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Problem : My computer restarts every time its turned on right after the windows xp screen is finished. (the black screen with the little bar at the bottom) It's been like this for like 4 months and its just really startin to make me mad. I'm not a big computer guy and I dont know what the deal with it is. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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1) The last time i was on it AVG had found a virus so i sent it to the virus vault and it told me to restart so the changes would take place and every since i've been having this restart problem.

2) My hard drive is pretty small. It might have had around 50 KB ish free.

3) I know I could possibly reformat it but then I lose all my precious music I need,


Any suggestions / tips / whatever... i'm desperate. :sad:

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Given 's note that AVG quarantined something and the drive had almost no free space, the most likely culprits are a botched removal of a system file, or Windows failing because the disk is essentially full. and raised restore/scanning ideas — those are useful — but first protect the music and other irreplaceable files before trying repairs.

If possible, remove the drive or boot the PC from a live USB/CD (a Linux live image or a rescue environment) and copy the Music folder to an external drive. If another PC is available, a USB-to-SATA adapter lets you copy files safely. Do the backup first; do not run heavy repair tools on a drive that might be failing until data is copied.

After files are safe, gather diagnostics you can act on: disable automatic restart on system failure (press F8 at boot and choose that option) so a blue-screen code can be read. That STOP code points to a specific class of problem. From a recovery console or rescue environment run chkdsk /r to repair filesystem errors, boot a memtest86+ USB to check RAM, and check the drive’s SMART status with a vendor utility. A bootable antivirus rescue disk can find and remove rootkits that a normal Windows scan misses.

If SMART or chkdsk reports unrecoverable sectors, replace the drive and restore from the copy. If freeing space and removing malware fixes the boot, keep an image/backup and consider a clean reinstall to remove lingering damage. If any step feels risky, a local technician can prioritize safe data recovery and hardware checks.

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Try going to safe mode by pressing F8 before you see the Windows XP Logo then choose Safe Mode and then go to Start, Accessories, System Tools then click on System restore and try that. You can also try running a virus scan while you are there. Otherwise you could try a Repair Install of Windows by booting from Windows CD then pressing R to try and repair.

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Before you try a system restore I would suggest that you run your AVG in the safe mode. AVG is good for what it was designed to do, but I would also scan with , Ad-Aware, and A-squared.

As for doing a system restore, I would suggest trying last known good configuration first.

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