PC just will not start up properly

[jamgoo]

Hi all [Again]

Got an old Pent 4, E-Machines Pc, it was given to me by a friend as there younger son broke it,

 

Basically it will not boot up past the windows logo start-up screen, after a fews seconds of it getting to that stage it just restarts, no blue screen of death, nothing just restarts.

Now i have some old xp cd's and have tried numerous times to get the machine to boot up from the cd's. or let me do re-install but the pc just will not let me, ive had a look at the back of the hard-drive and dvd-drive and there are theres plastic pin covers? Is it soemthing to do with these, and if so where do they go? cheers............jamie

 

p.s if you need anymore info just say

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Is this a separate issue to the one here Jam?

 

http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/laptops-and-monitor-issues/4850-laptop-not-power-up-but.html

[jamgoo]

yes its a seperate problem, sorry about that

[Tootech]

Forget your old XP CD's on this one - if they didn't come with the computer, they may make things worse.

 

If you start your computer, and after the BIOS startup screen ie where it tells you a load of rubbish about the spec of the PC, press F8.

 

Can you get to the Advanced Startup options?

 

If so, select 'Last Known Good Configuration' and reboot.

 

Does that get you into Windows?