Our home PC is fucked, which is pretty annoying.
When I switch it on it boots up and then just shuts down again, repeating the cycle over and over again. Doesn't even get to the desktop.

Any techies able to suggest anything?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 6 Nov 2009, 15:47, 3 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

Boot disk
as hard as you can
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Nov 2009, 15:48, Reply)

That's the trouble
there is no disk. I got a naughty copy...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 6 Nov 2009, 15:49, Reply)

Google
'boot disk xxxxx' where xxxxx is your operating system (obviously on somebody else's PC), and download the file needed to create one.

Or, press F2 or F8 when you're starting up to fuck shit up
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Nov 2009, 15:51, Reply)

Yep
I can send you a blag copy of XP if you want?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 6 Nov 2009, 16:13, Reply)

BartPE to copy the important stuff off the hard drive to something else like USB
That or get a techie to attach the HDD to his own working computer. Then reinstall.
( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Fri 6 Nov 2009, 17:14, Reply)