ChatterBank1 min ago
pc reboots at start up.
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My pc is rebooting before it manages to get onto the windows screen. It doesn't do it every time, sometimes it can go weeks with out doing it. What happens is i switch it on and everything a[[ears to be ok then before it actually gets to my windows desktop it re-boots then goes in to the improper shut down screen. I have no i dea why it would do this and i always shut it down as normal. The PC is less than a year old from dell, any ideas what could be wrong?
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Its process of elimination i'm afraid, if you have your Windows disk (unlikely from Dell) ok thats not going to work.
Whats the specs of the pc first then i'll try and help ya out. I love troubleshooting random stuff.
Its process of elimination i'm afraid, if you have your Windows disk (unlikely from Dell) ok thats not going to work.
Whats the specs of the pc first then i'll try and help ya out. I love troubleshooting random stuff.
Do you ever get error msgs like the one shown here?
http://www.thecomputerforums.co.uk/f55/bsod-be ing-sod-4411/
http://www.thecomputerforums.co.uk/f55/bsod-be ing-sod-4411/
i was going to say that if you have the XP disc, pop it in the drive and close down anything that pops up
Then go to Start then Run then type cmd then press enter.
A black screen will pop up with a flashing cursor, now type
sfc/scannow
This will take the corrupted system files on your pc, away and replace them with the clean files on the Xp disc in the drive.
If that works, then cool, if not post back.
Then go to Start then Run then type cmd then press enter.
A black screen will pop up with a flashing cursor, now type
sfc/scannow
This will take the corrupted system files on your pc, away and replace them with the clean files on the Xp disc in the drive.
If that works, then cool, if not post back.
Also try going into Safe Mode and choose Last Known Good Configuration like is shown in the link.
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z144/Wolfey moles-Pics/lastknowngoodconfig.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z144/Wolfey moles-Pics/lastknowngoodconfig.jpg