-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Start up problem

Gman I'll answer both your emails here.

>Does that mean you have a dual-boot setup?
Yes I have a dual-boot..  Both XP,  One is 20 gig other is
40 gig.
 20 gig I use for emails as most of the work I do involves
providing routing for oversize loads in New England, New
York, Northern New Jersey and eastern PA.  Other drive (the
one not working) has pictures, music (600+ songs), TV shows
and Movies I've downloaded. All legal.

>     I'm also curious if that MLB-TV is a program you
installed or just a 
> subscription to a TV channel. 
 MLB-TV is a subscription service, no download needed.Works
with WMP.  

 >'m suspecting some 
> sort of malware.  If it has the option, have it to a
thorough scan (look 
> inside all compressed files, etc.).
 Ran AVG anti-virus on E ( one not working) drive came up
clean also ran ad-aware and removed the usual spy ware.

>while you're in the second OS, go into the
Administrative Tools 
"Computer Management > Disk Management" area
and make sure the first drive 
shows as Healthy.
When I check on this it showed as heatlhy.

 When I  do an analyze , from the defrag program, The green
area, unmovable files(i I think thats the OS ), is small
compared to the one for C drive. I also seem to remember
that it showed as a larger area on E drive before.

The only other thing was I put in a stick of 256 PC100 Ram I
got from Wincycle, used parts,  It gave a normal short beep
when I turned it on the first time, but after that the beeps
started getting longer and stranger sounding, so I pulled it
out and the beeps went back to normal.

The meds they have me on really screw me up at times. Don't
always remember things till later if at all now a days.

Steve

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> >
> > Have XP home with sp2.
> > Yesterday I started having a problem with one of
my hard drives.  After I 
> > purchased MLB-TV so I could watch the Mets games
(only way I can get 
> > them), the hard drive started acting funny.  First
it started restarting 
> > on it's own.  It seemed to do this at about the
time the screen saver 
> > would start, so I changed the time for the screen
saver to start and that 
> > cleared the problem for awhile.
> > After the 3rd or 4th time the icon red icon <
down by the clock, came up 
> > saying that there was no anti-virus found, next it
said no firewall found. 
> > I have Avast and zone Alarm on that drive.
> >  The only other trouble alarm I got was a pop up
saying I had a Security 
> > error 45.  I googled it but did not come up with a
satisfactory answer.
> > After that it would only go as far as then welcome
screen and freeze.  I 
> > let it sit there for 10 minutes and it never
changed.
> >  Tried to do a repair of XP. but it would not work
on that drive.  Kept 
> > going to my other drive.
> > Both fans are working and nothing was hot to the
touch.
> > I can see the hard drive when I open My Computer,
and I can see everything 
> > on it when I open it from there.
> > Any body have any ideas?  I"'m beginning to
think the hard drive is 
> > dieing.
> > Steve 


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Steve,
    Sorry to hear about the meds tkaing their toll on you. 
You might want 
to ask if there's something else they can substitute that
won't hinder brain 
function so much.  It could actually be an alergic reaction
you're dealing 
with.

    If there's no malware virus or hard drive problem, that
just leaves the 
bad memory and the MLB-TV plug-in.  Is it still showing
problems now that 
the bad RAM has been removed?  If it is, you might want to
try disabling MLB 
and see if it goes away.  If it does, I'd then get in touch
with the makers 
of that plug-in and report it to them.

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never
asked!"

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Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 7:16 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Start up problem


> Yes I have a dual-boot..  Both XP,  One is 20 gig other
is 40 gig.
> 20 gig I use for emails as most of the work I do
involves providing 
> routing for oversize loads in New England, New York,
Northern New Jersey 
> and eastern PA.  Other drive (the one not working) has
pictures, music 
> (600+ songs), TV shows and Movies I've downloaded. All
legal.
>
> MLB-TV is a subscription service, no download
needed.Works with WMP.
>
> Ran AVG anti-virus on E ( one not working) drive came
up clean also ran 
> ad-aware and removed the usual spy ware.
>
> When I check on this it showed as heatlhy.
>
> When I  do an analyze , from the defrag program, The
green area, unmovable 
> files(i I think thats the OS ), is small compared to
the one for C drive. 
> I also seem to remember that it showed as a larger area
on E drive before.
>
> The only other thing was I put in a stick of 256 PC100
Ram I got from 
> Wincycle, used parts,  It gave a normal short beep when
I turned it on the 
> first time, but after that the beeps started getting
longer and stranger 
> sounding, so I pulled it out and the beeps went back to
normal.
>
> The meds they have me on really screw me up at times.
Don't always 
> remember things till later if at all now a days.
>
> Steve 

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