http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q308041
Resources for Troubleshooting Startup Problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q317277
You Receive a "System Has Recovered from a Serious Error" Message After
Every Restart
Perhaps these articles will assist you. The ID: 1003 was what we needed to
be sure about.
Additional info
Windows XP issues 'The System Has Recovered from a Serious Problem' at start
up?
This problem is generally the result of a corrupted System Restore feature.
To fix the problem:
1. Control Panel / System.
2. Select the System Restore tab.
3. Check the Turn off System Restore box.
4. Press OK and press Yes to confirm.
5. Shutdown and restart Windows XP.
NOTE: You may still receive The system has recovered from a serious problem
message.
6. Control Panel / System.
7. Select the System Restore tab.
8. Uncheck the Turn off System Restore box.
9. Press OK.
10. Shutdown and restart Windows XP.
Also you can solve this problem by recreating the pagefile. To recreate the
pagefile, follow these steps:
1. Click Start.
2. Right-click My Computer.
3. Click Properties.
4. On the Advanced tab, in the Performance section, click Settings.
5. In the Virtual Memory section, click Change.
6. For Paging file size for selected drive, click No Paging File and then
click Set.
7. Click Yes after the following warning appears:
Note: If the paging file on volume X: has an initial size of less than xx
megabytes, then the system may not be able to create a debugging information
file if a STOP error occurs. Continue anyway?
(X is the drive letter and xx is the amount of RAM installed on your
computer minus 1 megabyte.)
8. Click System Managed Size.
9. Click OK four times, and then restart the computer when you are prompted.
An alternative method:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;255205
How to Delete the Pagefile.sys File in Recovery Console
The information is provided as is.
Thanks for the reply.
The error reported by event viewer is exactly what I posted: see the line
starting "Error code ...". There is no other information from EV, and MS
Help Center gives an apologetic message (ID 1003)saying no info. on this
system error.
Sorry if that wasn't clear in my original post.
On booting I intermittently get the message "The system has recovered from
a severe error .... etc." with an offer to send error report to MS.
Since the system considers it a "severe" error I figure I should identify
it and try to fix it.
Click Start
Select Run
and type in : Eventvwr.msc
See if there are any errors and post back with the specific errors.
I get the following error intermittently on startup:
Error code 000000c5, parameter1 0074006e, parameter2 00000002, parameter3
00000001, parameter4 8053465a.
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