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Win XP Pro PC continues to reboot

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My Win XP Pro PC continues to reboot before getting into windows.  If I choose safe mode, it does the same.  I have some files on there I need to retrieve, not sure what to do.

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Sounds like you may have a hardware issue. My suggestion would be to stress test your ram and make sure it has not gone bad, other options would be to test your hard drive a good source for some free tools would be the ultimate boot cd. If you have 2 ram sticks you can try taking one out and booting then vise versa. You could also try and use your Windows installation cd to try to do a windows repair, this will keep all of your files intact on the machine and only replace your system files if one has been corrupted.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Joe

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How do u do a windows repair?  I've tried before, too confusing, any instructions?
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