Re: Rebooting every time during startup
- From: bojimbo26@xxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:31:50 +0100
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:08:42 +0100, "EJ" <ej@xxxxxx> wrote:
Any advice appreciated on this one!
A work colleague has brought his PC in for me to investigate a prob he has.
Basically it reboots itselfs *every* time during startup.
SYSTEM:
Bespoke build (from a local shop)
ASRock mobo (onboard sound/video/NIC)
Pentium-D 2.80GHz
512mb RAM
2 x HDD
1 x CD-RW
Windows XP Home
DETAILS:
- WinXP appears to reach a file labelled kmxstart.sys then reboots.
- Same happens if I try to boot into Safe Mode
- Same happens if I select 'boot from last known good configuration'.
If I log into Recovery Console from a WinXP CD, it shows the two hard drives
(WinXP sitting on drive D: oddly, but system also definitely booting from
this drive too).
CHKDSK /p on both drives found problems and fixed them. But reboot yielded
exactly the same problem.
I am currently installing XP onto a spare HDD I have installed into the box,
for testing the system, and it's been on a good hour now and no reboots or
anything odd happening, so I currently think it's something to do with a
corrupt file on the WinXP drive.
Ideally I need to see an event log for the boot-up process but I'm not sure
if this is possible?
Or can anyone recommend the best way of rebuilding this WinXP installation
without jeopardizing/deleting the 3 users accounts currently on the drives
(drive D: in particular).
Thanks for any advice in advance.
Some reading here -
http://secunia.com/advisories/22972
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