windows xp keeps on rebooting

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mannyq(Need Help) said:
I turned on my computer and it just keeps on booting up.
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Turn on the computer and start tapping the F8 key rapidly just as soon
as the first information of any kind shows on the screen. Keep
tapping rapidly until the Windows XP Startup Menu appears. Choose
Safe Mode from the menu.

If it will start okay in Safe Mode then we can perhaps repair the
problem. Did you add/install/update/remove/delete/uninstall or
otherwise change anything at all on the computer at the same time as
this problem started? If so then reverse whatever it was that you
did. You can use System Restore (Accessories - System Tools) to undo
many of these changes but new hardware should be physically removed or
disconnected and newly installed software should be uninstalled via
Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs.

And while it is running in Safe Mode you should go into Control Panel
- System - Advanced and click on the Settings button in the Startup
and Recovery (bottom) section. In the Startup and Recovery window
click on the checkbox for "automatically restart" to clear it. Then
click on Apply and OK as needed to exit. That will stop the rebooting
but it may just be replaced by a "Blue Screen Of Death" with a STOP
error message. If this happens then the contents of the STOP error
will be a direct clue as to the underlying cause of the problem.

If the computer will not start okay in Safe Mode then try restarting
and again use the F8 key to bring up the Startup Menu only this time
choose the "last known good configuration" item.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
Any site that recommends "memory freeing" utilities is one that is
well worth avoiding.

And all the referenced page does is attempt to flog a disk repair
utility that is most likely totally irrelevant to the problem
mentioned in the original post.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
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