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9.4

Windows restarts after POST.

Asked by drose10 in Windows XP Operating System, Personal Computers

Tags: Windows boot failure

Hello:

I recently purchased a new Compaq desktop computer on the Internet.  I installed a fresh copy of Windows XP Professional, and the memory and added a graphics card.  The computer works perfectly, with no errors, freezes, blue screens, etc.  I have run MemTest86 and found no errors.

Sometimes, after the computer has been off for a few days, it has trouble booting.  It passes POST, begins to read the hard drive, then there's a pause with a black screen, and then a DOS-like message that Windows did not successfully start the previous time and a menu screen for Safe Mode, Normal startup, etc.  I should note that this issue never arises during a reboot or when the computer has been off for a short while, only when it has been off for a few days.  It never happens twice successively, and it always starts normally when I select that option.

Does anyone know for sure what is wrong?  Please answer only if you have resolved this problem in the past.  Is there a log file that may point to the problem.  Is it possible that a hard drive sector is bad, and that I need to run a sector repair utlility?  Is the graphics card to blame?

Thank You.
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