My pc is done in!!

[Fee_B77]

Every time I boot up it tells me that it has to run the check disk facility (or something) when it runs it just keeps booting up again and running the check again. The internet connection keeps failing. I've run avg, spybot, adware, cleanup and defrag as suggested by a friend but all to no avail. Any suggestions (other than the bin) would be gratefully received

Cheers
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[puzzlesRus]

Don't quite follow - If the PC goes into an endless rebooting loop, how are you able to run applications ?

[Fee_B77]

You can "press any button to cancel check" so I have to so I can access the pc.

[defenstrate]

the reason it could be rebooting is if it overheating, if so open the case and clean it out and make sure your fans are working

[puzzlesRus]

What operating system are you using ? If it is Win98, then try pressing and holding F8 as soon as you switch-on, so you can get to the dos prompt (c:\>)

From there, type cd\windows\system\command and press ENTER. Then type chkdsk followed by enter. Does the program run correctly, without rebooting ?

[Fee_B77]

Hiya, sorry if I haven't made myself quite clear. Not very good at this malarkey. The PC isn't rebooting voluntarily. When I switch it on it does the check disk thing then gets to the end of the check and it runs again over and over. If I cancel the check it boots up but my internet connection keeps failing. Every now and then I get a warning pop up that the file I'm using is corrupt and I should run the check disk facility. Can be anything from msn messenger to windows itself. I'm using Windows XP. All fully updated etc. Many thanks for your advise so far. I really do appreciate your time.

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[dustypuss]

last resort turn on pc let it finish doing it own thing. unplug pc from wall whilst it running .Your pc will not like this. turn pc on this may cure it . it sorted all my problems out. .repet a few times you got nothing to loose .please note last resort only

[pauln90]

This could be a number of things but I would first of all strongly advise that if you can access your files BACK UP everything important NOW.

The last time this happened to me - about 8 months ago it was a failing hard drive and that was only 4 months old.

It could be that something is running in the background causing windows not to load properly - such as antivirus- try to boot with this disabled - but not connected to the internet.

It could be a corrupted boot record try running the windows xp disc.Choose install not repair then choose the repair action which should tell you to use the fixboot or similar command.

have you recently downloaded any driver updates or similar that could be causing a conflict.

have you tried using system restore to revert back to atime before these problems.


finally try to go to Control panel >Performance and maintenance>Admin Tools>Event Viewer>System

Can you see any entries in red showing errors

Good luck

[puzzlesRus]

If system restore does not do the trick, you might try this:-

START>RUN type in msconfig and press ENTER

In the resultant screen, select STARTUP, then uncheck everything that's there. Reboot and assess the result. If the problem disappears, you could then repeat the procedure, putting everything back into startup, one at a time, until you find the application that is causing the problem.

[thebam]

Wipe the beast and start from scratch.That way you have a nice clean op system.;-)

[Fee_B77]

Pants!!

Won't allow me to do system restore. Won't allow me to do check disk. Still in the endless loop when I boot up unless I cancel the check. Can't find my windows disk to reformat. Looks like I'm doomed!!

Cheers for all your input people, better to have tried and failed and all that jazz.

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[filthiestfis]

Fee_b77, what happened to your PC in the end? Did you fix it or did you get yourself a new one? ;-)
I'm having problems of my own with it and its only a baby i.e. 8 months old.