or boot from a Knoppix CD and see if all is well. If so, it's something with Windows. I can tell you that this behavior does occur with bad hardware or if Windows thinks it's on new hardware. Such can happen if you've recently installed new devices or....in some rare cases...done a major BIOS update. In these cases, a "repair installation" is generally what's needed followed by reactivation of Windows.
Hi,
I shut down my comp normally and when I went to turn it on, it gets stuck in reboot. Here is what I mean:
The computer loads normally until the screen with the windows logo on the black backround with the green bar at the bottom. This goes until the screen flashes, pauses a moment, and then restarts on its own.
So far I have tried:
1)Restart in Safe Mode-Same problem
2)Select the option to go back to most recent good settings-same problem
3)Loading windows from the disk-No help
4)Removing somewhat new videocard and RAM and putting in old hardware-nothing
I am at a lost as to what to do next. Do you think the motherboard is fried? Thank god that's on waranty. If anyone needs more information to help solve the problem, just ask.
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