[spaghettio]

when the computer is starting up it goes into a blue screen and starts loading up something from 1 to 100 percent. cannot read what is says other than that cuz it goes so quick then it crashes and restarts itself over and over, what may be causing this

[blues_harp28]

Hi and welcome.what system are you using 98 or ME?
Do you have the original install Cd?

[spaghettio]

using vista

[blues_harp28]

Vista! in the Win 98-ME Forum.
I will ask one of the Moderators to move your post to the Vista Forum.
It may take some time but will be worth the wait.

[bassetman]

Moved per request.

[~Candy~]

Hi and welcome. Is there a cd or dvd in the drive?

Also, are you able to catch it in time to try a safemode restart?

[Rollin' Rog]

Hold the f8 key down as you start up and try to start in Safe Mode or or from the F8 boot menu choose the "repair" environment if present. System Restore might be there. There also would be a startup repair option along with Last Known Good Configuration.

You will also see an option to disable "automatically restart" -- select that and at least you should be able to read the error message. Look for a file name in particular.