last few days it's become completely unstable; the system crashes for
no apparent reason, it won't starts etc. It fails when I'm in the
middle of working on it etc.,etc.
I ran every diagnostic that I use; CCleaner almost daily including
checking the registry for errors and backing up any issues. I use AVG
9.0 which is updated daily, and I've also run SpyBot S&D to see if
there are any unexpected files hiding away.
I finally decided the bast thing to do was to reinstall windows XP.
Using the supplied utility I created an SD Boot card, made sure that
all of my valuable data and programs were backed up, and then I
rebooted. The system comes with a utility called The Techguys that
allows you to reinstall the system, but as soon as I pressed the
button I hit a problem.
The system told me that I had an error (I didn't make a note of it,
sorry), and to try to start again from the SD card.
When I boot up again I have to press F11 to change the boot sequence,
then it starts to install windows, but after a few minutes I get a
blue screen that says;
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to
prevent damage to your computer.
A process or thread crucial to system operation has unexpectedly
exited or been terminated.
Technical information:
*** STOP: 0x000000F4 (0x00000003, 0x80FEE020, 0x80FEE16C,
0x8B244330)
I haven't added any new hardware or software, but now as best I can
tell, I need to reformat the hard drive. This system has no CD/DVD
player, so I need to be able to download some kind of utility to an SD
card so that I can move forward - can anyone help?
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group.
To post to this group, send email to computer-tech-support@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to computer-tech-support+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.
0 comments:
Post a Comment