XP WILL NOT BOOT UP

[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.

 

[Myron J. Mandell]

John,

This sounds like a heating problem and/or a problem with your video card.
My suggestion is that you purchase and install a new video card, and also a
can of compressed air to blow the dust out while you're in there.
Check that your fans are working.

If you want to start from scratch, easiest way is to boot from a Win98 or
WinME startup disk and use fdisk to delete all partitions.
Then boot from the XP CDROM and run setup.

Good luck,
Myron

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.