Starts booting then h/w switches off

[Guest John]

I have an HP desktop system for many years and ISTR it has a Pentium 400

processor with a 40GB HDD and I run Win98 on it.

 

The configuration I've got has run for years. But recently something

seems to have happened.

 

Now I find that when I boot, the BIOS startup seems ok and then my

bootmanager starts. I use "BootIt" and it lives in a tiny partition at

the end of the hard drive. But after about a minute (during which I see

only a blank screen) the system switches itself off.

 

Can I refresh the system files on the hard drive by using the Win98SE

cd? It's been so long since I'v had to deal with this that I would

welcome any useful tips or things to watch out for.

 

After doing this Win98 CD refresh then I guess I need to get the Win98

fixes up to the right level and to make any customisations I want to the

systems's apearance .

 

Is there any other technical work I should do?

[Guest Jeff Richards]

Re: Starts booting then h/w switches off

 

If you are not getting as far as selecting the OS you want to boot to, then

the problem is in the boot manager. Perhaps there is some disk damage that

prevents the boot manager from finding the systems on the drive. My

preference would be to start with a hard disk drive diagnostic. Suitable

diagnostic programs are supplied by the manufacturer of your hard disk

drive. Once you have confirmed that the hard disk drive is functioning

properly you can examine the settings for the boot manager to determine

whether or not it can identify your operating systems.

--

Jeff Richards

MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

"John" <name@com.invalid> wrote in message

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>I have an HP desktop system for many years and ISTR it has a Pentium 400

> processor with a 40GB HDD and I run Win98 on it.

>

> The configuration I've got has run for years. But recently something

> seems to have happened.

>

> Now I find that when I boot, the BIOS startup seems ok and then my

> bootmanager starts. I use "BootIt" and it lives in a tiny partition at

> the end of the hard drive. But after about a minute (during which I see

> only a blank screen) the system switches itself off.

>

> Can I refresh the system files on the hard drive by using the Win98SE

> cd? It's been so long since I'v had to deal with this that I would

> welcome any useful tips or things to watch out for.

>

> After doing this Win98 CD refresh then I guess I need to get the Win98

> fixes up to the right level and to make any customisations I want to the

> systems's apearance .

>

> Is there any other technical work I should do?