my computer (emachines T6536) has been runing a little slower than normal lately and it has been locking up and i have to hard power it. i have never had a problem after hard powering it before but now when i turn it on it asks me to boot into safe mode, the last known good setting, or just start windows normally. whichever choice i pick it starts to load windows xp and after about a second of loading a blue screen flashes but so fast i cant read any of it and it completely restarts on its own. i have tried using the system restore disc and it starts to load that as well and then freezes as it is loading so i cant even do a system restore. i can however go into my BIOS settings and boot menu but i dont know enough about them to make any changes. can anybody tell me what could possibly be wrong and what to do to fix it?

Tyler Spitler, August 2007

You should either have a recovery CD or a partition where yu can press F10 for example. If you have CD change boot order to boot from CD first so it will load off CD. Or use the boot partition, check your manual for instructions or look at manufacturers website for manual if you have lost yours.

Joe, August 2007