Acer laptop restarts on boot up

[The Madscanner]

Hello,

I have an Acer 2410 laptop. When it boots up, it gets as far as the Window xp screen with the little blue progress bar - after a couple of minutes, the screen goes black, and then it re-boots.

How can i get it to boot properly?

 

[WR2]

Your hardware seems to be OK.
You might need to repair or re-install your operating system.

 

[The Madscanner]

OK - Thanks.

How do I do that?

 

[WR2]

Do you have your Windows installation disks?

 

[The Madscanner]

No - the laptop came with it pre-loaded. I think it has a recovery(?) drive.

 

[aicom]

Press F8 repeatedly right before XP boots and you'll get a boot menu. Choose "Disable automatic restart on system failure" and then hit enter a couple of times. If it shows a BSOD, post the STOP code here.

 

[The Madscanner]

Hi

I have "disabled automatic restart on system failure" - there appears to be no change - the Acer splash screen comes up, then the Windows xp screen, and then, after several minutes, the screen goes black, and a minute or so later, the laptop re-boots.