installed while I was doing all of
the above and then installed the driver and the card would not work because
the driver has to be installed before the card is installed. I took the
card out and un-installed the driver that was installed in the improper
order rebooting each time. I installed the driver and shut down the
computer and was proceeding to insert the Wi-Fi card in the slot and just as
I was getting it engaged I saw the LED light up on the motherboard and the
machine proceeded to automatically start. I had left the power to the
computer from the master switch on (I shut down with only the PC switch).
The auto start problem on shut down has been consistent since installing the
WI-Fi card.

I have downloaded the Wi-Fi card driver from the Cisco site but have been
reluctant to install it because the date does not seem to be any later than
the driver date from the install disk for the card. The Wi-Fi card is a
recent purchase. I suppose I will be doing that as soon as I get the time in
order to see if it will solve the problem.

Yes, I have followed the MS procedure for KB320299, run the Symantec
(Norton) Speed Disk; Win-Doctor and Disk Doctor several times. As some do
and some do not, I do not receive an error message when the PC is
auto-restarting. I am dismayed, to say the least, about a fix because I
have seen so many methods of successfully fixing the problem and many who
have found no solution to the problem. To me that makes it a frustrating
situation. Do not let the expeerience of others sway you from trying a
solution that did not work for someone else, it may work for you.

I have run PC Doctor which seems to be a comprehensive program and it found
no problems.

I have had several versions of Roxio CD Creator up to the latest version
installed and had no problems until lately when I converted the web access
from hard wire BB access to the Wi-Fi access. I did however, remove the
Roxio program with subsequent cleanup of the registry entries with no
solution to the auto startup problem. Some early versions of the Roxio
program did give the auto start problem to some people. I have never
experienced any problems relative to this subject.

My PC is an IBM NetVista of 2002 vintage. It is the first IBM model I have
switched to Wi-Fi. Could it be, per chance, the on board battery? I have
not renewed it but have seen no other indications of it becoming weak. My
past experience of a bad battery causes all kinds of havoc.

There is another thread going about this subject in the MS Public
WinXP-General group. If you do a search you will see many discussions about
the subject in other newsgroups out side of the MS groups.

I have not seen any mention of a Wi-Fi installation or a bad battery causing
this problem so I suppose I am adding to the confusion.

If anyone has anything to suggest about my specific problem I will be
appreciative of seeing it.

Al C.
 
My update on the "restart on shut down problem" was the use of a Linksys
Wireless A+G Dual Band WMP55AG PCI Adapter. Either because I set it up with
the wrong parameters or it is incompatible with my Wireless Router WRT54G
(not dual band). I installed a Linksys Wireless-G WMP54G PCI Adapter and
the PC now shuts down properly. The reason I did not use it initially was
Linksys had packed it with a driver CD for Taiwan Language. I reported it
to Linksys several weeks ago and never received a reply so I bought the Dual
Band WMP55AG card. I solved the WMP54G problem by finding a proper driver
for it.
As I stated previously, there are many unsuspecting causes to the restart on
shutdown problem. Hope sharing this individual solution helps someone.
Al C.
 
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