URGENT - Server restarting at the Loading of Windows

cutie

I have a mcahine that keep on restartig
I change the Proessor - it still restarts
I chnage the power supply - it still restarts
I place the harddrive into another machine and it is doing the same with the other machine it is restarting the machine whenever it reaches the point to loading windows

it is the server and what must i do
can I get a response to day

thank ya

mobri09

Looks like its a bad hard drive! Try running chkdsk /r in the recovery console. Prob bad drive though

garv221

Its obviously a problem with the OS. If the hard drive were bad it wouldn't even begin to load windows...What is the OS? Can you boot into safe mode & do a restore? Do you have an ASR disk? Have you tried a repair? If you can't figure it out quickly, its sometimes faster to slave teh drive off, get the data & redo the drive real quick.

RussS

Good call garv221 - not too far off the mark.

I think the first thing I would do would to be to run chkdsk /r as mobri09 suggested though - either that or a diagnostic program from the drive manufacturer. I have seen it on a few occasions where the bootsector has some bad areas in it and that has caused a failed load.

What is the OS cutie?

EverythingPCowner

here is what i would do:

1: run a linux live-cd to recover data (if you can)
2: flash the bios
3: reformat/reinstall OS

mobri09

I see it all the time at best buy and every once in a while the good old chkdsk /r brings it back to life.
Check the drive with this utility, its called ultimate boot disk and download the basic version, then burn it to an iso. When you boot from the cd, Select the hard drive tools at startup and you will know what to do next.
Its called Ulitmate boot disk
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
Maybe your already passed this point, but just trying to help
Good luck my friend