bronco7
January 6th 04, 12:39 AM
SIR: Some new units are still coming out with the old MS-
DOS prompt. Check with MS and see if you can go NTSF
>-----Original Message-----
>3rd post looking for help w/o any response. Have always
had
>good success getting answers here before, so am assuming
>that the problem is either very unusual or that my
>explanation is either too obtuse, or not thorough
enough.
>Would appreciate feedback. Also, my XP came w/ my
computer
>so have "restore CD" limitations and had to totally
>reformat system 2 mos ago due to virus probs so thought
of
>doing this again is 40+ gig worth of apps is something I
>would like to avoid. (Almost has me thinking of Apple
>because of nature of Win Registry and the associated
>difficulties of backing up full programs and having them
>work again after reformat) Have tried to condense post
>AMAP, but difficult 2 do.
>
>Problems: On boot-up, intermittently get the following
(or
>something to the effect of):
>
>1) BSOD "Windows was shut down to save your
>settings... Check for Bios updates, delete any Bios
memory
>functions, chk for driver updates, and make sure there
is
>enough HD space etc. Have done this.
>
>2)Black Start-up screen w/ option to start Windows
normally
>(sometimes get repair by typing 'r'screen) w/ various
error
>messages about corrupt or missing files including:
>
>a) C:\\windows\syst\config, b) syst32\drivers\pci.sys,
c)
>Couldn't load DLL's for kernel,
>d)<windowsroot>\system32\ntosKrnl.exe
>
>After a sluggish restart (sometimes twice-BSOD followed
by
>Black Screen of Purgatory (hehe) system runs great.
>
>Computer has two HD's slaved together for 100 Gig total
w/
>XP OS's installed on both, 512 Mb RAM, and Intel P4 .
Opera
>and IE browsers.
>
>Additional Notes: taking pot-shots in the dark trying to
>locate prob by watching TskMngr. A few items show up
that
>*may* be indicating something. --4 seperate svchost one
w/
>21K mem usage. --msi(syst something?- went away after
>start) showed 163,000 (honest!) page faults (whatever
that
>means). --
>Something called PQV2iSvc.exe w/ 20+K mem usage.
>.
>
DOS prompt. Check with MS and see if you can go NTSF
>-----Original Message-----
>3rd post looking for help w/o any response. Have always
had
>good success getting answers here before, so am assuming
>that the problem is either very unusual or that my
>explanation is either too obtuse, or not thorough
enough.
>Would appreciate feedback. Also, my XP came w/ my
computer
>so have "restore CD" limitations and had to totally
>reformat system 2 mos ago due to virus probs so thought
of
>doing this again is 40+ gig worth of apps is something I
>would like to avoid. (Almost has me thinking of Apple
>because of nature of Win Registry and the associated
>difficulties of backing up full programs and having them
>work again after reformat) Have tried to condense post
>AMAP, but difficult 2 do.
>
>Problems: On boot-up, intermittently get the following
(or
>something to the effect of):
>
>1) BSOD "Windows was shut down to save your
>settings... Check for Bios updates, delete any Bios
memory
>functions, chk for driver updates, and make sure there
is
>enough HD space etc. Have done this.
>
>2)Black Start-up screen w/ option to start Windows
normally
>(sometimes get repair by typing 'r'screen) w/ various
error
>messages about corrupt or missing files including:
>
>a) C:\\windows\syst\config, b) syst32\drivers\pci.sys,
c)
>Couldn't load DLL's for kernel,
>d)<windowsroot>\system32\ntosKrnl.exe
>
>After a sluggish restart (sometimes twice-BSOD followed
by
>Black Screen of Purgatory (hehe) system runs great.
>
>Computer has two HD's slaved together for 100 Gig total
w/
>XP OS's installed on both, 512 Mb RAM, and Intel P4 .
Opera
>and IE browsers.
>
>Additional Notes: taking pot-shots in the dark trying to
>locate prob by watching TskMngr. A few items show up
that
>*may* be indicating something. --4 seperate svchost one
w/
>21K mem usage. --msi(syst something?- went away after
>start) showed 163,000 (honest!) page faults (whatever
that
>means). --
>Something called PQV2iSvc.exe w/ 20+K mem usage.
>.
>