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hi all l have a problem booting up. l turn on the computer and it just keeps rebooting .l tryed to go into safe mode but it reboots. sometimes there is a message runtime error? can anyone help jim
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First Thing I would do is to try to run a fixboot and/or a fixmbr (fix master boot record) ,

to do this, boot to the recovery console (boot with the windows disk then at the blue screen hit "r"), then once in the recovery console, to run fixmbr (fix master boot record) , type:

fixmbr

to run fixboot type:

fixboot

If that doesn't work, you could try to repair the ntldr (the ntldr is the boot loader) and the ntdetect.com (the ntdetect.com is responsible for detecting basic hardware)

to do this, boot to the recovery console (boot with the windows disk then at the blue screen hit "r"), then once in the recovery console, type (note my CD Drive is letter D: so change this to whatever your CD Drive is and my Windows is on C: so change that drive to whatever your Windows is on):

copy D:/i386/ntldr C:
(then hit enter, if it asks you if you want to replace a file, say yes)

copy D:/i386/ntdetect.com C:
(then hit enter, if it asks you if you want to replace a file, say yes)
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thanks for your help l;ll try it and let you no what happens jim
tryed it no luck jim
clean installation

hi all how can l clean my drive and do a new installation thanks jim
Hey,

Boot into the recovery console and try the command "chkdsk /r" without the quotation marks. Also make sure that you don't have any floppy disks or memory cards in your computer, as that may cause a conflict when booting.

Regards,

Brandon
Hey,

Just another thing to try, go into BIOS and see what your CPU and MOBO temps are. It may be enitrely way TOO hot. This could be cause for rebooting as well. Try opening up the side of the case and putting a fan on it.

Regards,

Brandon
i have merged your 2 threads as they relate to one another
if you have a h/ware problem reinstalling will not fis the problem
to do a clean install you boot from the xp cd and format and install
thanks for your help l;ll getback to you jim
just did a raw clean installation everything seems to be working ok.l have xp on another small drive thats how l could keep in touch thanks jim
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