# Computer help

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help/178345>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [November 20, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help/178345 "2005-11-20T18:34:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Dominator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Dominator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dominator)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help/178345/1 "2005-11-20T18:34:11Z")

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My friends computer is all funked up. I told him to re format it. When it tries to start it just keeps shutting off and retrying. all on its own. Even when he tries to put in the format discs. Isn’t there a way he can just start it in DOS, or something?

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**Author:** ![RebelW26GT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@RebelW26GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RebelW26GT)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help/178345/2 "2005-11-21T03:52:43Z")

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how far along does it get through the startup? Maybe the harddrive or motherboard is toast.

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**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help/178345/3 "2005-11-21T05:14:25Z")

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I had a virus that did this before. It actually just rebooted the computer when you logged in. (some computers ‘log in’ automatically). I just did a reformat. Thats not an option for some people who can’t backup their stuff properly first though…

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**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help/178345/4 "2005-11-21T05:37:13Z")

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Try starting in safe-mode… I think you hold Ctrl while booting.

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**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help/178345/5 "2005-11-21T05:44:27Z")

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if its a dell. throw it away. what os is he running?

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**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help/178345/6 "2005-11-21T07:40:58Z")

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jay, is it booting into windows then rebooting? or not even making it that far and rebooting when it’s trying to load windows? could be a hardware failure too… bad fan will overheat and cause reboots.

you can format a floppy disc in any version of windows into a dos boot disc… just insert a blank and right click the a: go to format and check boot.

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**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help/178345/7 "2005-11-21T08:03:18Z")

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After “format C:”, was an operating system installed?

(I had to ask)