serious problem, help ASAP

[imported_tarang]

whenever i start my PC it reaches till the windows xp loading screen but after that it restarts again and same thing happens.
can anyone help me with it?

thanx in adv.

[saurabh.sauron]

chk ur SMPS fan and RAM. they might be the culprits.

[imported_tarang]

i checked it that all things are fine. any other way out?

[phatratt]

try to boot in safe mode.the problem could be either with the hardware(ram,smps) or with the os(corrupted)

[satyamy]

try running it in safe mode if dosent solved after that than tell us

[Techinator]

it happened with my friends comp. it figured out to be virus problem. I had to format the comp to gt it right. it was figured that it was virus coz this happened on his comp twice and the second time the antivirus gave a warning and my friend ignored at and on next restart the problem happened agian. so again formated...

GOOD LUCK...

[imported_tarang]

i tried safe mode but the same thing no improvement
i also did fixmbr and fixboot with recovery consol but no progress
i think it might be virus.
any onther idea?

[yashved]

Originally Posted by imported_tarang

i tried safe mode but the same thing no improvement
i also did fixmbr and fixboot with recovery consol but no progress
i think it might be virus.
any onther idea?

Try disabling the auto restart from System Properties>Advanced Tab>Start and Recovery Settings.

[imported_tarang]

but i cannot reach till the windows. it reboots just after the loading screen

[vysakh]

have u installed any bootscreen changer or anything like that ?
or have u edited the boot.ini file ?

[mod-the-pc]

@imported_tarang try booting into LKGC ( Last Known Good Configuration ) and let us know

[Techinator]

if it is what i am guessing even LKGC wont work.
while formatting my friend's comp both the times i found that windows xp installer while giving option of partitioning was not able to recognize the file system of C: . it was showing it as unknown. it might be a virus which has corrupted the file system.


what you can do is try installing some small linux distro and try to save your data by mounting your partitions into linux... i hv not tried it but it might work.

[imported_tarang]

no i havent touched anything like boot.ini file
i was doin my normal work and i kept sometin for downloading and left it as it is. after i came back i saw that windows is restarting again and again.
i think of it as virus attack. if anyone can tell me how do i remove it without formating the HDD, i will be thankful ?

[imported_tarang]

i tried every option in from the screen we get after pressing f8. but the same thing.
and when i try to install OS with XP bootable CD it works fine. it shows 2 partitions i have.
i just dont want to format my HDD.

[ramprasad]

Check the IDE cables that connect the HDD and mobo, for me that was the problem

[sakumar79]

Have you tried repairing your installation? Boot with the WinXP CD and select Repair at the second time (the first time is for Repair with Recovery Console, dont go there)... For detailed instructions, check out http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - read instructions carefully there...

As mentioned there, it will be necessary to install updates again after this, so have a copy of SP2 and the latest autopatcher in hand...

Arun