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470628 2006-07-13 23:31:00 Ok i had this problem befor so i bought a new hard drive and re insatlled windows but now it its doing it again when i start up my computer it loads fine i log into windows and in less then 50 seconds it will restart and do the same thing over and when i try to bott in safe mode it wont let me highlight boot in safe mood or press enter so is there any way i can fix this with out buying a new hard drive or re installing windows ? any answers since i wont be able to check back in the forum very much email them to me at jason_jannack@hotmail.com jason5578 (10717)
470629 2006-07-13 23:36:00 IT'S SILLY to buy a new hard drive and reinstall windoze without firstly actually checkign if the harddrive is faulty....... drcspy (146)
470630 2006-07-13 23:58:00 well do you have anything that will help ? jason5578 (10717)
470631 2006-07-14 00:17:00 identify the type of drive........seagate/western digital/whatever then goto the manufacturers site and download and run their diagnostic.....

when you say windows restarts do you get any kind of message or does it just shutdown all by itself and if so does it just suddenly poweroff ?.......after this does it restart ok or do you have troubles ?............it maybe worth lookin at the motherboard to check fi any of the capacitors are starting to bulge on the tops cause that'll certainly cause similar probs.......could also be your powersupply
drcspy (146)
470632 2006-07-14 00:26:00 Have you opened up the case and looked at the capacitors on the motherboard?
I had problems of random re-booting over several months, then finally the machine would not boot up at all.
5 caps on the motherboard had fluid oozing out of them.
It's a known problem:
Bad Caps (en.wikipedia.org)
TideMan (4279)
470633 2006-07-14 02:24:00 Bad caps (been there, done that!) is good to check for but it doesn't seem to explain why you can't get into Safe Mode . The bad news is that it could be any one of many things which could well mean that a forum solution may not be readily available/possible .

Assuming you use XP (good idea to give this info when posting) you should turn off the auto start at system failure . This allows the blue screen info to stay on the screen . Rt click My Computer/Properties/Advanced/Startup and Recovery Settings . At System Failure, uncheck Automatically Restart, then reboot .

If you get blue screens, note what the STOP error is and repost .

You should also check the system Application and System logs in case there are indicative errors there . (Rt click My Computer/Manage/Event Viewer) .
linw (53)
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