Hi all I am try to repair a computer for a friend, the problem is that when its boots up it gets to post then the windows logo and then reboots itself. I can only get into the bios. I cant boot off the xp pro cd the computer wont let me. Any ideas .
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Jump to PostHi desmondo,
You might have a memory conflict issue or bad memory. If you are not getting any error messages than you might try reseating your memory chips and also since you are able to get into the bios I would suggest that you reset your bios settings back to …
Jump to PostHit F8 repeatedly at boot up and choose Safe Mode or Last Known Good Configuration
Jump to Posthey there
have a closer look at event viewer in safe mode.In event viewer under system applet go see if theres any warnings and post results. prob sounds hardware related but event viewer should indicate
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