RE: Computer tries to start up and shuts down.

Lynn wrote:

Thanks for all the good info.
If I take out her hard drive ......everything is lost ...correct?
I was thinking if I put it in another then I would know if it works. I
have not yet done anything.
Malke....your site was very informative. I will take off the cover to
listen first. She did not mention any knocking or any previous noise.

My daughter's computer (Win XP) just started doing this in the last
week. She obviously can't ask the question because her computer won't
work. What can she do to freeze it up as it is trying to come on? I
made a boot disk. Can I try this and hit F-8 and go into safe mode to
try to run a virus check? We are clueless.

No, if you take out the hard drive all the data is still on it. A failed
hard drive is not the first thing I would test. I would test:

1. Dirt and non-working fans possibly causing overheating.
2. Power supply failure.
3. Bad hard drive.
4. Bad RAM.
5. Bad motherboard or processor.

Malke
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