My computer never boots on the first attempt.If I hit the reset button numerous times then after a bit it starts.However it is still unstable and restarts on its own.What could be causing it and can it be solved by repairing windows(basically is it a software problem) or is it an hardware issue
The computer is nearly 5 years old.
I have aldready run chkdsk shows no errors
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In addition to what Brayden explained: Perform the system restore first to see if it corrects the issue. If it does, you need to think of the changes made to your system from the time of the successful system restore up to the date it began rebooting. You should also consider any Automatic Updates downloaded and installed during this period of time, including any third party drivers.
See if you can boot into Safe Mode and work without a reboot. If you can, then it is software related, not hardware.
The most likely cause is overheating. Your Power Supply Unit (PSU) may be bad after 5 years of good service. Check your Event Viewer logs for errors immediately before a unexpected reboot. Use the error report to look up the codes online. A link is provided within the specific error which you can click and be taken to potentially helpful information.
After the system restore I would take out the PSU and replace it with a new one, or one from a different system which is working fine. If the new or test unit fixes the issue you know what the problem is and can easily fix it by replacing the unit.
Do NOT perform a Repair of your Windows installation until you have attempted to isolate whether it is a hardware failure or software issue. You would be performing unnecessary steps.
You can also go to the Microsoft or third party Newsgroups for assistance from expert volunteers. These folks normally work in the business and are highly skilled. You and they can post back and forth, which is way different than the one response you get here at Answers. If you have a question you can easily get a response. Be sure to give all crucial system information, such as make and model, your basic configuration such as OS, amount of RAM, processor make and model, power supply make and model, and of course how old the system is, along with any error report and related error codes.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/
Click on your preferred language, then the appropriate OS, and then the hardware group. You can often perform a search of the group and find answers from users who came before you with similar issues. To post your own question you need a Passport. If you have a Hotmail or Windows Live Mail account, the address and password is your Passport, if you do not have one you can attach any email account in creating a Passport. Just click the Sign-in link at the upper right hand corner of every page, then click on Sign-in, or Sign Up, or whatever language is now used for creating a new Passport. It is simple, and easy, and once you receive your confirmation email and click on the appropriate link within it to activate your Passport you can post questions.
A third part group is:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com
Good luck and much success on finding and correcting your issue.
its your hard drive they dont last long something is wrong with it get a new one or someting
YOU HAVE A VIRUS IN EFFECT
IF YOU ARE RUNNING WINDOWS XP REINSTALL IT AND THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM USE XP PRO IT IS STRONGER
GOOD LUCK
This may be caused by many things:
* Heat.
* A bad or corrupt hard-drive.
* The power supply.
Clean the system if you’ve never done so before.
Run Check Disk to determine if your hard-drive has any bad sectors, and repair it if possible.
run chkdsk
So, do you have XP or Vista?
These following general steps will be good for whether it’s XP or Vista:
If the computer gets all the way to the desktop and then allows you to work for a few minutes and then reboots, then it’s over heating.
If it will not even allow you to begin working before it’s rebooting, then chances are there is some sort of driver conflict. This is where i would START looking, and then look for more serious issues.
1. What have you done to the computer since the LAST time it worked correctly? In other words, what has changed since the computer last worked right? Did you download anything from the internet? Did you load any software? Did you load any hardware? if so, most likely this is the culprit causing you the problems. If it’s new software, uninstall it. If it’s new hardware, uninstall it. If the PC works correctly afterwards, then check with the manufacturer of that particular software/hardware (to to their website, in other words) and see if there are any issues being reported. Also, check, to see if you have the correct resources to run that particular software/hardware. Simple example: you may install Vista, and then learn that your printer is so outdated that it can’t run on its XP driver. So you’d have to download the Vista driver to resolve the problem. ETC.
2. If you don’t recall anything changing, or you have uninstalled the "bad" issue, and you still get it, then try to do a system restore. In system restore, just select a date from before the problem started happening. If your PC started rebooting on 26th of August, then select something like 24th. ETC.
If system restore doesn’t resolve the issue, then we need to look further for more issues.