I have a windows hp pavilion mx703 desktop and whenever i start it up, it goes to the normal page with the start menu n everything but within 10 seconds, it restrarts and does the same thing all over again. i put the computer into safe mode (safe mode it doesnt shut down on me) and ran norton antivirus and i had no infected files but it showed that i had over 700,000 files on my computer. what could be wrong with my computer n how can i fix it without erasing my entire hard drive?
2007-07-03 06:44:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Disable EVERYTHING in your startup, then re-enable them one at a time, using the MSConfig startup manager.
SOMETHING loading during windows startup (i.e. after the start bar loaded, goes into the tray) is causing your reboot.
2007-07-03 07:08:22 · answer #1 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could either be a CPU heat issue, in which case it will try to restart itself (check the fan), or you have a virus that your Norton cannot detect. Go back to safe mode and try some free scanners out there (Google has one). You may have to download it from another PC onto a flash drive and into your safe mode PC in case you don't have internet access during safe mode.
2007-07-03 06:58:19 · answer #2 · answered by Jon Skywalker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be able to perform a repair by restarting your computer witht the XP disk in th drive and follow the prompts. search online for exact instructions
2007-07-03 07:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by bluemazdatruck1995 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Follow this link, download latest dtask manager.
Once download is succesful, run this program, dtask manager works like windows', but able to detect ALL programs run on your system.
Virus, spyware etc will detected easily by it's address.
2007-07-03 06:54:47 · answer #4 · answered by maxiangelo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check your memory, disk clean-up, defrag.after this go to trend micro housecall and run there 6.6 scan, they have two use their newest one. this is free and has repaired my pc from the probs. it is a good thing.and norton is not as good as avg. type in avg in the address bar and check it out.
2007-07-03 06:56:50 · answer #5 · answered by timothy h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe its hardware problem..try opening up your case.and unplugg everything that can be unplugged make sure you know how to plug it back in though..then plug it back in again and see if that helps
2007-07-03 06:53:19 · answer #6 · answered by EspritRAIN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋