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I had this problem yesterday when my lil sis wanyed to watch a movie and i accodently took out the computers cable when it started it went ro safe mode, start windows normally, and etc. So i tried them all but it reboots back on restarting to the same problem
Please help me
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After an unexpected power cut while Windows XP was starting a movie, the machine cycling back to the same boot choices usually means either the OS cannot complete initialization (corrupt boot or system files) or a hardware component is failing. already tried the visible boot options; , , and have suggested several OS-side fixes and BIOS checks. Before attempting repairs, preserve the user data and narrow the fault to hardware vs. software.

Priority one: copy any important files off the drive. Boot a live USB (for example, an Ubuntu Desktop live image) and copy the entire user profile and any program data to an external disk. This step avoids losing irreplaceable files if the drive is failing or you later need to reformat.

Run targeted hardware diagnostics next. Use a dedicated RAM tester (memtest86) to check memory; let it complete multiple full passes. Check the hard drive’s SMART indicators from a rescue environment to spot reallocated sectors or pending failures. From a Linux live session you can run a quick SMART query, for example:

smartctl -a /dev/sda

If memtest reports errors, test one module at a time or swap sticks. If SMART shows failing attributes, clone the disk to a healthy drive before doing any repairs or writes.

If the PC reboots too quickly to read errors, extract Windows crash dumps once the drive is mounted. Look for C:\Windows\Minidump and C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP; the STOP code and driver listed in a dump point strongly to the root cause. If hardware checks are clean but dumps implicate a driver, remove the recently added hardware/drivers first. If hardware is faulty, replace the bad part before trying OS repairs. After data rescue and diagnostics, proceed to OS repair or reinstall (see ’s advice in the thread) or get professional recovery help if data is critical.

Helpful tools: memtest86, Ubuntu Live Desktop.

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Member Avatar for GrimJack

A little more information would help - what OS are you running? Restarting to what same problem?

Member Avatar for Choco619

its windows xp

Member Avatar for Choco619

Its like it goes to the same process of rebooting

Member Avatar for GrimJack

You mean it constantly reboots? Have you tried hitting F8 during boot up and choosing "last successful boot" <or whatever the question is>? In safe mode, have you ran Start/Run/msconfig - here are some tips that might help

Member Avatar for gerbil

choco, if all the sys does is restart whatever mode you choose to run Windows in from the choices menu then I am afraid that your only real option is to run a Windows Repair from an XP installation cd. during Setup ignore the first option to repair with the Recovery console, instead hit Enter and follow on to Repair yur chosen OS.
When Windows will not start at all there is no other magic bullet to find and cure the actual problem.

Member Avatar for caperjack

and i accodently took out the computers cable

by cable do you mean the electrical cord !
if so it meant the computer shut down without saving settings ,I have successfully fixed this problem many times by booting to a windows xp cd and choosing "R" for recovery consul, and in there at the prompt type in CHKDSK /F , it F does nothing try it with /R

Member Avatar for printrobin

You can try this
> Press F5 > Hit Last known good configuration.
I think this will help.
Or try going to BIOS and Optimized Defaults. and Restart.

Member Avatar for caperjack

You can try this
> Press F5 > Hit Last known good configuration.
I think this will help.
Or try going to BIOS and Optimized Defaults. and Restart.

quoter from first post !
started it went to safe mode, start windows normally, and etc. So i tried them all ,but !

Member Avatar for gerbil

Ahem....
***In Windows OS:
C:\Documents and Settings\XXXX>chkdsk /?
Checks a disk and displays a status report.
CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]]

volume : Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name.
filename : FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation.
/F Fixes errors on the disk.
/V On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file on the disk. On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.
/R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /F).

***In Recovery Console:
chkdsk [drive:] [/p] [/r]

Parameters
Used without parameters, chkdsk displays the status of the disk in the current drive.
drive: Specifies the drive that you want chkdsk to check.
/p Performs an exhaustive check even if the drive is not marked for chkdsk to run. This parameter does not make any changes to the drive.
/r Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information. Implies /p.

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