"Why does xp home reboot at startup, some times 2 or 3 times ?"
That's not a good sign. Reasons include power (reference http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040122/ ), bad motherbaord capacitors (reference http://home.earthlink.net/~doniteli/index27.htm and others), and what you may find at http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php
Why does xp home reboot at startup, some times 2 or 3 times ?

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