Hi all Got a problem that started suddenly this morning. Pc was fine last night. Its on a wireless network. When I boot up I dont past the black screen before it reboots over and over to same place. No windows load, nothing so I cant change anything or look into why. Any suggestions would be great. Have checked everything seated ok and power and leads etc. Thanks Bridiebee

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Thanks for that...will try it tonight. Bridiebee

Right, Just tried putting in the XP Cd recovery. I cant remember what the bios is set to but feel sure its CD first. It wont boot up with CD in, just a black screena and immediate reboot over and over agin. Any more help appreciated, Thanks bridiebee

If the instructions above that fit your problem say you have to boot from a cd, you have to be sure the bios is set to boot from cd 1st. Keep in mind, you are in a righ risk situation , anything can happen, if you don't have backups of your important stuff, including emails & address book, take the drive out & Slave your HD to another HD/comp ( no need to bolt it in, just cable it & leave it outside the case ) & copy your stuff ( don't forget your emails & address book ) onto the other HD or other media. You may have a choice of jumper settings on the master HD, such as master with slave or ms. Now put it back in your comp, once again, no need to bolt it in at this stage ( change the jumper, back to where it was ) XP Home Repair Install http://www.windowsreinstall.com/win... Startup your comp, with a Boot disc or Startup disk in the floppy drive (without cd rom support) At the A: prompt, type > sys c: and then press ENTER. Take out the boot disk ( Make sure you change the bios to boot from CD 1st ) and then "Repair" XP by booting from the XP CD and selecting Install > Repair (NOT recovery console) > Fast Repair. (You can also boot with a Windows 98/Me Startup disk with CD support and run WINNT.exe in the I386 folder on the CD) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_...

Thanks I cant configure the PC to start with CD in bios cos I cant get into bios! tried tapping everything. Bridiebee

What brand of comp do you have?