Repeated attempts have either crashed on the WinXP splash page, or if I am lucky, have opened the desktop, but then slowly crashed after I have opened and run a single app, like semantec, or ad-aware. For instance, when running semantec, it will run fast at first, and then slower, and slower, and then finally crash.
I finally booted in safe mode and surprisingly the system hasn't crashed yet and has been defraging for about the past hour, but very slowly.
Oh yeah, I also got the kernel_data_inpage_error, which points directly towards a hardware issue, such as a bad HD, bad sectors, loose connections, bad memory, or a motherboard. I haven't run chkdsk yet, as I'm waiting for the defraging to complete.
My hope is to just conclude what the problem is, so I don't have to spend more time verifying it. I want to say it's the HD, but I'm surprised it's lasted this long on the defraging process. Any input?
I finally booted in safe mode and surprisingly the system hasn't crashed yet and has been defraging for about the past hour, but very slowly.
Oh yeah, I also got the kernel_data_inpage_error, which points directly towards a hardware issue, such as a bad HD, bad sectors, loose connections, bad memory, or a motherboard. I haven't run chkdsk yet, as I'm waiting for the defraging to complete.
My hope is to just conclude what the problem is, so I don't have to spend more time verifying it. I want to say it's the HD, but I'm surprised it's lasted this long on the defraging process. Any input?