Re: Repeated Boot crash System32\config\systemced

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 04:45:49 -0800

>-----Original Message-----
>In news:121d901c410ce$ee4f2c50$a101280a@phx.gbl,
>shandy <shandy_nospamcm4@hotmail.com> fumbled, fiddled
and fingered:
>> Hi, This problem is driving me mad. I would really
>> appreciate any info that can be given..
>>
>> I have recently built a new rig,
>>
>> AMD 3400 64bit
>> MSI K8T Mobo
>> Western Digital 10K 40Gb Serial ATA
>> Nvidia 5900Xt
>> Crucial PCR333 512mb Mem
>> etc. etc.
>>
>> Loaded win 2000 sp4 no problems, finished loading all
>> software and drivers, tried out the performance etc
played
>> a few games then closed & shutdown.
>>
>> Next time I re-boot I get the message "WINNT\SYSTEM32
>> \CONFIG\SYSTEMced missing or corrupt" cannot load. First
>> time i got this message I reinstalled the o/s over the
>> same NTFS partion, reloaded the drivers / software.
After
>> a coupd of days I got the same error message. Next i
done
>> a clean install, guess what same thing again.
>>
>> I have searched various newsgroups and found that you
can
>> repair this by copying the old archived file and
replacing
>> the corrupt system file, fine I try this and it
>> works.....for about two hours.
>>
>> Seraching again i have found many people have had this
>> problem and it seems it can be caused by many differnet
>> things, I will attempt to list.
>>
>> 1. Norton antivirus eating the system file thinking it's
>> adware.
>> 2. Bad RAM.
>> 3. Serial ATA drive (Either CPU to quick to allow clear
>> down of cache, or incorrect drivers)
>>
>> I am toying with a couple of options
>>
>> - New memory
>> - New Hard drive (I am loathe to do this as it is one of
>> the fastest of its class on the market)
>> - Upgrade to XP
>>
>> I am tearing my hair out trying to fix this prob, please
>> help me !!
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Andy
>
>
>I had this ages for ages Andy and in the end just
installed Win98
>
>Later I changed the motherboard to a different model and
tried again and
>2000 worked fine with the new mother board (same HDD, CPU
and RAM)
>
>
>
>--
>Steve Parry BA (Hons) MCP MVP
>
>http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
>
>
>.
>Yes, I think I resigned myself to an XP upgrade. I can
get an OEM from Ebuyer for a reasonable price. From what I
have read this problem was inherrent with 95 / 98 / 98Se,
yet MS released OS patches to fix. This is not the case
with win2k.

Cheers,
Andy

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