- Oct 16, 2004
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Ok, so within two weeks I had two system data corruptions, meaning two reformats.
The first time it happened, I had been running the same installation for about six months. It crapped out shortly after installing: Desktop Sidebar (which I uninstalled after a day), Samurize (I uninstalled after another day) and Objectdock (which I kept). I would be playing CS and the thing would crash, and when it rebooted it would never boot into windows. Apparently a bunch of files from the C:/windows/system32 something or other folder were corrupt. So I reformat.
Fresh installation. I install all my necessary drivers, CS, and Objectdock. Within two days it craps out again, same problem. While playing CS, it locks up, I hard reboot it and Windows doesn't boot up. So I'm sitting here on my old HP typing this up, waiting for Windows to reformat again.
What leads to these data corruptions? I don't surf the web much, pretty much just Anandtech and to check my email, so I don't think it's a virus. I heard somewhere that if I have my SATA cord in a funny angle it can lead to data loss or corruption but as of now it's pretty straight so I don't think it's that either. Any ideas? This is the most annoying of problems...
Cliffs:
-System data corruption twice in two weeks
-Crashes during CS, doesn't boot up into Windows
-Both times within days of installing Objectdock, maybe this is the problem?
-Ideas or suggestions?
The first time it happened, I had been running the same installation for about six months. It crapped out shortly after installing: Desktop Sidebar (which I uninstalled after a day), Samurize (I uninstalled after another day) and Objectdock (which I kept). I would be playing CS and the thing would crash, and when it rebooted it would never boot into windows. Apparently a bunch of files from the C:/windows/system32 something or other folder were corrupt. So I reformat.
Fresh installation. I install all my necessary drivers, CS, and Objectdock. Within two days it craps out again, same problem. While playing CS, it locks up, I hard reboot it and Windows doesn't boot up. So I'm sitting here on my old HP typing this up, waiting for Windows to reformat again.
What leads to these data corruptions? I don't surf the web much, pretty much just Anandtech and to check my email, so I don't think it's a virus. I heard somewhere that if I have my SATA cord in a funny angle it can lead to data loss or corruption but as of now it's pretty straight so I don't think it's that either. Any ideas? This is the most annoying of problems...
Cliffs:
-System data corruption twice in two weeks
-Crashes during CS, doesn't boot up into Windows
-Both times within days of installing Objectdock, maybe this is the problem?
-Ideas or suggestions?