SERVER 2000 CRASHES CONSTANTLY

[JCB99]

I am running windows 2000 server & sql 2000

When Iaccessthe sqldatabase from any computeron my network it is OK.

BUT if I try to do anything on the server like run a program, install a program move a file or do backups the server either shuts down or stops responding.

I get differnet messages such as event 51 logged hundreds of timesin the event log. (when I reboot this disappear.)

Any Ideas.

 

[mmrsupport]

Have you run the Windows Repair from the install CD? There may be a system file corrupted, that would replace it. But be careful, if you insert a CD with a different SP thatn the version you are running, it may cause problems. Are you getting a blue screen? If so, what error?

 

[JCB99]

I do not usually get ablue screen.
I have not run repair.

I get a message most times that is UNKNOWN HARD ERROR
and I press OK to clear it and it keeps coming back. I cannot clear it fast enough to allow me to do anything else so I have to shut the system down.

It happens when I try to access anything on the system (except the SQL database)

 

[personmann]

I had somthing similar once. I did a disk scan and it repaired some errors, then things were ok for a while. It seems that some system file was corrupted, but not beyond repair. Unfortunately the problem returned then the drive failed soon after.