 | Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years. Thanks, CNET Support |
For the past few weeks I have encountered a serious problem with windows. I have XP
Every time I try to install anything or install the windows updates, a blue screen appears and says that a physical memory dump has taken place.
This happens for virtually every thing I try to install.
What could the problem be? Could it be damaged ram...
I've run multiple virus scans, but to no avail.
Discussion is locked
Check the event viewer.
In the run box type Eventvwr.msc
Look for "Save Dump" in event log,probably using "system" in left pane,what is the event ID#
Tom
The message: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL is not in the error message.
The Event ID is: 7
and the description is:
The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block.
I ran the disk check by typing chkdsk /r into the command prompt.
I restarted the computer so that the disk check could run. When I did, a blue screen came up, told me that the volume was NTFS, volume is clean, and then windows loaded. The whole process took about 5 seconds; nothing was scanned.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks for all the help.
Chowhound
Comic Vine
GameFAQs
GameSpot
Giant Bomb
TechRepublic