Windows XP

[Michael Crowley]

I did the dreded C: format enter. I decided to start
fresh and put the windows 98 disk aside and start new
with windows xp but I can be in the middle of just about
anything and it will just reboot all on this own.
I have already been to the Microsoft web site and
downloaded all the new updates and drivers and stil no
luck. Any ideas please save me.

Mike

[dev]

Michael Crowley said:

> I did the dreded C: format enter. I decided to start
> fresh and put the windows 98 disk aside and start new
> with windows xp but I can be in the middle of just about
> anything and it will just reboot all on this own.
> I have already been to the Microsoft web site and
> downloaded all the new updates and drivers and stil no
> luck. Any ideas please save me.

The default procedure is to reboot on errors. Change that, so you can view
the error message - which may give a clue on what needs fixing...

Control Panel|SYSTEM|ADVANCED|STARTUP AND RECOVERY. UNcheck the
"automatically restart" box.

[Jim Macklin]

Did you check for hardware compatibility before the upgrade?

Did you stay with FAT32 or convert to NTFS?

More details about the hardware, its age, conditions (dirt,
dust, heat, etc) would help.


"Michael Crowley" > wrote in
message ...
| I did the dreded C: format enter. I decided to start
| fresh and put the windows 98 disk aside and start new
| with windows xp but I can be in the middle of just about
| anything and it will just reboot all on this own.
| I have already been to the Microsoft web site and
| downloaded all the new updates and drivers and stil no
| luck. Any ideas please save me.
|
| Mike

[Bob Day]

"Michael Crowley" > wrote in message
...
> I did the dreded C: format enter. I decided to start
> fresh and put the windows 98 disk aside and start new
> with windows xp but I can be in the middle of just about
> anything and it will just reboot all on this own.
> I have already been to the Microsoft web site and
> downloaded all the new updates and drivers and stil no
> luck. Any ideas please save me.

Your computer may have a hardware problem. Try running
memtest86 (download from http://www.memtest86.com),
and then a full set of hardware diagnostics. (diag378,
downloadable from ftp://ftp1.dell.com/diags, after a few
complaints, will run on most non-Dell computers.) Both of
these should run with zero errors.

-- Bob Day
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