XP WILL NOT BOOT --> I know this has been asked but my situation is strange

[Guest]

This is the third time this has happened to me. The first time I ran Windows repair and it solved it. The second time I ran windows repair and it shutdown in the muiddle of repair and then I ran repair again and it worked. This time I have tried repair, safe mode, and last good config and they all shut down in progress. The thing is it seems the longer I leave my computer off the further it gets in the boot process. For example I left my computer off for 3 days came back and just tried to start it and I got all the way on and was happy. But it said my ATI Radeon Pro 9800 was not responding or something, so I ran the update driver and software install and then restarted it to get it working but it just shutdown again. If I try to boot up right after another it doesnt get to the log on screen, but if I wait a day it gets to the log on screen and even lets me enter a password, but doesnt get any further than that. SO it seems that my computer has to build up energy to work properly. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated and if you are unable to come up with a solution can you please tell me how to clear my hard drive (format) and reinstall windows and start from scratch....Thank you in advance.

 

[David Jones]

Is it possible your computer is overheating?
Can you give us any details about your hardware?

-----Original Message-----
This is the third time this has happened to me. The

first time I ran Windows repair and it solved it. The
second time I ran windows repair and it shutdown in the
muiddle of repair and then I ran repair again and it
worked. This time I have tried repair, safe mode, and
last good config and they all shut down in progress. The
thing is it seems the longer I leave my computer off the
further it gets in the boot process. For example I left
my computer off for 3 days came back and just tried to
start it and I got all the way on and was happy. But it
said my ATI Radeon Pro 9800 was not responding or
something, so I ran the update driver and software
install and then restarted it to get it working but it
just shutdown again. If I try to boot up right after
another it doesnt get to the log on screen, but if I wait
a day it gets to the log on screen and even lets me enter
a password, but doesnt get any further than that. SO it
seems that my computer has to build up energy to work
properly. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
and if you are unable to come up with a solution can you
please tell me how to clear my hard drive (format) and
reinstall windows and start from scratch....Thank you in
advance.

 

[Guest]

sorry i didnt mean to post this twice... im not over heating i have 4 fans a AMD 2500+ barton, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, an abit nf7-s mobo, a thermalite slk-900 heatsink,1 gig corsair ddr333 ram,a lite-on cd-rom, maxtor 120gb 7200rpm hd and this is a brand new comp.. and the other thing is that it my comp always seems to click right before it shuts down...thank u for all your help

 

[D.Currie]

sorry i didnt mean to post this twice... im not over heating i have 4 fans

a AMD 2500+ barton, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, an abit nf7-s mobo, a thermalite
slk-900 heatsink,1 gig corsair ddr333 ram,a lite-on cd-rom, maxtor 120gb
7200rpm hd and this is a brand new comp.. and the other thing is that it my
comp always seems to click right before it shuts down...thank u for all your
help

Perhaps it's time for an experiment. Open the case and listen -- see if you
can hear which component is clicking.

It could be overheating, despite the fans, if one of them is failing.

Or it could be the power supply.

Or a bad motherboard. Check for capacitors that are puffed up or leaking.