windows xp rebooting

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weezypenguin

My system just keeps rebooting itself. It is stuck in a
loop or something. I thought i could just load windows xp
over the top and that wopuld solve it, but when i try to
do this i dont get the option to leave partion as is, only
to reformat. FDont really want to do this ecause i will
lose all my proramns and applications. This is very
important to me can anyone help please.
Thanks in advance.
Rob
 
Hi,

Hopefully, the last known good config will do it. If not, try a repair
installation. Follow these steps to do a repair install which should
preserve your data, settings, and programs:

1. Insert the Windows XP CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM
drive.
2. Restart your computer. If you have to, change the BIOS settings to start
from
the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer again.
3. At the "Welcome to Setup" page, press ENTER.
4. Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.
5. Use the arrow keys to select the installation of Windows XP that you want
to
repair, and then press R to start the automatic repair process.
6. When Setup is completed, activate Windows XP.

Note that you will need your Product Key for this procedure, so have it
handy before you begin.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
weezypenguin said:
My system just keeps rebooting itself. It is stuck in a
loop or something. I thought i could just load windows xp
over the top and that wopuld solve it, but when i try to
do this i dont get the option to leave partion as is, only
to reformat. FDont really want to do this ecause i will
lose all my proramns and applications.
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With a normal XP CD, when you boot it directly and enter Setup, then
after the license agreement there should be an option to Repair
installation.

But if this is random rebooting as the system runs, rather than
immediately and always at startup, then that is probably not the thing
to do. It will be almost certainly *some* hardware trouble - with
overheating top of the list (then memory trouble). So open up the case
and make sure the CPU fan is running quickly

And when something crashes the system's 'automatically restart' is
cutting in. Turn this off: in Control Panel - System - Advanced, click
Settings in the Startup and Recovery section. There uncheck
'automatically restart'. You may now get a Blue screen failure
instead, but at least will get some guidance as to what is happening
 
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