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For the last three months my System has been plagued by continual crashes
(Blue Screens).
I have SP2 installed, with Norton2005 AntiVirus /Utilities, LavaSoft Adaware
and Sbybot keeping the system Virus and Spyware free. I leave the SP2
Firewall active as I trust it more. Various reports show that my system is
clean from Spyware.
Chkdsk /f is a daily routine, as is weekly defragmentation of both Hard
Drives. Windows Updates are routinely downloaded and installed.
I replaced the Sound Card and the Graphics Card to more recent types, and
also installed a second Hard Disk,assuming
(wrongly) that it might be the original Hard Disk crashing the System. Both
Hard Drives and System Utilities verify that Hardware is without problems.
Although I send every Error Report to Microsoft, the feedback is generic,
like “ A Driver has caused the Stop error….� , but the report is unable to
identify which Driver or what causes the Crashes.
System Summary:
Intel Pentium III Processor at 651MHz
Ram: 448 MB
Windows XP Professional Version 2002
Service Pack 2
-------------------------------------------------------------
Hard Drives: 1. SAMSUNG 20Gb
2. WESTERN DIGITAL 80Gb
Optical Drives 1. Sony DVD-Rom
2. Pioneer DVD Writer
-------------------------------------------------------------
I have formatted and Clean-Installed Windows 4 or 5 times, alternating each
Hard Disks as Master. After each clean format, I install SP2 immediately
after the Operating System.
After each new installation I do not install programs yet, except for Norton
and MS Office2000: still the Crashes occur at random.
Sometimes, Blue Screens come up immediately after the first Cold Boot. At
other times, after an hour of work. On good days, the System hums happily
along all day, then Crashes in the evening. It is very difficult to pinpoint
exactly what the PC was doing at the time as the Crashes are random, on rare
occasions even in Safe Mode. I have become paranoid, saving Excel and Word
files every few seconds, dreading a BSOD every time!
Unfortunately, System Crashes are “every-day� routine since I installed
Windows XP Pro. I did not have these problems with Windows 98.
Appreciate your help in arriving at a conclusion to the matter.
--
Anthony
For the last three months my System has been plagued by continual crashes
(Blue Screens).
I have SP2 installed, with Norton2005 AntiVirus /Utilities, LavaSoft Adaware
and Sbybot keeping the system Virus and Spyware free. I leave the SP2
Firewall active as I trust it more. Various reports show that my system is
clean from Spyware.
Chkdsk /f is a daily routine, as is weekly defragmentation of both Hard
Drives. Windows Updates are routinely downloaded and installed.
I replaced the Sound Card and the Graphics Card to more recent types, and
also installed a second Hard Disk,assuming
(wrongly) that it might be the original Hard Disk crashing the System. Both
Hard Drives and System Utilities verify that Hardware is without problems.
Although I send every Error Report to Microsoft, the feedback is generic,
like “ A Driver has caused the Stop error….� , but the report is unable to
identify which Driver or what causes the Crashes.
System Summary:
Intel Pentium III Processor at 651MHz
Ram: 448 MB
Windows XP Professional Version 2002
Service Pack 2
-------------------------------------------------------------
Hard Drives: 1. SAMSUNG 20Gb
2. WESTERN DIGITAL 80Gb
Optical Drives 1. Sony DVD-Rom
2. Pioneer DVD Writer
-------------------------------------------------------------
I have formatted and Clean-Installed Windows 4 or 5 times, alternating each
Hard Disks as Master. After each clean format, I install SP2 immediately
after the Operating System.
After each new installation I do not install programs yet, except for Norton
and MS Office2000: still the Crashes occur at random.
Sometimes, Blue Screens come up immediately after the first Cold Boot. At
other times, after an hour of work. On good days, the System hums happily
along all day, then Crashes in the evening. It is very difficult to pinpoint
exactly what the PC was doing at the time as the Crashes are random, on rare
occasions even in Safe Mode. I have become paranoid, saving Excel and Word
files every few seconds, dreading a BSOD every time!
Unfortunately, System Crashes are “every-day� routine since I installed
Windows XP Pro. I did not have these problems with Windows 98.
Appreciate your help in arriving at a conclusion to the matter.
--
Anthony