I recently got a new computer (see information below). Computer will run fine and stable for a while. It is able to run SysMark2001 and Sandra benchmarks fine and gets good benchmarks. However, after a few days I will get a blue screen fatal error. When I reboot I get an invalid system disk error (no disk in drive). I won't boot in safe mode either. When I run a diskscan it says that there are errors on drive my FAT allocation tables don't match and I end up reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling windows. In the last two weeks I've had to do a reformat and full reinstall 5 times. This doesn't happen with the same program -- here are some of the things I have been doing when this happened: 1) running a virus scan with Norton 2001 2) running a virus scan with PC-cillan (I didn't have both Norton and PC-cillan installed at the same time) 3) copying mp3 files from a CD-ROM to my hard drive. I've done a full scan disk but it came up with no problems. I've also run memtest for about 2 hours with no errors. I've stopped running any anti-virus program but I am still getting errors. Does anyone have any ideas on what might be wrong here.
System:
Windows ME
Athalon 1333 266 MHz FSB
ASUS A7M266 MB
256 RAM PC2100
Elsa Gladiac Ultra
Soundblaster Live Value
IBM Deskstar 40GB ATA100 7200 RPM
Pioneer 16x DVD
HP 9350i CDRW
Thanks for any ideas.
System:
Windows ME
Athalon 1333 266 MHz FSB
ASUS A7M266 MB
256 RAM PC2100
Elsa Gladiac Ultra
Soundblaster Live Value
IBM Deskstar 40GB ATA100 7200 RPM
Pioneer 16x DVD
HP 9350i CDRW
Thanks for any ideas.
) to this day. You could also try disconnected IDE devices 1 at a time to see if you can nail down any sort of offenders. I realize rebuilding your whole OS in the name of troubleshooting is tedious. You could also try checking/changing IDE cables as well. That one is hard to nail down. Good luck and keep the forum informed...
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