Re: Hanging or rebooting

From: Pegasus (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 07/19/04

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    Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:51:55 +1000

    "Steve W" <antispamsteveW@=No-Spam=.org> wrote in message
    news:OyiQEGObEHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
    > Hi,
    >
    > My W2000 server is persistently hanging or rebooting, usually when the
    hard
    > drive is being accessed directly, eg through Explorer or sometimes if you
    > start up Internet Explorer. I've checked for viruses and its clean, and
    I've
    > tried to update Windows but it keeps rebooting or freezing in the middle
    of
    > installation. It even freezes or reboots in safe mode.
    >
    > I suspect a hard disk problem but there's nothing in Event Viewer relating
    > to disk errors, only messages to tell me that the previous shutdown was
    > unexpected.
    >
    > How can I confirm a disk error? Can I increase monitoring of the disk in
    > some way as to catch errors in the event log?
    >
    > Anywhere else to tell me? It won't do a full chkdsk without rebooting.
    >
    > Thanks for your help
    >
    > SteveW
    >
    >

    Download & run the disk diagnostic program that your disk
    manufacturer makes available free of charge on his home
    site.

    If the program gives the disk a clean bill of health then I would
    reload Windows 2000 from scratch. To protect yourself against
    similar disasters in future, create a disk image with a suitable
    program such as Acronis TrueImage.

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