1. The older the installation of your windows system the longer it takes to load.Originally Posted by Bijo
2. rebooting is bad. The "select mode" menu will appear anytime that Windows hasn't started correctly. The constant rebooting means you have a serious problem.
3. This is interesting. I recommend to open the case and check what parts make what sounds. While you're under your desk clean all fans. The "middle sound" could be your power unit and the "higher" sound could be your graphics card. Your machine would reboot to protect itself from overheating if cooling is not sufficient. This can be caused by clogged fans.
4. The choppy sound could be from your harddisks reading head. Being able to run the machine in safemode indicates that the disk is still usable, though.
Causes for constant rebooting I came across: corrupt power cable (the ones from the PSU to the components can break), dirty fans, damaged RAM, near-dead Harddisk.
Good Luck.
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