1. OS-Windows XP Home
2. Slowed, froze, blue screened.
3. Select startup, F8. Nothing worked.
4. Formatted hard drive with wipe (format disk).
5. Tried to install XP Pro.
6. Power shut off at end of loading startup files.
7. Retried several times. Finally, loaded XP Pro.
8. While loading Office, froze, blue-screened.
9. Started over, but this time with original XP Home.
10. Power continues to shut off after loading "checking system and loading startup files".
11. No battery inserted.
12. Direct power.
13. When power goes off, unplug power supply, plug back in to be able to start again.
14. Is something in the startup files triggering the power shut off?
15. Is this a software or hardware problem, or both?
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Jump to PostDid the computer turn off whilst installing XP?
Perhaps there is a problem with the hard drive. Did you reinstall XP because of being unable to boot up?
Can you tell us what the BSOD error is?There's no need to number each line.
Jump to Posttheir is a difference between loading and installing. What I am asking is does the PC turn off whilst you are installing from CD Or after the installation begins from the hard drive?
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