PC Won't Boot.

[bigdavethehorn]

Hello all, my problem started a few days ago. I tried to switch on the PC and it POSTed, then the wee Windows XP bar appeared and then, when the blue welcome screen should appear, nothing.

I switched off the PC, left it for a few minutes and tried again, same thing.

If I restore a Ghost Image from a DVD, it will boot into Windows quite nicely, however, if it's shut down, it won't boot again!

Any ideas?

 

[bigdavethehorn]

I'm getting desperate here, one of my friends is bringing his laptop round for some Battlefield 2 tonight and if my PC ain't working, then there ain't no Battlefield for me!

I'm assuming that since the Ghost image works ok, that it's not a software problem, could it be heat related? I think the ambient temperature was around 25 degrees celsius (77 degrees F) which isn't the warmest it's ever been, but still quite warm.