Explorer.exe error

[Kevinthewise]

HI,
Like the title says i have been having explorer.exe problems here is the main problem

Explorer.exe

The instruction at "0x7c911e58" referenced memory at "0x00000000", the memory could not be read.


Click "OK" to cancel the program
Click "Cancel" to debug

This error has happened several times and today it did the same error with different errors numbers, I am currently running Windows XP PRO SP2 with a clean install as of Last Monday.

Some of the symptoms are: When i booted up my PC I had to log out of my account and re-log in in order to see my desktop. I did try to restart Explorer.exe from the Task Manager but no luck there either

I think i have an idea of what my problem could be but before i do anything i wanted to ask if anybody had an idea as to what is wrong with my system.

Thanks in advance

P.S. i Hope i am posting in the right section


-----Edit-----

Tryed using CHKDSK and it said that it could not find AUTOCHK.EXE and that it could not find it on the HD or the DISK which i though was weird. But yet when i looked for it on the disk it was there and the same for the HD

----Edit 2 -----

I ran SeaTools and it said that the drive itself was fine but it said the File system itself "Failed with Critical Errors".

---- Edit 3 ------

I posted this on another sectiion of this forum and was told to post it here. Again any Help would be appreciated.

 

[akhilles]

If you suspect the disk is corrupt, go to my computer, right-click the drive, props, tools tab, check now, check both boxes, start/ok, yes/ok, restart pc, Windows will scan and fix any disk errors.

If your explorer.exe crashes and you can't get it back, try setting folder properties to "Launch folder windows in a separate process".

http://www.winpro.com.sg/How_t..._XP_files/image002.jpg

 

[Kevinthewise]

Do you think it would be easier to reinstall Windows again

 

[Lemodular]

could be a bad install and it could be a good install but there may be bad sectors on the disc. Check the disk like suggested above to confirm a healthy disc before reinstallation.

 

[octopus41092]

Try running system file checker. Go to Start > Run > CMD, then type in scannow sfc