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My computer would bootup... it would show the Windows XP logo page... then right afterwards, it would flash the blue screen of death and reboot automatically. So fast that I cannot even read any messages... I originally had bad RAM, so I replaced that... And just to make sure, I got read of Linux (I had WinXP & Linux dual-boot). I also tried reparing the bootsector in the Repair console. Any ideas as to what's going on? Thanks.

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Have you tried to boot in safe mode? Look at <A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314466" target="_new">this </A>and see if this is what you're experiencing. Note where it says: "Windows XP may encounter a problem during startup that results in a STOP error message. Depending on the system configuration, the blue screen may not be displayed long enough for you to record the error information."
It sounds like what you described here. If this doesn't help, maybe we can dig up something else.

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