Pleas help
I need your help please.
Please ping tech support list for me.
Thank you.
Hit f8 and try to boot into Safe Mode. Computer is trying to boot obviously into Win XP and something is killing it.
If you can get into safe mode you can run msconfig and try to prevent anything from running except XP. You might just be missing a .dll or have a corrupt start up file from one of your programs.
Once you get back up and running, download CC Cleaner and use (free). If you need free antivirus - AVG is very good.
If safe mode does not work, post the type of computer or motherboard here and we’ll see what we can do.
Seems the electronic sky is falling on our friend Chickensoup... please HALP.
imho,
there should be a master thread for this and it should be prominently displayed at the top of the screen on all threads.
We have a host of folks hereon. I think doing that would minimize individual vanity threads every time one of us had a desperate need.
THANKS TO ALL who help out in this case. Your tireless efforts are Godsends to the rest of us.
buy a Mac, you will never regret it.
If it’s restarting itself even when you try to boot into safe mode, there *may* be a hardware issue. I’ve seen that with motherboard problems.
What model is it, out of curiosity?
Do you have an XP disk?
Go into safe mode then go to “system restore” and go back a day or two
Above works for Windows XP
Sounds as if your disk drive is hosed.
I went into safe mode, couldn't locate the problem...then restored to an earlier date, that worked for awhile, then problem started all over.
Finally, located that it seems to be my comcast connection. I don't know if it is the comcast receiver [unplugged and reset it several times] that is giving me the problem or if it is a comcast overall thing.
The TV lost it's signal a couple of times in this same timeframe and the laptop lost it's connection, too. [although, at no time did the laptop have either that dreaded black or blue screen.]
Do you by chance have comcast, too?
sounds like a software problem. Is it true that you cannot get into safe mode?
It sounds to me like you picked up a virus - I got one last week that destroyed a 200BB hard drive (for XP but not Linux).
I ended up catching the virus before it got to my C drive.
After reading this I suggest that you pull your hard drive and take it to somebody that can copy files off of it without having to boot it.
Do NOT reformat the drive.
In the worst case, you'll have to buy a hard drive. Once that's installed, you can connect your old hard drive by USB and copy the relevant data files, after you've scanned them for viruses as someone else has already pointed out.
here’s a bttt for help
Both will have stuff on them to help you clean up the boot process.
I had the exact same problem 2 days ago. I see at least one other person here has the same problem. Nothing worked for me. I’m using my old computer. If you solve the problem, please let us know how you did it.