Windows 7 keeps restarting

benstine564 · 26 May 2015

So I was looking up stuff when all of a sudden my computer was freezing to death so I turned it off and I did a startup repair several times and they didn't work so I borrowed a CD repair disk from a friend, my computer was running for a few days from the startup repair but when I woke up from my nap on that day where startup repair was still running, that's when it keeps restarting itself and never stops until I force shut down, no blue screen of death or anything, it just says Acer as usual but it restarts itself after a couple of seconds, please help!

AddRAM · 26 May 2015

Re install windows :)

Or if you have a Recovery Partition, use that to reset windows.

Any data or programs you have installed since you bought the pc will be gone.

You can run through Greg`s tutorial first :)

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Boot

benstine564 · 26 May 2015

AddRAM said:

Re install windows :)

Or if you have a Recovery Partition, use that to reset windows.

Any data or programs you have installed since you bought the pc will be gone.

You can run through Greg`s tutorial first :)

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Boot

But I don't want to reinstall Windows unless I have my important files back, any suggestions?

GokAy · 26 May 2015

From what you described it restarts even before starting to load Windows, or do you see some text saying it started to load?

You can remove the harddisk and take it to a friend or attach to your desktop (if there is one).
Another option would be boot from a Linux Live CD/DVD and copy to external drive.

benstine564 · 26 May 2015

GokAy said:

From what you described it restarts even before starting to load Windows, or do you see some text saying it started to load?

You can remove the harddisk and take it to a friend or attach to your desktop (if there is one).
Another option would be boot from a Linux Live CD/DVD and copy to external drive.

Do you make a Linux CD/DVD or do you have to buy one?

GokAy · 26 May 2015

You can download from the Internet for free, and burn to CD/DVD.

You can try these as an example:
SystemRescueCd download | SourceForge.net
KNOPPIX Linux Live CD
So cool ice cubes are jealous » PCLinuxOS

benstine564 · 26 May 2015

GokAy said:

You can download from the Internet for free, and burn to CD/DVD.

You can try these as an example:
SystemRescueCd download | SourceForge.net
KNOPPIX Linux Live CD
So cool ice cubes are jealous » PCLinuxOS

Ok I'll try and will it change my computer's theme too but it keeps the files?

GokAy · 26 May 2015

It won't change anything, make sure you DO NOT INSTALL to harddisk though :) It will run from the RAM.

AddRAM · 26 May 2015

Yes, you DO NOT install it you just try it, go slow and read :)

Here`s a good Linux. Zorin OS 9 Core

Zorin OS - Free editions

I use a flash drive to run it.

AddRAM · 26 May 2015

benstine564 said:

AddRAM said:

Re install windows :)

Or if you have a Recovery Partition, use that to reset windows.

Any data or programs you have installed since you bought the pc will be gone.

You can run through Greg`s tutorial first :)

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Boot

But I don't want to reinstall Windows unless I have my important files back, any suggestions?

But Mom

From now on, please back up your files, you shouldn`t even be storing files on C

Windows 7 keeps restarting

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