Random restarting

I'm running XP professional, and for some reason, my computer has
suddenly just started to restart itself randomly. Its like if you
press the reset button on your case, it just cuts off all power, and
boots up again. It keeps doing this. How can I stop it? I'm pretty
sure its a HDD fault...because when i plug an alternate HDD in, it
doesnt have this problem with all my mobo and PCI cards etc etc.

Thanks
Ed

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Edward wrote:

> I'm running XP professional, and for some reason, my computer has
> suddenly just started to restart itself randomly. Its like if you
> press the reset button on your case, it just cuts off all power, and
> boots up again. It keeps doing this. How can I stop it? I'm pretty
> sure its a HDD fault...because when i plug an alternate HDD in, it
> doesnt have this problem with all my mobo and PCI cards etc etc.
>
> Thanks
> Ed

First guess is that it's one of the recent worms / viruses.
I don't recall the name(s)at the moment; the constant and random rebooting
is a symptom.

(There is a possibility that your power supply is failing but I think that
is _not_ the issue here.)

I'd suggest this route:

Plug the alternate drive in and use it as your boot (C drive.
Install the current boot drive as the primary slave or secondary master.

Go online, connect to [http://www.pandasoftware.com] and run their online
ActiveScan.

If the issue is the virus or worm, the scan will take care of it if
possible.

You might then consider investing in a hardware router / firewall (Linksys,
Netgear, DLink, etc.) and a good self-updating antivirus scanner.

Panda, AVG, Symantec all have good reputations. I can't speak of McAfee as
I haven't used it for years.


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Ron n1zhi

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You check at this sequence
1) Viruses
2) Power supply is fault
3) Memory is fault


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MHM