hi all:
having some problems with my XPPro SP2 system - which suddenly has become crash prone in the last 3 weeks. Been rock solid for 2 years and now - arrggh!
its erratic and I can't pin down why/what is causing it. no particular thing I remember brought it about - the first couple of times microsoft indicated a driver error, but it doesn't do that now. and I didn't really install any new hardware or software except a firewire drive (generic - no driver needed) but - it seems to especially happen in large file movements (I shift around big files - 30 to 80Mb often)
Now - I wanted to simply try a system restore to an earlier point - its worked before, but... when I go to system restore I can't choose any of the earlier dates - they are there in bold for selecting, but nothing happens if I click on them (nothing at all, like they don't exist).
I did swap out my processor for a faster model yesterday - has this stopped system restore from working? can I put the old one back and then access my old restore points? or what is stopping me from accessing them? I would be a p.i.t.a to put the old processor back, but if it fixes my problem...
(the new cpu has nothing to do with the crashes - it has been happening for 3 weeks now. I've used Registry Mechanic, but I'm still crashing once a day) Event log just confuses me. can't see any patterns there. many thanks for any help.
P4 533MHz - (was 2.66 now 3.06)
XPPro SP2.
having some problems with my XPPro SP2 system - which suddenly has become crash prone in the last 3 weeks. Been rock solid for 2 years and now - arrggh!
its erratic and I can't pin down why/what is causing it. no particular thing I remember brought it about - the first couple of times microsoft indicated a driver error, but it doesn't do that now. and I didn't really install any new hardware or software except a firewire drive (generic - no driver needed) but - it seems to especially happen in large file movements (I shift around big files - 30 to 80Mb often)
Now - I wanted to simply try a system restore to an earlier point - its worked before, but... when I go to system restore I can't choose any of the earlier dates - they are there in bold for selecting, but nothing happens if I click on them (nothing at all, like they don't exist).
I did swap out my processor for a faster model yesterday - has this stopped system restore from working? can I put the old one back and then access my old restore points? or what is stopping me from accessing them? I would be a p.i.t.a to put the old processor back, but if it fixes my problem...
(the new cpu has nothing to do with the crashes - it has been happening for 3 weeks now. I've used Registry Mechanic, but I'm still crashing once a day) Event log just confuses me. can't see any patterns there. many thanks for any help.
P4 533MHz - (was 2.66 now 3.06)
XPPro SP2.
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