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Windows XP SP2 Constantly Rebooting!!! URGENT HELP!!!

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by bunqmusic

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Ive looked EVERYWHERE!!! its been talked about like crazy here, but im a musician i need of desperate help

My comp just keeps rebooting everytime i start it up, i cant even access safe mode, it just restarts and restarts, i dont have the original winxp cd, cause my lab never came with it, and i dont wanna loose ANY of my files by doing a system recovery, and i KNOW there has to be a way to get this fixed, so please i beg of you, can someone help me??? :[

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by bizzo

Don't know how to fix this, but in the mean time, like you said, you don't want to lose any of your files.

If you download a Knoppix CD http://www.knoppix.org/, and boot with that, you should be able to get your files off the PC.

If the machine still reboots with the boot Cd in, then it might be a hardware problem, overheating etc. In which case you could take the harddisk out, and connect it to another pc to get your files off.

Sorry I can't help further.

by jester james

Ok, when the computer starts to load, start pressing the F8 key to see if you can get to the boot menu. The Windows OS is running into a STOP error and then it defaults to automatic rebooting.

by danfitzpatrick

i found that it was a case of heat,i removed the cover, blew out the computer(carefully)
with compressed air hooked up and it ran great
may have been just luck or chance but i know that it did work for me

by magic alex

XP cd, boot from the cd and have it run the recovery option, it will just leave you at a command prompt where you can run:

chkdsk c: /r

fixed a constant reboot problem i had a while back, might work for you. The problem was a corrupt display driver which was made obvious when booting windows in verbose mode.

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