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Thread ID: 73221	2006-10-11 23:09:00	blue screen when windows loading	Jimmy D (2061)	Press F1

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490831	2006-10-11 23:09:00	I have a computer that restarts itself as its on the 'loading windows xp' screen, i can see the blue screen for a split secord before it restarts, then it does it again and again and never gets past the loading windows xp screen without restarting, i thought it may be the ram so i ran memtest on it over night and returned no errors. i tried putting a different hdd in it that has xp on it and it loads into windows fine so is it the hdd that's causing this problem? is it possible that a sector has gone that has some of the windows startup files on it so it fails to load into windows? how could i fix this? which files should i replace? will i have to do a reformat? is this a common problem? maybe a virus? i've found this link (support.microsoft.com) that may be related to my problem but it still doesn't solve it, it just tells me to install another copy of windows so i can set in the registry to turn autoreboot off so i can read the error, but from experience the error doesnt really tell you a hell of a lot, unless it's going to tell me that some files are missing? which do you think would be the quickest way to solve this problem? cheers Jimmy D	Jimmy D (2061)
490832	2006-10-11 23:56:00	Have you tried loading windows in safe mode?	kennie (10559)
490833	2006-10-12 00:05:00	yes sorry, it doesnt work either	Jimmy D (2061)
490834	2006-10-12 00:23:00	Ok... you will need to do a repair install of windows then	kennie (10559)
490835	2006-10-12 00:59:00	If you don't have any important data that you can't lose, I would suggest you to perform a clean install of your OS in this case. Your Windows files have most likely been corrupted. It's good to reinstall XP after 1 - 2 years. It runs faster, too. Take this opportunity to clean up your HDD.:D	bk T (215)
490836	2006-10-12 20:08:00	alrighty, cheers :)	Jimmy D (2061)
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