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when i turn my pc on it stops at black screen with all types of numbers and settings i guess.. it tells me to hit contol, alt and delete or something but it just goes back to the same screen, when i hit f11 real quick to start windows in that route , when the windowsxp logo comes up and soon as the little information bar gets to the end the very first time , my computer just shuts off completely, then back to the same beginning.. before this problem got this bad, my computer used to just shut off in the middle of a game or song,. also ive ONLY been working offline with just games and alot of pics and music.. i havnt had internet in a year or so before this problem so i dont think its a bug or virus, fron online.. please help me with any info on this

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A concise, practical guide for and anyone else who hits the same symptoms (XP progress bar reaches the end, then the machine powers off): this most often points to hardware failure (power supply, overheating, failed caps, bad RAM or a dying drive) rather than a simple Windows bug. Reinstalling will only help after the hardware side is ruled out, and formatting now risks permanent data loss.

First priorities (in order):

  • Protect data: remove the hard drive and copy important files to another PC (use a SATA/IDE-to-USB adapter or connect as a secondary drive). If that isn’t possible, boot a Live USB/CD (Windows PE or Linux live) and copy files to an external disk.
  • Quick hardware triage: power off and unplug, open the case, reseat RAM sticks and the video card, remove dust and confirm fans spin. Try booting with one RAM stick at a time and with nonessential cards/drives disconnected. Listen for HDD clicking or unusual capacitor bulging on the motherboard.
  • If the machine will boot from CD, use the Windows XP install CD’s Recovery Console and try repairs before formatting. Common Recovery Console commands:
    chkdsk /r
fixboot
fixmbr
bootcfg /rebuild

Notes about formatting and boot media:

  • The BIOS itself cannot format a drive. The BIOS only sets boot order. To format and reinstall, boot from a Windows XP install disc or manufacturer recovery media and choose the partition-format option in Setup (choose NTFS; a full format is safer if the drive may have errors). As suggested, recovery or install media is what’s needed for a fresh install.
  • For Safe Mode use F8 at boot (F11 is often a vendor recovery shortcut on some machines). If the PC shuts completely off during the XP load, that behavior strengthens the case for PSU/thermal/hardware faults — fix those before a reinstall.

If hardware checks pass and Recovery Console fixes fail, a clean install is reasonable — but only after backing up data and confirming a healthy PSU, RAM and drive.

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also i think i was in the middle of a system restore and it shut,.. im almost sure that was the last time before it actually connected.

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you have to try with recovery cds provided by the manufactures or the one created by you .
for ease purpose just format once again and install fresh operating system

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how do i format? all i get is the boot menue and bios settings, can i format from there?

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