XP Crashes Again

[Jake]

Damn, not again, this time my xp pro sys only boots using a floopy - booting from HD causes sys to freeze just after "verifying DMI pool data........" The "master boot record" apparently is corrupt. However, when I go to run the command "fixmbr" in repair console it says I may lose all partitions. So do I try repairing the MBR with fixmbr or can I use fixboot instead? Anyone know about this repair console? I am so frustrated with the buggy crashing OS. <BR><BR>SOYO-K7V Dragon Plus<BR>AthlonXP 1800+<BR>512mb PC2100 DDR<BR>Western Digital 80gb HDD w/8mb buffer<BR>Western Digital 40gb HDD w/4mb buffer<BR>ATI Radeon 8500 64mb <BR>Cmedia 5.1 audio<BR>EPO 16x DVD<BR>LS120 Floppy<BR>Diamond Pro 2060u 21" monitor <BR><BR>

[Iceman]

Try using the command fdisk mbr. If this isn't availble in the repair console copy the command from a windows 9x/ME box. This should work (fingers crossed)

[GNXtreme]

I just had the same problem and nothing I tried worked...&nbsp; I lost 40G of data.&nbsp; I installed my OS on another drive and after it was all said and done the drive came up as unalocated, aka blank, unformatted, no partition.&nbsp; You might try a program called partition magic,&nbsp;it repairs lost partitions.&nbsp; However it didn't work for me.&nbsp; I learned a valuable lesson....backup, backup, backup, backup!

[HARD DRIVE]

As a Computer Technician of 15 Years i have seen a lot of os come and go the best one is WINDOWS 2000 Pro <BR>i tryed Win XP in one of my computers it was there for 5 days i filled under "G" when thay fix all the bug in i my try . <BR>like all os's when thay come out are bugg . in a year i will try it <BR><BR>It's one of the worst OS i have used (locking up and all typ of bugs in it even with all the updates <BR>

[@COMPUTER_HACK]

I dunno, someone mentioned how Windows XP wouldn't work (well) on AMD processors... <BR><BR>EDIT: See this post: <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://bbs.pcstats.com/pcstats/messageview.cfm?catid=54&threadid=16920">XP and AMD processors</a>

[CHE]

You are the "someone" who mentioned it, @COMPUTER_HACK, and there's no truth to it. Next time you slander a company be prepared to back it up. We are not going to have salespeople trolling our forums with bulls<a></a>hit, just an FYI and not an accusation.

[Juan]

I have ran XP for over a year now and I have had one crash(caused by reg tweaks!!) That ************************ about AMD and XP not working together. Didn't you know XP was optimized for AMD processors meaning Microsoft and AMD worked together on the development of XP.

[shez]

XP works great for me had no problems been running it for probably 5 or 6 months and it has not crashed yet plus the features like system restore i think is cool, using 9X i always had regular crashes so i would have to say out of all of the windows OSs XP has to be the best and most stable and better featured

[Avid6eek]

I have used a bootleg version of WinXP Pro for over a year now and have had no problems at all. It is the easiest OS to install and maintain. There are occastionally compatabilty problems, but they can be solved 99% of the time. As for this OS not working on AMD processors.....<BR><BR>Athlon <b>XP</b><BR>Windows <b>XP</b><BR><BR>They even have similiar names :-p

[ohsgaston]

I haven't used an Intel processor since my Pentium 166Mhz. I have installed Windows XP on about 5 computers this year, and they have all been AMD systems!

[consilium]

ive never had a problem with XP... hmm

[TangIna]

<br><br><< <i>As a Computer Technician of 15 Years i have seen a lot of os come and go the best one is WINDOWS 2000 Pro <BR><BR>i tryed Win XP in one of my computers it was there for 5 days i filled under "G" when thay fix all the bug in i my try . <BR><BR>like all os's when thay come out are bugg . in a year i will try it <BR><BR><BR><BR>It's one of the worst OS i have used (locking up and all typ of bugs in it even with all the updates</i> >><br><br><BR><BR>can't update? i guess you're using invalid Windows XP serial number... you need valid to get tru it!!!

[HARD DRIVE]

I Have XP Home and XP Pro both are not hacked i get all my software from Microsoft . i have all the windows software made from dos to<BR> windows NET <BR><BR><< As a Computer Technician of 15 Years i have seen a lot of os come and go the best one is WINDOWS 2000 Pro <BR><BR>i tryed Win XP in one of my computers it was there for 5 days i filled under "G" when thay fix all the bug in i my try . <BR><BR>like all os's when thay come out are bugg . in a year i will try it <BR><BR><BR><BR>It's one of the worst OS i have used (locking up and all typ of bugs in it even with all the updates >><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>