Phoenix Hardware Install - Not Installed Close Down System
Apr 12, 2008
while composing an email i suddenly got this " Phoenix Technology" Recover pro msg. "Operating system or hard disk partitions have been altered. The current restore point does not match either your current hard disk setup or your OS" I am unware that i have any Phoenix hardware install. I have win XP ver 5.1, i have not installed any new hardware, or partitioned the disk, and everytime i close down the system this msg appears. The main start-up screen and desktop reappears after "ok". need advice. email is hmcdoc77@comcast.net
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I have just: Done a successful repair/rebuild of XP Home Did a CHKDSK /r/f on my System drive Defragmented my system drive with PerfectDisk Read and applied recommentations on changes so that I would see errors when my system re-boots Yet, When I shutdown my PC, it will shotdown, then re-boot again, without the benefit of a error messagw to help me figure out why it is re-booting instead of shutting down and powering off. Is there something wrong with my Phoenix Bios have ACPI On? What can I do to see error/warning messages on why my system re-boots when I shutdown?
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) 2.08 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP 128 kilobyte primary memory cache 512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7N8X Deluxe Bus Clock: 166 megahertz BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A7N8X Deluxe ACPI BIOS Rev 1009 09/27/2005 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot 'DDR1' has 512 MB Slot 'DDR2' has 256 MB Slot 'DDR3' has 256 MB NVIDIA nForce2 ATA Controller (v2.6) Graphics Card ? ATI AIW 9600- XT ? AGP
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