Should I get an extra Hard Drive? - Page 2

Animal · 07-12-2004, 05:38 PM

Both. I've got 4 PC's, 2 with Pro, 2 with Home. The only difference between Home and Pro is the added network and security features.

XP is built on the NT kernel, much like Win 2000, or Advanced Server. I'm not saying it won't crash, but it shouldn't.

The majority of crashes I've seen are hardware related, whether outdated drivers or a failing component. The bottom line, if your PC is configured correctly, and maintained regularly with anti virus and spywhere removal, XP will give you years of trouble free service

Animal · 07-12-2004, 05:43 PM

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Originally posted by Stormymystic:
xp does crash, I have it crash on my computer every month or so, it happens, yes get a second hard drive, you can also buy a plug and play hard drive, but they are bulky. animal, you mean to tell me you have not had a blue screen of death? then how would you know about the error code on it?

Then you've got a problem that needs to be dealt with, Stormy, because it really shouldn't crash like that. The stop code is used in every MS operating system as a way for the user to diagnose the problem. Like everything else in life, you need to fix problems or they will keep re-occuring.

By the way, if your PC is giving you the corrup registry error or corrupted hive error on reboot after a crash, there is a way to fix that so you can get back into the OS to get your data. Win XP keeps a fully protected, clean copy of the registry in a back up location, so you can always rebuild your registry to get you back into Windows.

Megabot · 07-12-2004, 06:11 PM

Yep agree with Animal i have had XP since it come out and have not have a sigle "bluescreen" yet so it is pretty stabile if you ask me!

Stormymystic · 07-12-2004, 06:27 PM

our problem according to an expert does not exsist, so how can we fix it? fyi the problem is unmountable boot drive, and the error codes were all 0's

Megabot · 07-12-2004, 06:29 PM

Trie to restore the XP to an earlier date and see if that help Stormy

Stormymystic · 07-12-2004, 06:39 PM

we tried that, lol, but see the problem was, it would not go any further than the blue screen

I had to make it boot from the cd drive, and then reinstal XP to fix it, so yes I advise it again, get another hard drive

Animal · 07-12-2004, 06:40 PM

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Originally posted by Stormymystic:
our problem according to an expert does not exsist, so how can we fix it? fyi the problem is unmountable boot drive, and the error codes were all 0's

Unmountable Boot Drive errors usually occur because of two possible conditions. Since you state that the error is all 0's, it can only be one.

You are using a hard drive that supports UDMA, which in turn requires an 80pin connector versus the older 40pin. You may have a 40pin connector on your UDMA drive, or you may have a bad cable, or bad connection. Try reseating the IDE cable, or replacing with a known good 80pin.

Animal · 07-12-2004, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by Stormymystic:
we tried that, lol, but see the problem was, it would not go any further than the blue screen I had to make it boot from the cd drive, and then reinstal XP to fix it, so yes I advise it again, get another hard drive

Boot from CD and select the recovery console. From there you can use command line prompts to manually restore the registry to a fresh state.

Stormymystic · 07-12-2004, 06:42 PM

nuff said

Megabot · 07-12-2004, 06:46 PM

Yes it can be a bad cable as Animal say trie to take them of and reconnect them and se if that help.

07-12-2004, 05:38 PM	#11
Animal Gold Dragon Join Date: March 29, 2002 Location: Canada Age: 51 Posts: 2,534	Both. I've got 4 PC's, 2 with Pro, 2 with Home. The only difference between Home and Pro is the added network and security features. XP is built on the NT kernel, much like Win 2000, or Advanced Server. I'm not saying it won't crash, but it shouldn't. The majority of crashes I've seen are hardware related, whether outdated drivers or a failing component. The bottom line, if your PC is configured correctly, and maintained regularly with anti virus and spywhere removal, XP will give you years of trouble free service __________________ It\'s all fun and games until somebody loses an eye...then it becomes a sport.<br /> [img]\"http://members.shaw.ca/mtholdings/bsmeter.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

07-12-2004, 06:27 PM	#14
Stormymystic Knight of the Rose Join Date: April 8, 2003 Location: Arkansas Age: 48 Posts: 4,442	our problem according to an expert does not exsist, so how can we fix it? fyi the problem is unmountable boot drive, and the error codes were all 0's __________________ [url]\"http://stormymystic.deviantart.com/gallery/\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/3968/stormyvx6.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /></a>

07-12-2004, 06:39 PM	#16
Stormymystic Knight of the Rose Join Date: April 8, 2003 Location: Arkansas Age: 48 Posts: 4,442	we tried that, lol, but see the problem was, it would not go any further than the blue screen I had to make it boot from the cd drive, and then reinstal XP to fix it, so yes I advise it again, get another hard drive __________________ [url]\"http://stormymystic.deviantart.com/gallery/\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/3968/stormyvx6.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /></a>

07-12-2004, 06:42 PM	#19
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07-12-2004, 06:11 PM	#13
Megabot Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: October 18, 2003 Location: Oslo, Norway. Age: 61 Posts: 3,360	Yep agree with Animal i have had XP since it come out and have not have a sigle "bluescreen" yet so it is pretty stabile if you ask me!

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