Windows will not start up!

[Guest]

Hi all,

I have Windows XP Pro but lately it has problems starting up.

When I open my computer, it shows a BIOS message then the Windows XP splash
screen. But after a few seconds, my computer restarts. So then I tried
booting in Safe Mode and tried to use System Restore but it said something
like, "System restore is unable to protect your computer. Please restart and
try again." So I restarted and booted in Safe mode but it still said that
message when I opened System Restore.

Is there a solution where I can boot my normal Windows without the system
restarting on the splash screen?



Thank you for reading this.

 

[databaseben]

while in safemode
make emergency repair disks,
since you may not have any now.
before burning/ejecting be
sure to copy over to them
these files from the hd

fixmbr
fixboot

store the above in a safe
place for a rainy day when the
pc no longer functions. Then
some additional options:

while in safe mode
open a command windows
and initiate: chkdsk /f

while in safe mode
open a command window
and initiate: fixmbr

[to open a command
windows run: cmd ]

 

[Malke]

while in safemode
make emergency repair disks,
since you may not have any now.
before burning/ejecting be
sure to copy over to them
these files from the hd

fixmbr
fixboot

store the above in a safe
place for a rainy day when the
pc no longer functions. Then
some additional options:

while in safe mode
open a command windows
and initiate: chkdsk /f

while in safe mode
open a command window
and initiate: fixmbr

[to open a command
windows run: cmd ]

None of the above addresses the OP's problem. Also, please fix your word
wrap. I see that you are using OE so you must have some control over this.
Standard word wrapping for newsgroup articles is 72 or 76 characters. Your
posts look like free verse and are difficult to read.

Malke

 

[Malke]

Hi all,

I have Windows XP Pro but lately it has problems starting up.

When I open my computer, it shows a BIOS message then the Windows XP
splash screen. But after a few seconds, my computer restarts. So then I
tried booting in Safe Mode and tried to use System Restore but it said
something like, "System restore is unable to protect your computer. Please
restart and try again." So I restarted and booted in Safe mode but it
still said that message when I opened System Restore.

Is there a solution where I can boot my normal Windows without the system
restarting on the splash screen?

We don't really have enough information to give you focused help, so let's
start trying to narrow down the cause.

A. The first thing to do is to disable the automatic restart so you can get
a "Blue Screen of Death". This blue screen will have a Stop Error on it.
Carefully write down the Stop Error and research it here:

http://www.aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

After you've done that, if you need more help with the Stop Error, post back
with the Error and what you found on the site above.

To disable the automatic restarting, Control Panel>System>Advanced>Startup
and Recovery>Settings and under System Failure uncheck "Automatically
Restart".

B. The next thing to do is to consider The First Question Of
Troubleshooting - what changed between the time things worked and the time
they didn't? Did you add any hardware or software? Update any drivers? Etc.

C. When you do post back, first look at this site which will show you what
details to include in the post:

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

An example of why including details about your computer is important is that
I would approach the problem differently for a 5-year-old machine that was
upgraded from WinME and a 1-year-old Dell that came with XP preinstalled.

Malke

 

[databaseben]

and my valid response is
that you are arrogant
mr or ms Malke at (e-mail address removed)
as my response was not for you
nor did i ask for your opinion.


if you check your own
credentials and crediability
they are "not really and invalid"

in the future, only respond to
your own threads mr invalid.com

while in safemode
make emergency repair disks,
since you may not have any now.
before burning/ejecting be
sure to copy over to them
these files from the hd

fixmbr
fixboot

store the above in a safe
place for a rainy day when the
pc no longer functions. Then
some additional options:

while in safe mode
open a command windows
and initiate: chkdsk /f

while in safe mode
open a command window
and initiate: fixmbr

[to open a command
windows run: cmd ]

None of the above addresses the OP's problem. Also, please fix your word
wrap. I see that you are using OE so you must have some control over this.
Standard word wrapping for newsgroup articles is 72 or 76 characters. Your
posts look like free verse and are difficult to read.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Malke]

and my valid response is
that you are arrogant
mr or ms Malke at (e-mail address removed)
as my response was not for you
nor did i ask for your opinion.

Well, you are posting on Usenet so you have to expect other people to
comment on your posts. Sorry if it hurt your feelings. You'll notice that I
was careful not to stoop to personal insults - as you did. Grow up and
learn how to post on Usenet, or don't post. If you don't want to read my
posts, killfile me. The only reason I don't plonk you is because you give
bad advice and you might lead some poor poster astray.

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics of
Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

How to Post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Malke

 

[databaseben]

my feelings are not hurt. Far be it
that someone with a phony
email address can hurt my feelings.

when you get a real email address
instead of one that you hide behind,
then I might take your advice under
consideration....

However, when it comes
time for me to ask for some advice or help
I will ask the professionals, including those
who may not have a professional title
but always help others with professionalism,
without prejudice and adverse criticism. And
if someone wants to provide bad advice or
criticism instead of helpful advice, I will
simply disregard it and look for the answers
elsewhere...

until then, instead of trying to
play smart to me, try to be
smart for people with the questions
and direct your answers to them.

 

[R. McCarty]

Munging ( taking a valid email and adding characters to make it invalid )
is a standard practice. It's done to prevent address harvesting Bots from
picking up your email address and distributing SPAM to your account.
Most times a human reading the address can quickly discern what was
added to create an invalid address.

Malke's suggestion ( not a criticism ) was proper. Just as ALL CAPS is
hard to read, short line length is also difficult to follow. It would just
be
a courtesy to us all to conform to more conventional formatting.

 

[databaseben]

bots are not the problem
just the excuse

and these so called fears and practices against
bots are common
among persons like yourselves
and not the rest of the populous who
use anti spam tools that are widely available.

in regards to so called courtesies -
it is unfortunate that there is some
belief that I owe anyone anything.

I take an opportunity from my valuable time
to provide a little help from experience
and with the following types:

first, the courtesy to provide some helpful
advise for those seeking some.

secondly, the courtesy
of advising people who
suffer from know-it-all-ism
to keep their criticism about me close
to their back pocket and near
the source.

thirdly, the courtesy of not
criticizing others and their
information whether its viable
or not.

and finally, the courtesy of
not responding at all.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"my response was not for you"
Incorrect.
Since you posted on this public newsgroup your post is for anyone and
everyone that chooses to read it.
If you want to post something and intend it not for others, it is up to you
to post in a place others can not see.
Whether you like it or not, the way you format your posts make it difficult
for many to read.
When posts are difficult to read, many simply skip them because there are
other posts that are not a problem.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org

and my valid response is
that you are arrogant
mr or ms Malke at (e-mail address removed)
as my response was not for you
nor did i ask for your opinion.


if you check your own
credentials and crediability
they are "not really and invalid"

in the future, only respond to
your own threads mr invalid.com

while in safemode
make emergency repair disks,
since you may not have any now.
before burning/ejecting be
sure to copy over to them
these files from the hd

fixmbr
fixboot

store the above in a safe
place for a rainy day when the
pc no longer functions. Then
some additional options:

while in safe mode
open a command windows
and initiate: chkdsk /f

while in safe mode
open a command window
and initiate: fixmbr

[to open a command
windows run: cmd ]

None of the above addresses the OP's problem. Also, please fix your word
wrap. I see that you are using OE so you must have some control over
this.
Standard word wrapping for newsgroup articles is 72 or 76 characters.
Your
posts look like free verse and are difficult to read.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"bots are not the problem"
Bots are a problem and they are real, more to some than others.
Perhaps for now they are not much for you, but you are not the rest and you
do not represent the rest.
Your belief that bots are "just the excuse" is an example of a very narrow
view that you are either unaware of or ignoring other factors.

 

[databaseben]

who cares....

"my response was not for you"
Incorrect.
Since you posted on this public newsgroup your post is for anyone and
everyone that chooses to read it.
If you want to post something and intend it not for others, it is up to
you to post in a place others can not see.
Whether you like it or not, the way you format your posts make it
difficult for many to read.
When posts are difficult to read, many simply skip them because there are
other posts that are not a problem.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org

and my valid response is
that you are arrogant
mr or ms Malke at (e-mail address removed)
as my response was not for you
nor did i ask for your opinion.


if you check your own
credentials and crediability
they are "not really and invalid"

in the future, only respond to
your own threads mr invalid.com

databaseben wrote:

while in safemode
make emergency repair disks,
since you may not have any now.
before burning/ejecting be
sure to copy over to them
these files from the hd

fixmbr
fixboot

store the above in a safe
place for a rainy day when the
pc no longer functions. Then
some additional options:

while in safe mode
open a command windows
and initiate: chkdsk /f

while in safe mode
open a command window
and initiate: fixmbr

[to open a command
windows run: cmd ]

None of the above addresses the OP's problem. Also, please fix your word
wrap. I see that you are using OE so you must have some control over
this.
Standard word wrapping for newsgroup articles is 72 or 76 characters.
Your
posts look like free verse and are difficult to read.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[databaseben]

who cares and so what

those are not my problems...

 

[Gordon]

who cares and so what

those are not my problems...

Arrogant sod.
plonk!

 

[databaseben]

your just another one with
nothing useful to provide
for the o.p.....

 

[Caroline Fiend]

When posts are difficult to read, many simply skip them because there are
other posts that are not a problem.

But you seem to be able to read every word irrespective of "difficult to
read" or not! If you can read them then there is no problem unless you
take the trouble to read every posts to make big fuss out of nothing!

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

I never said I could not read the post.
Being difficult to read is not the same as unable to read.
Difficult is a problem for some.

However you seem to have missed another part of my post
"many simply skip them"

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

and my valid response is
that you are arrogant
mr or ms Malke at (e-mail address removed)
as my response was not for you
nor did i ask for your opinion.

If you really want to be a productive and useful member of this or *any*
newsgroup, you need to learn how newsgroups work. No response is for a
single person alone, and it doesn't matter whether you ask for anyone's
opinion. *Everyone* here is free to join any thread, and to comment on any
message anyone else posts.

in the future, only respond to
your own threads mr invalid.com

Malke doesn't have her *own* threads. *Nobody* here has his own threads.
Threads aren't owned by anybody, and the whole point of newsgroups is that
we share the environment and are all free to comment on any thread we would
like to.

This is a public place. When you say something in a public place, *expect*
to have others comment on what you say. If you're correct, others may chime
in to agree with you. If you're incorrect, expect to get corrected. If it's
not a matter of right or wrong, but one of opinion, *expect* others to
express different opinions.

This is the very nature of newsgroups. It's good, not bad. It means that
anything any of us posts is subject to scrutiny by everyone else here.
That's good because it protects someone looking for help from getting bad
information. It's good because it gives different opinions and lets them
choose which they think is best. It's also good because if any of us makes a
mistake and gets corrected, we have the opportunity to learn something new.
I hate to make a mistake when I post a message here, but if I do, I not only
expect to, but *want* to, get corrected. If I don't get corrected, I will go
on believing the wrong thing. And like everyone else here, I am not perfect,
don't know everything, and occasionally make a mistake.

If you don't want others to comment on your messages, make them in private,
as personal E-mail. If you post to the newsgroup, expect that others may
comment whenever they want to. Whether to comment on a post is *our* choice,
not yours. Either accept that as the rest of us do, or go your own way and
be a pariah.

I don't know how old you are, but my guess is that you're a teenager. You
clearly have some growing up to do.

I am probably wasting my (figurative) breath, and your response will be that
I am hiding behind my fake E-mail address. So be it.

 

[Daave]

and my valid response is
that you are arrogant
mr or ms Malke at (e-mail address removed)
as my response was not for you
nor did i ask for your opinion.


if you check your own
credentials and crediability
they are "not really and invalid"

in the future, only respond to
your own threads mr invalid.com

Ben, accepted practices and netiquette have been long established for
Usenet. You are choosing to write in what resembles e.e. cummings (word
wrap drastically too short and lack of capital letters). And those of us
who feel so compelled are choosing to express our dissatisfaction; your
posts *are* more difficult to read that way.

Start treating the Usenet community with more respect (i.e., following
convention, using proper Net etiquette, and behaving in a more mature
manner), and we will respond in kind.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

who cares....

Almost everyone but you.

You'll be gone soon because you'll be in everyone's killfile and you
won't get any replies.