Posted by: MacAllcock
OT: PC Crash - A cautionary Note - 11/14/05 01:09 AM
Just a quicky - my XP PC bombed last week. I assumed it was just a random corruption and tried to repair the installation using the Windows XP Professional CDRom.
After two tries which failed, using different CDs, I checked the PC memory and discovered one of my chips was returning currupt data.
Removed the chip (on of a pair) and the PC re-loaded windows reliably. But because of the previous bad loads I've had to start from scratch because the recovery data that might have helped got wiped by the failed installs.
And the moral of the story....
If your PC crashes check the memory first! Then the repair processes might have a chance of working!
After two tries which failed, using different CDs, I checked the PC memory and discovered one of my chips was returning currupt data.
Removed the chip (on of a pair) and the PC re-loaded windows reliably. But because of the previous bad loads I've had to start from scratch because the recovery data that might have helped got wiped by the failed installs.
And the moral of the story....
If your PC crashes check the memory first! Then the repair processes might have a chance of working!