Windows XP Locks UP

[Guest]

I have a windows XP Pro system, on an intel P4 3.00ghz machine, 1Gb ram, an
Asrock MB. 1 Sata drive, (which i boot from), and 2 IDE drives. The IDE
drives are on the primary IDE channel, and the SATA is the system disk.

The problem... anywhere from 20 minutes, to 2 days, and the ide drive on the
slave connection, starts spinning, and stopping, and then the machine locks
up. The computer has Antivirus, and spyware installed, so there should be
nothing ther causing a problem, when i examine the event (system) Log, the
last reference is to too many tcp/ip connections, and it is limiting the
current upload, and download rates. The microsoft support logs has nothing
that would help me,

can anyone please provide me with some clues as to what I can do..........

 

[Ted Zieglar]

"The computer has Antivirus, and spyware installed, so there should be
nothing there causing a problem..."

We hear this over and over. Merely having antivirus and anti-spyware
programs installed is no guarantee that there is not a virus or spyware on
the system.

These programs have to be used correctly and continuously updated. In the
case of spyware, it often takes scans with several programs to reveal a
spyware infection. And if the malicious software is disguised by a rootkit,
a scanner won't catch it no matter what you do.

Moreover, the finest software in the world will not protect a user who does
not rigidly adhere to safe computing practices.

"...too many tcp/ip connections..."

Sounds like a virus or spyware, which like to open TCP/IP connections to do
their work.

 

[Guest]

What's on the 2 ide hdds?
run chkdsk /r and defrag

What controller is SATA on?
what's master/slave config?

 

[Gerry Cornell]

You might try testing the hard drive. I have been testing HD Tune.
(freeware). Download and run it and see
what it turns up.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message.

Next click on the Error Scan tab and start the Scan. It will take some
time, depending on the size of the disk. The tool has a good visual
display so that you can see how the scan is progressing.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Hope this helps.

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