New windows 7 installation, a lot of random program crashes

[DL402]

I just installed win 7 a few days ago. Got all the updates.

Random programs (a lot of times system ones, such as this) will crash and I'll be unable to open it again.

http://img245.imageshack.us/i/win7error.jpg/

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Hardware specs?

 

[DL402]

Intel Core 2 Duo 6300 @ 2 X 1.8GHZ
3 GB RAM
Nvidia 9800 GT
80 GB HardDrive + 360 GB External

Ran XP fine for 3-4 years, finally upgraded after I reformatted due to a virus, first major problem I've had with win 7.

 

[DL402]

still having this issue

 

[Homerboy]

what gadgets do you have running?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Done a Memtest86+ yet overnight?
Any overclocking?

 

[DL402]

Just had the clock gadget. Now my antivirus and some games randomly crash too.

Done memtest and the results are normal
No overclocking.

 

[tcsenter]

Motherboard or system make and model...BIOS version

 

[DL402]

From my system information tab:
MSI MS-7514
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. V1.1, 9/4/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.5

 

[DL402]

Ok I tried the SFC / Scannow thing in CMD, and in the log I had a huge amount of files that could not be repaired, probably 100+.

How would I go about fixing this?

 

[tcsenter]

Run chkdsk /r (from command prompt) on the system drive. When asked to schedule a disk check, select Y, then restart. Might take a couple hours. When finished and Windows reboots, check Event Manager for the chkdsk log (Wininit) and look for bad sectors.

 

[piasabird]

So did you run the windwos compatability check for your hardware for Win7 64 bit?

May be some buggy software you downloaded.

 

[DL402]

Yeah I tried that, no luck. I reformatted about a week ago, PC worked flawlessly for about 4-5 days, now I'm getting the same problem.

I got HD Tune, and I'm not sure how to interpret this health tab:
http://img139.imageshack.us/f/hddv.jpg/

Planning to reformat tommorow, except try 32-bit instead of 64. If that fails I may try downgrading to XP since that has worked for 4 years.

 

[GaryJohnson]

Sounds like you have a bad HDD to me. You might try a different port on the MB or a different cable to eliminate those as points of failure.

 

[VirtualLarry]

The "Ultra DMA CRC Error count" suggests a faulty interface, either the cable or the SATA port.

 

[RebateMonger]

The "Ultra DMA CRC Error count" suggests a faulty interface, either the cable or the SATA port.

That's a very high number. As VirtualLarry notes, I'd replace the disk cabling and double-check the connections. If that doesn't help, maybe the disk controller or maybe the disk PCB.

Looks like that 80 GB IDE disk has been powered on for nearly four years. A new 500 GB SATA disk for $50 might not be a bad idea anyway.

 

[DL402]

Alright I ordered a new HDD, just because that would be the simplest solution to a problem that's been plaguing me for a few weeks.

I'm wondering what would be the exact problem of my old HD? I reinstalled win 7 about 4 times already, each time the PC would work perfectly for about 1-2 days, then I would face the problems in the first post, so I don't understand how that would be a cable related issue. That seems more like an error within the HD than the cabling, but I ran tons of HD diagnostics on it (from Hiren's Boot Disk) and it didn't detect anything except 1 bad sector. Would 1 bad sector be enough to cripple the entire HD?