Serious Blue Screen Computer Shutdown

[Duden]

Windows XP Home edition has shut my Dell 8200 Dimension down about 6-10 times to "avoid damage to the computer". The shutdown is intermitient but the last two times the error codes were ***STOP 0X0000008E(0XC0000005,0X80537345,0XB6ABBV8,0X00000000) and
0X0000007E(0XC0000005,0X80537345,0XBA957A14,0XBA957714).

A Dell service tech indicated my operating system was corrupt and I would have to wipe my hard drive clean and reinstall Windows XP and I told her I didn't want to hear that answer. After a month I almost have this new computer up to my speed.

Is their another solution?

My computer: Pentium (R) 4 cpu 1.9 GHz, 256 MB of Ram, Display Adapter 64MB NUIDIA GeForce2 MX.
Thanks Duden(TechUser)

 

[flyboy310d]

Have you tryed booting it in safe mode? But it sounds like she is right...

 

[linney]

You can repair Windows XP by starting your computer from the Windows XP CD-ROM, pressing ENTER to set up Windows XP, and then pressing R to repair the selected installation. You might be able to repair XP without losing your data. However if this a OEM version of XP check that you have the fix mentioned here first.

Q312369 You May Lose Data or Program Settings After Reinstalling, Repairing, or Upgrading Windows XP.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q312/3/69.asp

For an overview see.
Data Loss May Occur After Reinstalling, Repairing, or Upgrading Windows XP (Q312368).

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q312/3/68.asp