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XP won't load
Name: tqueen87 Date: April 13, 2009 at 10:39:36 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: General
Comment:
I have tried everything that I can think of, as I start up the computer everything works fine, then the XP loading screen comes up, it loads then completely shuts itself off and restarts I do not know what else to do someone please help me....
Name: jefro Date: April 14, 2009 at 13:01:20 Pacific
Reply:
Try safe mode. Press F8 at boot to see if it will boot to the safe mode screen. If so then you need to look at event viewer logs to see what may be causing it.
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