PC Shutdown before loading windows XP.

[jesse]

Hello,
I have windows XP SP2 installed on my machine & I am facing this problem with my machine.
Whenever i startup my PC it gets restarted & shutdown when i an see windows XP is loading, which never completes.
Anyone knows what to do in such situation?

[Happy Trees]

Well do you get any error code or something like that?
Any blue screen with some error message?

Can you boot into Safe mode?

Have a look at this topic.
http://forums.techarena.in/windows-x...rt/1034219.htm

[Simond]

Hey you can try this if you have a linux live CD then try to boot with it & see if it gives you any message regarding your nonworking hardware or something.
That will check for the broken hardware.
If you successfully boot & run the live CD then your hardware is OK & problem is with your Windows XP not memory, motherboard or any hardware component.

[SalVatore]

try testing RAM memory, use goldmemory or memtest (if you can find Hirensboot - there you have those programms - it's a bootable cd which contains a lot of useful testing and repair tools, and you can find them under testing tools -> ram testing tool , or something like that )

if the test's pass (which I seriously doubt) and say the memory is good, test your hard disk (you have powermaxtor, and a lot of similar testing tool on the same disc)

with those tests you do not have to pull the memory out of your comp, just put the disc and boot from it, you should get around with it

if the harddisk is good, and the memory is good, backup your data somehow and reinstall XP

let us know what you did

[jesse]

I have tries these things.

* Restored the bios to there default settings.
* Removed and replaced the jumper located near the MB battery, placed it on the first two of three prongs, turned on computer for 60sec, turned it back off restored the jumper back to its original position. This resets the bios, according to one of the troubleshooting threads i viewed.
* Installed the OS on the same HD, but different CPU, then I put the HD back into the faulty, rebooting CPU and got the same symptoms.
* As for the NTLDR Fix... The CPU reboot, is preventing me from being able to use the boot CD. I put it in, choose my fix option, then the CD directs me to the "SAFE MODE, SAFE MODE W/ NETWORKING, COMMAND PROMPT, & RESTORE TO ORIGINAL WORKING SETTING" options. From that point I have tried using all of them. I get the reboot.
* Tried turning off system reboot and it didn't like that. I got a the "Blue Screen of Death", so I turned it back on.