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Windows keep constantly rebooting
Name: Alexey2006 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:04:44 Pacific OS: XPro CPU/Ram: 1024
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Hey Guys, ive got a problem. XP keeps rebooting, just before reaching the Welcome screen. The Problem is that for some odd reason i cant boot from my Win XP CD. So now can i format my HD not repair my OS. Do you have any solution to this problem? Thanks in Advance.
Alexey
P.S. ive read every relevant thread on here, but still havent found the solution
Name: Alexey2006 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:06:52 Pacific
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opps misprint. "So now i cant Format my HD,nor can i repair my OS."
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Response Number 2
Name: street1 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:11:21 Pacific
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Do you have a 3.5 floppy drive?
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Response Number 3
Name: Alexey2006 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:15:03 Pacific
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yes i do, but i face another problem, on my other PC i keep getting a message that the Floppies are protected, so i cant make a Boot Disk
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Response Number 4
Name: street1 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:28:35 Pacific
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There is a little tab in the corner of your floppy disk you slide back and forth for write protect.
http://www.computerhope.com/help/floppy.htm
Go to this site and scroll down to the picture.
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Response Number 5
Name: brokenchild468 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:29:34 Pacific
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There is a little movable 'square' on the corner of the floppy. If you move it to one side it makes the disk 'protected' while the other side makes it editable. Make sure you have it on the right setting and then put in the floppy. Right click on the floppy in 'my computer' and click format. After you format it try to make the boot disk again.
One thing, are you sure that your computer is set to boot from the cd before the hard drive? If the hard drive is first in the boot list then your computer will never boot from the cd. Check your BIOS and set CD-ROM as the first boot device and try the cd again.
-freddy
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Response Number 6
Name: Alexey2006 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:31:26 Pacific
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come on man :) im aware of that
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Response Number 7
Name: Alexey2006 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:32:32 Pacific
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yes, my CD-ROM is the first on the list
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Response Number 8
Name: brokenchild468 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:50:04 Pacific
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Do you have the chance to hit F8 and bring up the boot menu? If this works pick safe mode and see if you can boot.
-freddy
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Response Number 9
Name: Alexey2006 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:51:56 Pacific
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no that doesnt work either.. Could that be a Hard drive Problem? I dont think so, because i still see the Windows logo just before the restart.
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Response Number 10
Name: Alexey2006 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:53:37 Pacific
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sorry, i ment i can see the Boot menu, but it still wont boot in a safe mode
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Response Number 11
Name: street1 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:57:55 Pacific
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In response 4,I was trying to lead you to making a floppy disk bootable set of floppies for winxp.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994
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Response Number 12
Name: Alexey2006 Date: March 9, 2006 at 15:58:19 Pacific
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Alright guys, i went to my neighbout and made a Boot Disk, guess what? Still doesnt work, basically i get a message, that i should take the floppy out, and then push any key for a restart... Aint working after a restart either
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Response Number 13
Name: Alexey2006 Date: March 9, 2006 at 16:07:28 Pacific
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street1, thanks im making the disks now at my neighbours place
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Response Number 14
Name: Bichote Date: March 10, 2006 at 04:14:03 Pacific
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sounds like a boot sector virus...or your MFT is screwed up.also sounds like you have an unpatched machine...there was the worm last year or so that infected machine's LSASS.exe and caused it to shutdown, then when they booted back up, they just kept rebooting...did you get an error message before this rebooting happened that your machine was shutting down for no reason?...
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