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OK problem solved ...i figured i'd post it here in cases someone else runs into similiar problems. my first instinct that it was a ram problem was correct. i thought it might be since the crashes occured randomly but they seemed to happen sooner if i used more ram ... i have four one gig...

1. ok ...i ran memtest86 all night as it were, and i the "errors" field has 6685772 in it. sounds like bad ram. i'm not sure how to read the memtest results and/or if it outputs a log. i read through their website but that part is unclear there ... 2. this is what i got from unchecking...

excellent advice in the meanwhile i found a program called memtest-86 and i'm in the process of running that. as soon as it completes i'll turn the auto-reboot off and log the errors ... thx for all the help so far joey ... i'll log more info soon :) harry

hi everyone ...i have a problem that i'm not sure how to fix. my win xp pro 64 bit system started crashing suddenly. i see a fleeting blue screen and then it reboots. seems like if i don't do anything with the computer it won't crash as fast BUT it will crash no matter what in 10 minutes. the...

i did ... and this is what happens: the cd starts the boot and gets to "the setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration ..." and thats where it sits ... ..any ideas please tell me that c: didn't croack ..

i have winxp64 running on dual core athlon machine. never had problems until now. all of a sudden i can't boot the computer up. when i press F8 - i can get to the screen to select how to boot - safe, last working etc.. - but once i select any one of the choices the next screen says: "please...

hey thanx all for input and help :) i finally got the drive working this morning. as it turns out it WAS the boot order. in case anyone will have a similiar option: i set the jumpers to cable select. tried a couple of boot order changes till i got it to boot. i know this part sounds vague, but...

it tries to boot, won't get far but i do see a "/" rotating on the left top corner. i'd have to try again to see if there were a couple of lines of text or not ...but then it hangs ...

i wanted to install a 3rd hard drive to my win64 computer. i bought a "promise ultra ata /133 pci controller card" i installed it. never got prompted for drivers but according to "device mangager" it's working fine. now i'm trying to install a maxtor diamond max 500 gig drive. i attached the...

hey smash ... yeah ...i am sure :) triple checked it. i finally did figure a way to fix the situation. in case anyone else ever has this problem. it's a little complicated but works like a dream. 1. i downloaded cygwin from wwww.cygwin.com (it is a unix /linux emulator - i'm old unix hack :)...

ah ... now this seems to be the root of the problem here. i never get a permissions (or security) tab ... in properties or sharing (when i right click) i do get a sharing window (no security) and there is a button to set permissions. but when i click on it nothing happens !! the only reason i...

my old computer croaked. i'd like to move the C: drive, which works fine to a newer computer. i connected it but cannot get the computer to boot all the way. what am i missing here ? once i get the drive and the computer running. will my old settings and accounts etc.. be intact ? :) thx in...

hi linney, thanx for the reply :) learned a lot this morning. now...i forgot to tell you that the new computer is running windows xp pro. i read the posts and followed the instructions but i still cannot change the permissions. i was able to get into the main folder but the sub-folders and...

one of my computers fried this morning. i installed the main drive (C:) to another computer as a slave. the drive seems to be fine thank god. now i wanted to collect my documents from the old drive but cannot access them no matter what. the new computer only has one account: the administrator...