Jacobowicz - let's kill the bolded red text in future, please - hurts the eyes :)
When the computer starts to boot you should see the POST screen (Power On Self Test) - white text on a black ground. There is generally a line at...
Most disk diagnostic software can be run from a bootable CD - see the appropriate site for details or post the drive make here. You will need...
Very strange - remove/uninstall the drive in Device Manager and reboot to allow Windows to redetect it.
Seems suspicious to me, maybe malware related. Read this post, then post the requested log(s) in the Malware and Virus Removal forum.
Arie posted about the power cuts too. I suspect your hard drive was reading/writing when the power dropped out and the heads may have collided...
Most of what you post seems pretty normal to me, especially at startup & shutdown - my flatscreen (Iiyama) does the same. As for games probably...
Please clarify/expand .... The drive reads CD's, but not DVD's ?
Dual boot with which other OS ? If Vista, which I do not run, I have a feeling that that prevents restore points from being made in XP.
Rereading your first post .... the only common factor is the installation CD - unlikely that a file was missed or corrupted, but ..... I would...
Try a System Restore in Safe Mode to a date prior to the onset of the logon/logoff loop problem.
I've been following this thread with interest :) There is only one similar case (unresolved) on Google. In Safe Mode Windows default drivers are...
Welcome to WindowsBBS :) You appear to be confusing Internet Explorer with Windows Explorer ..... I have moved your thread to the Windows XP...
This should explain the differences .... User Accounts overview
That's no guarantee that it has not failed, but I would expect the BIOS to beep with memory problems. The only conclusion that I see is that...
Opening a Desktop folder in XP or in 7 opens it in Windows Explorer as Arie stated. The possible difference is that in XP the folder opens...
Posted originally in wrong forum ..... Moved to Internet Explorer.
Welcome to WindowsBBS :) Please read this as indicated at the head of the forum and post the logs requested in this thread. A straightforward...
Replacing a hard drive is straightforward - physically the reverse of removing the old drive :) You have listed the 2 items required - drive +...
You're welcome - glad to hear you got the problem resolved :)
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