when i turn on my computer, it crashes during startup. most of the time it wont even start the start up process. if i get lucky and it rarly has happened and the computer actually loads windows it will crash before i can even start to try and fix the problem. i have tried to reinstall my operating system (windows Me) hundreds of times but as you can probably guess it crashed. is there anything i can do?? please help this is really buggin me!!

You will be able to get much better advice if you read the posting instructions and give your full system specifications and program list, then a description of what you were doing when the trouble first occurred. Also, was your ME installation a clean instal, OEM or an upgrade. Did you download anything from the web or install a new program recently? Have you tried system restore? Had you up to date anti-virus protection? Were you regularly using defrag and scandisk? Is your hard disk full (there should be at least 50Mb to spare for Windows to run at all and preferably much more)? If you don’t know how to provide your system specifications, it means basically what kind of processor you have, such as Intel Pentium III 800 Mhz, what kind of graphics card (video adapter) such as Creative Geforce 3 Titanium 500, what kind of sound card, such as Creative Soundblaster PCI 128, what size of hard disk. Etc. You can find out this information by running Start, programs, accessories, system tools, system information, or by right clicking on My Computer, going to properties, device manager and having a look at the expanded + signs for details. For each device, select the properties button at the bottom of the box to get more detail. You will also learn a lot about how to navigate your system. Hope this helps us to help you. :)

it is a adm 800 athelon processor with a 20 gig HD, not sure about the it all came as standard with the purchase the last thing that i done on the comp was install windows xp my hardware didnt support it so i went back to me. was the installation of xp the problem cause things havent run right since. the more i play about and try to fix it the worse it gets as i start up the comp there is now no hard drive activity at all, but the power light is on and the fans are running... what can i do????

If you attempt to boot up your computer and NOTHING... no BIOS screen... no "non system disk error" is onscreen, you have a hardware problem. Is your computer *beep*ing more than once during the boot process?

NO IT JUST SEEMS TO CRASH BEFRORE IT HAS DONE ANY THING THANX 4 UR HELP BUT ILL DO IT THE EASY WAY, IVE CALLED AN ENGINEER.