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Wierd Windows XP problem

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Mail5398

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I install XP on this computer, seems to work fine for a couple weeks and then one day it is turned on and a driver file is corrupted. It will not even boot into safe mode. I end up having to reinstall XP from scratch. It has happened four times now. The last two times I have not installed any other software to make sure it was not something I had put on the machine. I have assembled close to 25 computers over the years and I have never had a problem like this. I have tested the hard drive, it is fine. Any ideas?







 
burn a memtest86+ cd on another system, then boot yur "problem computer" up and let that run for a few hours
if it can handle that then you rule out hardware problem

also run yurself a check disk for bad sectors and stuff, just in case

good luck
 
Originally posted by: Mail5398
I install XP on this computer, seems to work fine for a couple weeks and then one day it is turned on and a driver file is corrupted. It will not even boot into safe mode. I end up having to reinstall XP from scratch. It has happened four times now. The last two times I have not installed any other software to make sure it was not something I had put on the machine. I have assembled close to 25 computers over the years and I have never had a problem like this. I have tested the hard drive, it is fine. Any ideas?
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Sounds like a harware problem is corrupting your install.

As mentioned above memtest86 is good place to start.
 
as stated above, big hammer is best...

yeah, hardware issue, if memory though then not sure why it would take a few weeks to manifest itself... maybe the drive is going bad in a select sector on the HD?
 
Thanks for your help. I will try memtest. It is definetely some part of my hardware that is causing a software problem. I have downloaded the diagnostic software for western digital hard drives and it passes with flying colors every time.


 
when you get the error, try pulling hardware to see if the system boots after that.... if you remove something and it then boots, you have found the problem!
 
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