Reboot during error checking

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Donald

In the past week, my Dell Dimension desktop, running XP,
512 mb memory, 80 gig hard drive, keeps rebooting
whenever I try to run the error checking. It will go
into stage 4 of 5, and about halfway through 4, it just
reboots. I let it go for an hour, and it kept
rebooting. Any ideas on how to have it run through an
entire error check? It used to work fine, and I have not
installed any new programs or done anything in over a
month.
 
Donald said:
In the past week, my Dell Dimension desktop, running XP,
512 mb memory, 80 gig hard drive, keeps rebooting
whenever I try to run the error checking. It will go
into stage 4 of 5, and about halfway through 4, it just
reboots. I let it go for an hour, and it kept
rebooting. Any ideas on how to have it run through an
entire error check? It used to work fine, and I have not
installed any new programs or done anything in over a
month.
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By default, when Win XP hits an error that crashes Explorer, it reboots. To
disable this: Right-click on My Computer, click Properties, click the
Advanced tab. Under "Startup & Recovery," click Settings. Under "System
Failure," uncheck the box in front of "Automatically restart."

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