Hi, WinXP won't boot. Winter storm knocked power off while system was on. Once system rebooted it said I had a RAM problem. It kept giving me this error along with a message that it had reduced the amount of RAM and kept booting up to a BSOD having to do with the video card. I finally got past all of that. The memory has apparently been "reduced" (I assume it's skipping 1 or 2 modules of ram), did a system restore, and I was able to boot up into safe mode and reinstall the video driver so I no longer get the BSOD. No more memory errors or BSOD.
Now I have a new problem. XP shows the "loading" screen then goes blank. The monitor cuts off. The hard drive reads/writes for 5+ more minutes, then I can hear the hard drive heads stop (hard drive clicks loud), then it reboots. I am sure the problem is NOT with the hard drive. I can boot up into safe mode and things work fine.
I don't have my original WinXP CD's so reinstalling windows isn't an option.
I can boot up into Safe Mode and copy anything to another PC. Is there any log files I can check out? Any help appreciated.
16 year old Dell Dimension 8100.
Now I have a new problem. XP shows the "loading" screen then goes blank. The monitor cuts off. The hard drive reads/writes for 5+ more minutes, then I can hear the hard drive heads stop (hard drive clicks loud), then it reboots. I am sure the problem is NOT with the hard drive. I can boot up into safe mode and things work fine.
I don't have my original WinXP CD's so reinstalling windows isn't an option.
I can boot up into Safe Mode and copy anything to another PC. Is there any log files I can check out? Any help appreciated.
16 year old Dell Dimension 8100.