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["Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gordon.  You have answered your own question pretty well I would say.  I 
don't know for sure if you can repair windows without a complete reformat.  A 
problem with the fan or power supply could cause this kind of problem.  I 
recently bought a PC that had just this problem and had to be returned.

Cheers

Graham
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: G. McFarlane 
  To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 5:34 PM
  Subject: [access-uk] Booting Difficulties


  Hi
  My machine at work begins to boot up, gets to a fe seconds of the Windows 
setup screen then goes back to the menu highlighting 'start windows normally'. 
I'e tried the Safe Mode and Last Known Good Configuration options but I always 
get put back to the same menu after a few seconds.

  Some of my options ay be:
  1. A faulty power supply - I'm not sure the fan is turning - could this give 
a partial bootup. It certainly gets through the initial screens OK.
  2. Faulty Harddrive, perhaps not closed down right.
  3. Windows Software problem caused by a corrupted file. I don't particularly 
want to reformat without getting files off, so is there a way of re-loading 
Windows without losing  current setup, etc. I've tried repairing Windows before 
on other machines and seem to go round in circles and eventually have to re 
format. 

  Any ideas?
  Thanks.
  Gordon McFarlane


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