I own an Averatec 33200 series laptop running Windows XP SP2. When shut-down and move the laptop, i.e., travel with it, it seems to have boot loop problem. It boots to the desktop and after loading some of the desktop icons, and some of the taskbar icons, it either reboots, or goes to a black screen with no error messages. This continues, until I use F8 and use the “last known configuration” option. It then boots normally until I shut-down and move again (go home or different location). I have to repeat the recovery procedure. It did not have this problem when I first bought it.
I do use the hibernation feature but now I shut down to get a restore point that is not too old.
At home this laptop is part of a wireless network. Should I disconnect from the network before shut-down and travel??? Did not have to do this when computer was new. This laptop three years old.
Use AVG free, Ad-Aware, Eusing registry cleaner (not often) Corel Office, but primarily Internet (ADSL) and e-mail, using IE and Outlook Express.
Do I have a bad boot sector, or something else is corrupt?