reinstalling xp

[susiebeth]

I am reinstalling Windows XP and I get to the 3rd or 4th boot disk and get a
message that a file is corrupted. I started from scratch the first time it
happened.

Both times I got an error message, I have to shut down.

When I start the computer up again, I get the following message:

Alert! Previous shutdown due to thermal event.

What does that mean?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

"themal" = "temperature", excessively warm, hot, see toasty. One or more
components in your computer is overheating and the computer is shutting down
to protect your data. This is known as a Bad Thing and you need to remedy
it. You need to identify the overheating component and fix the problem. It
can be improperly applied thermal paste (or none) when replacing a cpu,
failure of a cooling fan, or simply the need for more fans or even a
thermally advantaged computer case. If you are overclocking you have gone
too far.

 

[susiebeth]

Thank you for your information. I will look into that. I hope I didn't ignore
it for too long.
The next question is that, providing that I didn't do harm by retrying,
could there be other problems associated with the heat up?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Your computer might stop running entirely.

Thank you for your information. I will look into that. I hope I didn't
ignore
it for too long.
The next question is that, providing that I didn't do harm by retrying,
could there be other problems associated with the heat up?

 

[efray]

Thank you so much for your advice. Thankfully, the problem was layers and
layers of dust inside the unit. I was able to get it cleaned out and am
having no problems whatsoever.