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XP won't restart

Started by taureanblack , Aug 06 2008 11:21 AM

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taureanblack

Posted 06 August 2008 - 11:21 AM

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Is there any reason XP will load fine if shutdown and restarted, but will not restart from the START menu command?

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Neil Jones

Posted 06 August 2008 - 04:44 PM

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If Windows doesn't restart when you tell it to, something is holding it up.
Try leaving it for a bit to see if it'll do it on its own, quite often it'll just spring into life and do what you want.

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taureanblack

Posted 07 August 2008 - 06:31 AM

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Thanks for the response...this is a refurbed CPU I just picked up...I'm not sure but I think the battery or power supply was going on it....I took it back...it restarts fine with a wiped OS and only had this problem trying to install apps like my wireless adapter etc.