And it keeps rebooting on and on and on. Its a Compaq (Evo), 40G, 256mb ram, running windows xp. Thats all i know.
2007-09-16 12:01:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anthony H 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
There are *many* reasons this can happen, and without knowing a lot more about the situation it's hard to diagnose. I had the same problem a few months ago and in my case it came down to blown capacitors on my motherboard that were corrupting the boot process. You may need to do some investigating on your own and then come back with more specific information. Here's a good place to start reading.
http://www.google.com/search?q=windows+xp+reboot+loop
2007-09-16 12:24:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this: Take a Windows XP CD (or DVD I forget what they used to be) and stick it in the CD/DVD drive. When you boot, see if it boots then. If it does not, then it is a hardware error. It might be a HDD, or the RAM or something else. I think that Windows was probably just been corrupted. Put the Windows CD in and try to repair the OS. You could read more about that online. Good luck!!!
2007-09-16 12:36:42 · answer #2 · answered by Chris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before you do anything drastic try the following:
But if you want to give it another try do the following: (it may be a boot sector crash)
Windows XP only::::::::
Boot the CD and choose repair (R) press enter
Choose the drive in the next screen
press enter
Type fixbmr, press enter, answer yes.
type fixboot, press enter, choose yes.
next screen type exit and press enter, when rebooting remove the cd before it boots back up.
This may fix your problem and won't affect the operating system that is
2007-09-16 18:20:29 · answer #3 · answered by PCSTech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try rebooting to your XP installation CD and choosing the repair option.
2007-09-16 12:12:49 · answer #4 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're in a position to prepare the restoration out of your restoration disks that incorporate your working device. Upon booting your computing gadget, decide on boot from CD selection with restoration disks (first one) interior the CD/DVD force. The menu will instruction manual you contained in direction of the technique. If restoration can no longer be certain your situation, you will would desire to re-deploy the completed working device.
2016-11-14 15:22:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a backup program, and you have (or made) a recovery CD, use it to see if you can access the hard drive and the backup files. Also, go into the BIOS and see if it recognizes the hard drives. This can be as bad as the drive going down or as simple as a single system file being unreadable.
2007-09-16 12:25:44 · answer #6 · answered by starfighter3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG, Sorry but i have a compaq presario too and that happend to me last year. It means your hard drive has crashed. I had to buy a new one and reinstall every single program. Lets just hope its not that.
Also you might be able to recover the programs from a pro (see a computer shop) Please email me at dillonp23@gmail.com and i'll help you if you need anymore help.
Sorry, lets hope i'm wrong
2007-09-16 12:09:37 · answer #7 · answered by Dillonp23 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats called a boot loop, go to geek squad at best buy, they'll know what to do.
2007-09-16 17:26:28 · answer #8 · answered by daniel e 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋