Ok so I have looked over a bunch of posts about almost the same thing happening and I'm not sure whether my issue will result the same or not. Here it goes anyways.
So a while back my computer started having issues with it restarting while it was running.. Mostly while it was just sitting waiting for someone to use it. After a little while I saw a Kernal Panic. Since then it has been getting progressively worse.
It started off getting worse by only being able to be booted up in safe mode. Didn't matter if it was with or without networking. After trying a few times to restart windows ran a chkdsk and failed. I since had tried a few different things to get it up and running as far as connections and basics(drivers and such). Eventually it ran another chkdsk itself and cleaned ups some things, but still would not boot up normally. I booted into my admin acct in safe mode and ran a msconfig. Restarted with the startup items unselected. It rebooted and and booted up normally into a user account and told me it had fixed an item with the chkdsk and was working. I had it up and running for about 2 hours and it crashed on me again. Since then I was able to get it into safe mode and try different things. Booted to my Ultimate Boot CD and ran a mem test and a HDD test.. Both past short and extended versions of all tests(memory ran over night and tested itself 4 times passed with no errors on any of the tests. So since then, I am now not even able to log into my computer with safe mode. When I boot up in normal it will not even get to the login screen before it restarts which it did for a while even after the Mem and HDD tests.
I am completely stuck.. Did not think it could pass all those tests with it being a hardware issue but is it possible? I am currently working on retrieving a Windows XP PRO install disk. I have a Home disk but I am running Pro currently. Any ideas on what I can do to try and save this or would my last option be trying Repair console/ Reinstall?
Any info or help is much appreciated!
So a while back my computer started having issues with it restarting while it was running.. Mostly while it was just sitting waiting for someone to use it. After a little while I saw a Kernal Panic. Since then it has been getting progressively worse.
It started off getting worse by only being able to be booted up in safe mode. Didn't matter if it was with or without networking. After trying a few times to restart windows ran a chkdsk and failed. I since had tried a few different things to get it up and running as far as connections and basics(drivers and such). Eventually it ran another chkdsk itself and cleaned ups some things, but still would not boot up normally. I booted into my admin acct in safe mode and ran a msconfig. Restarted with the startup items unselected. It rebooted and and booted up normally into a user account and told me it had fixed an item with the chkdsk and was working. I had it up and running for about 2 hours and it crashed on me again. Since then I was able to get it into safe mode and try different things. Booted to my Ultimate Boot CD and ran a mem test and a HDD test.. Both past short and extended versions of all tests(memory ran over night and tested itself 4 times passed with no errors on any of the tests. So since then, I am now not even able to log into my computer with safe mode. When I boot up in normal it will not even get to the login screen before it restarts which it did for a while even after the Mem and HDD tests.
I am completely stuck.. Did not think it could pass all those tests with it being a hardware issue but is it possible? I am currently working on retrieving a Windows XP PRO install disk. I have a Home disk but I am running Pro currently. Any ideas on what I can do to try and save this or would my last option be trying Repair console/ Reinstall?
Any info or help is much appreciated!