Constant crashing

[Guest fruitlesspuppy]

Hello again,

I have just installed about 2 weeks ago a new Hard drive .. it is a western

digital 160G.WD 160 DAJB. I have formated this thing and reinstallled xp at

least 8 times.

It crashes before I can even get windows updates done. I have had so many

error numbers itis unreal .. 0x0000001e, 0x00000050. 0x000000074, 0x000000D1.

and Im sure there have been others . I am so frustrated.. I have tuneup

utilittes and have run all the fix its there.

I have managed to get updates done as far as the critical ones .. and have

IE7.

I was up til 4 am getting updates done this am . It seems like when I try to

install something it crashes.

Also, I have not been able to get access to drive over 137G. Dos tells me to

get it in windows .. windows tells me to do it in DOS. Tells me I have only

one hard drive, to install second one. I have reset the set up as master

duel, or single drive. I am on single now.

I am truly beginning to believe I have purchased a bad hard drive.

I have all my protection on avg anti virus, adaware , etc. At this point all

I have installed is necessary installs ..

If anyone has any tips on this ,, please tell me.

 

Thanks again,

Destinee

[Guest fruitlesspuppy]

RE: Constant crashing

 

I have since first post changed jumper setting to default/cable... so far no

crashes , but any advice will still be appreciated

 

"fruitlesspuppy" wrote:

> Hello again,

> I have just installed about 2 weeks ago a new Hard drive .. it is a western

> digital 160G.WD 160 DAJB. I have formated this thing and reinstallled xp at

> least 8 times.

> It crashes before I can even get windows updates done. I have had so many

> error numbers itis unreal .. 0x0000001e, 0x00000050. 0x000000074, 0x000000D1.

> and Im sure there have been others . I am so frustrated.. I have tuneup

> utilittes and have run all the fix its there.

> I have managed to get updates done as far as the critical ones .. and have

> IE7.

> I was up til 4 am getting updates done this am . It seems like when I try to

> install something it crashes.

> Also, I have not been able to get access to drive over 137G. Dos tells me to

> get it in windows .. windows tells me to do it in DOS. Tells me I have only

> one hard drive, to install second one. I have reset the set up as master

> duel, or single drive. I am on single now.

> I am truly beginning to believe I have purchased a bad hard drive.

> I have all my protection on avg anti virus, adaware , etc. At this point all

> I have installed is necessary installs ..

> If anyone has any tips on this ,, please tell me.

>

> Thanks again,

> Destinee

[Guest db ´¯`·.. >]

Re: Constant crashing

 

keep up the

good work.

 

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db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

 

"fruitlesspuppy" <fruitlesspuppy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:7231B034-AAC2-496B-98B6-C6752DE6688B@microsoft.com...

>I have since first post changed jumper setting to default/cable... so far no

> crashes , but any advice will still be appreciated

>

> "fruitlesspuppy" wrote:

>

>> Hello again,

>> I have just installed about 2 weeks ago a new Hard drive .. it is a western

>> digital 160G.WD 160 DAJB. I have formated this thing and reinstallled xp at

>> least 8 times.

>> It crashes before I can even get windows updates done. I have had so many

>> error numbers itis unreal .. 0x0000001e, 0x00000050. 0x000000074, 0x000000D1.

>> and Im sure there have been others . I am so frustrated.. I have tuneup

>> utilittes and have run all the fix its there.

>> I have managed to get updates done as far as the critical ones .. and have

>> IE7.

>> I was up til 4 am getting updates done this am . It seems like when I try to

>> install something it crashes.

>> Also, I have not been able to get access to drive over 137G. Dos tells me to

>> get it in windows .. windows tells me to do it in DOS. Tells me I have only

>> one hard drive, to install second one. I have reset the set up as master

>> duel, or single drive. I am on single now.

>> I am truly beginning to believe I have purchased a bad hard drive.

>> I have all my protection on avg anti virus, adaware , etc. At this point all

>> I have installed is necessary installs ..

>> If anyone has any tips on this ,, please tell me.

>>

>> Thanks again,

>> Destinee

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: Constant crashing

 

fruitlesspuppy wrote:

> Hello again,

> I have just installed about 2 weeks ago a new Hard drive .. it is a

> western digital 160G.WD 160 DAJB. I have formated this thing and

> reinstallled xp at least 8 times.

> It crashes before I can even get windows updates done. I have had so

> many error numbers itis unreal .. 0x0000001e, 0x00000050.

> 0x000000074, 0x000000D1. and Im sure there have been others . I am so

> frustrated.. I have tuneup utilittes and have run all the fix its

> there.

> I have managed to get updates done as far as the critical ones .. and

> have IE7.

> I was up til 4 am getting updates done this am . It seems like when I

> try to install something it crashes.

> Also, I have not been able to get access to drive over 137G. Dos

> tells me to get it in windows .. windows tells me to do it in DOS.

> Tells me I have only one hard drive, to install second one. I have

> reset the set up as master duel, or single drive. I am on single now.

> I am truly beginning to believe I have purchased a bad hard drive.

> I have all my protection on avg anti virus, adaware , etc. At this

> point all I have installed is necessary installs ..

> If anyone has any tips on this ,, please tell me.

>

> Thanks again,

> Destinee

 

Couple of clues:

 

1. XP can't handle a SATA drive natively. The drive has to be accessed via a

SATA driver built into the motherboard or you have to install SATA drivers

during the installation process.

 

2. FAT32 drive format cannot access volumes in excess of 137 GB. You'll have

to use NTFS if you want to take full advantage of the space on your new hard

drive. Or else partition the drive into logical drives, each smaller than

137GB.

 

NTFS is FAR superior: Capacity in the terabyte range, faster, built in

security features, and self-healing when problems occur.