My Windows XP OS Keeps Crashing...

[Rish]

Everytime I've installed Windows XP on a fresh hard drive, or even on top of windows ME, I keep having the SAME problem.

What happens is, when I'm browsing the Internet using IE, my system suddenly freezes and I cannot do anything other then restart.

So anyways, when I restart and scandisk automatically runs, I keep getting the message:

"(Whatever file) - first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated."

For example: "\Documents and Settings\Rish\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\0NSFOZCZ\audio_on[1].gif first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated."

Does anyone else have this problem and/or know how to sort it all out? I woulda thought that by updating my OS with all the latest patches woulda solve the problem, but no luck...

[ROMANTICGUY50]

Originally posted by Rish
Everytime I've installed Windows XP on a fresh hard drive, or even on top of windows ME, I keep having the SAME problem.

What happens is, when I'm browsing the Internet using IE, my system suddenly freezes and I cannot do anything other then restart.

So anyways, when I restart and scandisk automatically runs, I keep getting the message:

"(Whatever file) - first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated."

For example: "\Documents and Settings\Rish\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\0NSFOZCZ\audio_on[1].gif first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated."

Does anyone else have this problem and/or know how to sort it all out? I woulda thought that by updating my OS with all the latest patches woulda solve the problem, but no luck...

It shouldn't do that. My HP computer came with ME(Uck) It sucked big time. I also had some trouble at first, where I after a time I would have to reformat my harddrive put ME back in (with my HP I have to use two CD'S with ME on it I didn't have a CD with just ME) I did have reformat my computer many times. This last time it seems to be better (I sure hope so) your not the only one that had problems. So far so good this time. When you do a restore Don't put any of theME updates in. One tech support guy told me not to put SP1 in so I didn't. Don't know what that's worth. I did put all the other updates in however.. For some reaason the cumputer tech didn't like SP! I haven't had any trouble since. For what's that's worth

[moshsandwich]

What do you expect from ME and XP, they're bad builds of previous operating systems (98 and 2000 respectively).

[Malakai1911]

Yeah, XP is... well... Just because it's newer, doen't mean its better..

If you wanted stability, Windows 2000 SP2 is rock solid. SP4 is out, but I'm waiting for some more opinions on that before I upgrade.

[Krell]

Ok then, heres my opion on that


Your opinions are all a bunch of rubbish


You have a compound problem

The first is that your PC freezes, and I suspect that it is hardware related

Secondly, when your pc freezes, and you have to hard reboot, the names of temp files for the pages that you are viewing get corrupted. (symptom not problem)

If you want know me to examine your system for flaws, you can use the Aisa32 app, gather some info, and I will look at it. It willtake you maybe an hour to do everything on your part, at least that for me.


All I need to know at this point is : Yes I can follow about 5 simple instructions, or No, I love crashing, it gives me somethig to do.


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[nasrules]

I agree with Krell. Those who have nothing useful to say, don't say anything at all.

As you are continually having problems, it's got to be a hardware problem. Take Krell's advice.

[blady]

i saw a similar problem on a friend's PC. he would visit yahoo.com, access his mail, and his computer would hang needing a reboot. He had a backdoor trojan in his windows\system 32 folder which i had to remove in safe mode. Then, he had hundreds of spyware products in his computer that adaware 6.0 personal removed. then i added tiny personal firewall 4.5 and upped his privacy slider in internet properties, and the computer now runs fine.

[The Hunter]

Just as a note folks, I installed XP on this piece of junk of a computer, after doing the compatability test at PC World, and most important, using Aida32, and sending the info to Krell. Both gave me a clean slate to do the install, and the sys hasnt crashed once. When he says do your homework, it does pay off.

[Rish]

Originally posted by Krell
Ok then, heres my opion on that


Your opinions are all a bunch of rubbish


You have a compound problem

The first is that your PC freezes, and I suspect that it is hardware related

Secondly, when your pc freezes, and you have to hard reboot, the names of temp files for the pages that you are viewing get corrupted. (symptom not problem)

If you want know me to examine your system for flaws, you can use the Aisa32 app, gather some info, and I will look at it. It willtake you maybe an hour to do everything on your part, at least that for me.


All I need to know at this point is : Yes I can follow about 5 simple instructions, or No, I love crashing, it gives me somethig to do.


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Thanks a lot Krell, I appreciate your help. I've downloaded Adia32 - what do I need to do to create the report?

[PiRaNeTuS]

To generate report:

1. Click on report up at the top, next to 'file', 'view', etc.

2. Click Report Wizard

3. Click Next

4. Make sure "all pages" is selected, and click Next

5. Choose whatever format you want, and click Next ( I usually checked HTML)

6. Click Finish, there you go

[Krell]

lol you beat me to it !

Good directions, I like to name them with a user name like Rish.MHTML

Save to the desktop
.................................................. .................

next project, go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer

There are two events that I want the logs of

Click on Application:

Action > Save Log File As > Rish-application

Click on System:

Action > Save Log File As > Rish-system

Save these to the Desktop also.


Enable your PM in the Zero Paid control PaneI, I will PM you, then email these 3 things to me as attachments, be sure to include all 3.



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[dacaveman]

i used winXP before. crashes every now and then. sp1 for xp was not available then.

i switched to win2k, installed sp3, my system ran for days without reboots and no crashes. i recently installed sp4 and so far it hasnt caused me any problems [i recommend sp4 upgrade to all win2k users].

my suggestions are 1) install sp1 for xp and instead of the individual updates
2) switch to win2k and get sp4. its so stable

[vikram_mohan]

Well whoever says XP keeps crashing either has a sad comp or is a newb who cant tweak his system.......... first off listen to Krell, second try downloading a decent copy of Windows XP 8 in 1 or Windows 2000 4 in 1 (They are worth it rather than downloading one copy of a OS on one cd) and yes they are the FULL os'es not with stuff removed ......... uses a technology called cross linking.... anyway..... id recommend #betas on irc.ufnet.org they rock and are helpful.................

If installing a working copy doesnt solve the problem its a hardware problem .... also before u try these try using another browser.............

Why i suspect browser and OS is u said when run IE so prolly ur installation of XP had IE all messed up......................

Try these and open to feedback..............

[Malakai1911]

Krell, a fucking google search would have revealed that this problem occurs with Windows XP.

http://www.newbie.org/help/messages/5696.html
http://x220.minasi.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3807
http://forums.zonelabs.com/zonelabs/...message.id=254

Two of them mention they run ZoneAlarm.
Those two also have formatted with FAT32.

He upgraded from Me. Fat32.

Does he run ZoneAlarm? Maybe we see a pattern forming.


And about the 2000 comment. Once again, 2000 is more mature, and is 3 service packs ahead of XP. As far as I am concerned, that maturity translates into stability.

[PiRaNeTuS]

Originally posted by Malakai1911
Krell, a fucking google search would have revealed that this problem occurs with Windows XP.

http://www.newbie.org/help/messages/5696.html
http://x220.minasi.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3807
http://forums.zonelabs.com/zonelabs/...message.id=254

Two of them mention they run ZoneAlarm.
Those two also have formatted with FAT32.

He upgraded from Me. Fat32.

Does he run ZoneAlarm? Maybe we see a pattern forming.


And about the 2000 comment. Once again, 2000 is more mature, and is 3 service packs ahead of XP. As far as I am concerned, that maturity translates into stability.

"a fucking google"

hmmmmmmmmmmmm, did you actually read the sites you linked? They DON'T even deal with the same problem that Rish is having. Some of the symptoms are the same, but others are not. Read before you post something that doesn't even have anything to do with the original post.

Yes, Krell knows what he is doing. He has helped me out a few times with problems that NO ONE else solved.

And your biasness on "Win2k is better" has, again, nothing to do with helping Rish out. You know what? I have Win2k on my work comp. And it SUCKS. It crashes all of the time. I have XP at home. It NEVER crashes. Others I know say the same thing. Still others say XP crashes and Win2k is stable. So you know what? It's much more than just OS. It's how well that OS works with your unique hardware setup. So don't respond to something if you can't help the fellow out.