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The V2000 is a Compaq Presario notebook computer developed by HP under the Compaq name. The V2000 is the sibling of the HP DV1000, so the two share many features and specifications, though the DV1000 cost about USD $100 more when both computers were sold in the early 2000s.

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Will not start, windows fails, then it automatically tries to restart

I start the laptop, it starts windows, then restarts automatically.

I went to "setup" and tested the hard drive, it tested "ok".

I don't think the HD is the problem, maybe I just need to redownload Windows XP

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If you can't get into windows tabormeister's way, you may have a corrupted hard drive, or other problems. Try burning a linux live disk (Fedora 12, or Ubuntu 9) and boot of the disk, you will need to download an ISO image, and burn it to a CD or DVD (Just Google "Linux ISO's" and look for a fedora or ubuntu ISO(these versions of linux are the most user friendly) entitled "[OS Name][ Version #]-i686-Live" and download and burn that to a disk(Almost all distrobutions of linux are free).

Now, put the disk in your laptop, reboot it, and set it to boot from a CD in the Bios (It may already be set) and select "Boot"from the linix menue (Not Install!) and it should load into a desktop that looks a little like mac os.

Now, go to the menu (Top Left on toolbar) and navigate to the"Disk Utility menu (or somthing of that similar name it's different in each os) if the utility can find the disk, and if it is readable (Don't Choose to mount it!) then windows is corrupted, you can try to buy a second drive, install it in the laptop, remove the old one, and put it in a usb 2.5" drive enclosure if you want to save your files, just install xp again on the new drive. OR if you don't care about your files, just reinstall on the old drive (but then they can't be recovered).

If you put your old drive in an enclosure, than you can connect it to your computer at a later time, and copy your old files to your new hard drive.

Good luck

Chris

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First of all you need to try to start your computer in the safe mode if it is working fine in the safe mode then you need to restore your computer in the back date then it will start working fine.

If it is not then you need to run windows setup disk on your computer and then you need to ru n it then it will start working fine.

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Jessica, great answer. Hopefully this got fixed over the last 5 years. You picked a very, very, very old question to give a great answer to.

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It's possible, but first try this.

Turn the computer on, and tap f8 while it's booting 'till you get a menu that has 'safe mode' listed as an option. highlight it, then press ENTER.

if you can get into Windows this way, it should ask you when it starts if you would like to use System Restore to return the system to an earlier date. This might help.

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Sounds like you may have a Virus.

Download MalwareBytes http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-An...

- on another computer, load on a USB drive. Start your machine into Safe Mode (F8) and run Malwarebytes.exe from the USB Drive.

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Its time for a PC clean up. Get your paper towel and q-tips. Have your magnetic strip handy, or if you don't have a magnetic strip, touch the power supply to ground your self from any electro magnetic shock.

Get your q-tips and clean the Dust off your CPU fan. The air is not going through to the CPU, that's why the computer shuts it self down, so that the computer would not catch on fire. Clean every hole on the computer case, make sure its clear for air to enter. Your CPU fan should look like the picture.

Clean all dust off of the computer case. Once you are done, close the computer and plug everything back in. Start your PC is it should load up.

See if it helps?

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Its time for a PC clean up. Get your paper towel and q-tips. Have your magnetic strip handy, or if you don't have a magnetic strip, touch the power supply to ground your self from any electro magnetic shock.

Get your q-tips and clean the Dust off your CPU fan. The air is not going through to the CPU, that's why the computer shuts it self down, so that the computer would not catch on fire. Clean every hole on the computer case, make sure its clear for air to enter. Your CPU fan should look like the picture.

Clean all dust off of the computer case. Once you are done, close the computer and plug everything back in. Start your PC is it should load up.

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Its time for a PC clean up. Get your paper towel and q-tips. Have your magnetic strip handy, or if you don't have a magnetic strip, touch the power supply to ground your self from any electro magnetic shock.

Get your q-tips and clean the Dust off your CPU fan. The air is not going through to the CPU, that's why the computer shuts it self down, so that the computer would not catch on fire. Clean every hole on the computer case, make sure its clear for air to enter. Your CPU fan should look like the picture.

Clean all dust off of the computer case. Once you are done, close the computer and plug everything back in. Start your PC is it should load up.

See if it helps?

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