computers crashed?

Question

my friends computer has crashed every time you turn it on it switches of after 30 seconds then switches itself back on and keeps repeeting this cycle it will not allow windows to start up please help

will not allow her 2 go into safe mode and when instaling the disk it does`nt do anything

thanks for all your information but tried to boot the disk and it does nothing

Answer 1

Wow, This is a tough one mainly because i'm not in front of the PC. I think you may have to check the hardware part of the PC. I may be one of these, front panel connectors, make sure each connector is conected to the motherboard correctly. Each ones have an arrow indicating positive, thats if each ones are separate and not a whole piece when it connects on to the motherboard. It would only require one wrong connection to cause for something like that. another may be the RAM memory module, reseat it, put it on another PC to make sure it 's working properly. Check the power supply. Reset the bios. assure on post that it detects the hard drive. I wish i'd be able to help, mainly because i'd have to have the PC in front of me in order to trouleshoot. Sounds like either the memory module, the motherboard, or the connections. good luck.

Answer 2

Well there is an option available to you, you go to www.maxtor.com and download maxblast 4 for DOS, this tool completely wipes the hard drive.

Of course you only do this if you have a windows CD ROM and can install it at will.

If its one of those PC's that comes with windows pre-installed and a restore CD, then send it to them, and they should fix it.

Answer 3

Go into set up and see if there is something screwy set in the power management settings. If not, when booting hold down the F8 key and see if it will boot in safe mode.

Answer 4

start the computer up in safe mode and restore it to a date when everything was working fine this would remove the problem.. probably a virus

Answer 5

start it in safe mode and remove some programs as low memory can do this or if you have just installed a program remove it photos and movies use a lot of memory start removing them first

Answer 6

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Answer 7

sounds like a corrupt system you should try to re install operating system you will need to go into set up and enable boot from CD if its xp

Answer 8

as long as you have discs to put Internet access and your security back on.on start press cltr button and repeatedly press iether f8 or f11,cant remember which.this will ask you if you want to continue what it does is wipes every thing all downloads etc of comp.then just reinstall internet access security etc.

Answer 9

boot from windows cd and do a repair installation
http://mypchelp.blogspot.com/2006/10/windows-reinstallation.html

Answer 10

Put the cd in and try to start it from there.