Iam stuck in XP restart loop madness

[Vizzys]

yeah so I left one of my older computers on yesterday to download an ISO overnight as it was a large file and I wake to XP (pro) constantly restarting. woo

It has antivirus/firewall stuff so I'm not sure if thats the likely cause, and I tried safe mode which also restarts.

any ideas?

Right now I'm taking the hdd out and putting it in another (this one) to check for virus's/disc errors (and to back things up) just in case

[Vizzys]

its hot down here

[Himu]

THIS IS MADNESS!!!

[Synbios459]

Probably overheating.

[Madrun Badrun]

did you back up up the Loli rape?  I hope you backed up the loli rape.

[Vizzys]

did you back up up the Loli rape?  I hope you backed up the loli rape.

its not my computer anymore (thus the problems)

nor does any have loli rape porn

[MCD]

Power supply?

[Smooth Groove]

Try the last configuration that works when you press F8.  That works a lot of the times.

[Vizzys]

Try the last configuration that works when you press F8.  That works a lot of the times.

I have tried all the options in  the boot menu

I'm copying files atm so the harddrive is not dead

I think I can rule out the power supply, the computer has been left on for hours before and nothings happened
also it restarts at certain times, not random ones, which adds to that theory

[aoi tsuki]

When does it reboot exactly? Random reboots are often a RAM issue. Easiest way to check it without testing the RAM is to try booting with only one stick of RAM at a time.

[Vizzys]

I thought that as well and so I burnt/used memtest86 ( http://www.memtest86.com/ ) and it found no errors after a long test

I havent tried taking out a stick though

[aoi tsuki]

I thought that as well and so I burnt/used memtest86 ( http://www.memtest86.com/ ) and it found no errors after a long test

I havent tried taking out a stick though

If you tested all sticks at once, you need to test again, one at a time.

[Vizzys]

alright I will try after I finish this virus scan im doing atm

[MCD]

Spyware scan might help too.

try Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html

[Vizzys]

well I'm using kaspersky and I assume it searches for ad ware stuff but I suppose it couldn't hurt to try other programs in addition