My PC crashed several times everyday for 2 weeks. Everytime I switched it on from cold, it usually took several times to complete the boot up procedure, i.e. it started, and crashed, restarted, etc. It also went to a screen where you had to choose safe modes, normal start, etc. Once it completed the full startup procedure, when I opened any application, it could crash restart again.
So I backed up all files, and formatted the PC on Saturday. It seemed working until I turned it on again this evening. It crashed, restarted, crashed several times.
Now can any computer experts tell me what the possible causes of the problem please (hardware or software)? The details of my PC are as follow:
HP Pavilion Pentium 4 2.80GHz 1.00GB RAM, MS Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002, Service Pack 3.
McAfee NetProtect Plus from BT. The machine is nearly 6 years old.
So I backed up all files, and formatted the PC on Saturday. It seemed working until I turned it on again this evening. It crashed, restarted, crashed several times.
Now can any computer experts tell me what the possible causes of the problem please (hardware or software)? The details of my PC are as follow:
HP Pavilion Pentium 4 2.80GHz 1.00GB RAM, MS Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002, Service Pack 3.
McAfee NetProtect Plus from BT. The machine is nearly 6 years old.