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:eek: I closed my interbrowser (IE :rolleyes: ) and then my pc rebooted and will not do anything else. I can not even boot into safe mode, it just reboots. HELP!!!!! :o I am runing WP sp2 HP 1.9 Intel

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The boot log stopping at the IOMEGA device is a key clue. First step is to remove that device and all other nonessential peripherals (USB/FireWire drives, hubs, printers). A misbehaving external drive or a removable-media device can hang POST or the Windows loader and prevent Safe Mode. With only the main hard drive, keyboard and mouse attached, retry a boot so the system can either POST or present any error screens.

Check BIOS/boot behavior before doing anything destructive. Confirm the BIOS sees the main hard disk and that the HDD is first in the boot order (or use the one-time boot menu). From the Windows boot options (F8) choose "Disable automatic restart on system failure" or "Last Known Good Configuration" to capture a STOP code instead of an instant reboot. If the boot reaches Windows long enough, enabling boot logging will create ntbtlog.txt in the Windows folder for diagnosis.

If the machine still reboots early, isolate hardware: remove extra drives and cards, reseat or swap RAM sticks (try one stick in a different slot), check for motherboard capacitors that look swollen, and verify fans/PSU operation and beep codes. If optical/floppy media refused to boot earlier, verify the media is actually bootable and test it on another PC — often the problem is the media or BIOS boot order, not Windows itself.

Data preservation is critical before a factory restore (as warned, that will wipe programs and files). If files matter, remove the drive and attach it to another PC or an external enclosure to copy data and run antivirus scans from a healthy machine. If minimal-hardware tests and disconnecting the IOMEGA device still leave the system unbootable, a controlled Recovery Console repair or professional diagnostic service is the safest next step.

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Can you start up the computer or does it immediately shut back down after you start it up. If you can, Download HJT from here and extract the file to it own folder such as C:/HJT. Run the program and do a system scan. When its finished click on save log. It will open a notpad file, copy and paste the contents into you next post. Thank you.

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All it will do is reboot. I tryed to reboot in SAFE MODE but it just reboots. It does log the files that are opening but stop when it gets to my IOMEGA drive. ( Never happened before). I've tryed to boot off my floopy and the CD but no success.

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Im not sure how to fix this. Try posting another thread cant start up computer or something similar and see if you get any replies if you dont have anything important on the computer you should consider a complete system restore. (See below)

Do a complete system restore. Find the Disk your computer came with it should be labeled system restore. Turn off your computer put the disk in and turn it back on it willl run through some steps and reboot or ask you to insert the second disk if you have two. once its done your computer will be back to the way it was when you first bought it. WARNING--doing this will cause you to lose all programs added since you bought the computer.

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