WinXPhome resets on various disk tasks

[DrJeff]

In WinXP Home explorer, if I right click any drive and choose Properties to see amount used and pie chart, the machine restarts abruptly. Some sort of driver conflict, but what? I have loaded this machine fresh with a ton of stuff recently and don't know where to start. What pieces of hardware act like this? Or is it likely software/driver?

All suggestions appreciated.

 

[dwendel]

Hi,
Open a DOS command prompt and type sfc /scannow. Have your XP disk ready. This checks all your system files against the originals.

Don

 

[DrJeff]

Originally posted by: dwendel
Hi,
Open a DOS command prompt and type sfc /scannow. Have your XP disk ready. This checks all your system files against the originals.

Don

Okay, I got home and tried the above. Did not work because my disks are restore disks for an eMachines system. Can't use the other XPhome disk I have for some reason. System File Checker did start and ask for the disk, but nothing I could feed the drive would satisfy it.

Any other ideas for restoring the system files?

 

[DrJeff]

Also could not make it do the right thing using XP Pro CD.:frown:

 

[Viper96720]

System Restore enabled? Roll it back to a previous state.

 

[Viper96720]

Control Panel, System, System Restore

 

[DrJeff]

Will system restore roll me back and eliminate those apps that I have installed since the last restore point? There were several, but I guess if it did, I could reinstall the ones that were effected.