Computer freezes and black outs due to certain programs and 'drag and drop'

[spectemuragenda]

I disabled everything, rebooted, and attempted to use GiPo@moveonboot again.

It worked the first time that I tried it, then I closed and started the program again and the screen froze once again. No blue Screen of death, just a freeze of the the screen.

 

[Osiris]

Either your raid config went bad or possibly a driver conflict....can you do a repair?

 

[spectemuragenda]

I tried a reinstall, are there any options that I should choose when booting to do a repair rather than a reinstall....

Just boot from CD and choose repair on the blue screen or are there particular options I should choose at that point... I haven't attempted a repair before so I'm unfamiliar with it.

Thank you very much for you help btw, i really appreciate it.

 

[Osiris]

Boot the computer using the XP CD. You may need to change the boot order in the system BIOS so the CD boots before the hard drive. Check your system documentation for steps to access the BIOS and change the boot order.
When you see the "Welcome To Setup" screen, you will see the options below
This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft
Windows XP to run on your computer:

To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

Press Enter to start the Windows Setup. do not choose "To repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery Console, press R", (you Do Not want to load Recovery Console). I repeat, do not choose "To repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery Console, press R".
Accept the License Agreement and Windows will search for existing Windows installations.
Select the XP installation you want to repair from the list and press R to start the repair. If Repair is not one of the options, read this Warning#2!
Setup will copy the necessary files to the hard drive and reboot. Do not press any key to boot from CD when the message appears. Setup will continue as if it were doing a clean install, but your applications and settings will remain intact.

 

[spectemuragenda]

Ok, I'm going to begin that right now and I'll update the thread after its completed.

 

[Osiris]

Ok..have fun

 

[spectemuragenda]

I tried the repair but alas, the problem remains.

 

[Osiris]

you might have a bad raid config is what im thinking...how do you know raid is setup and working?

 

[spectemuragenda]

Other than the disk showing up as a combination of 80+80gigs I'm not positive. I'm going to try to install the Raid controllers again from the MOBO CD.

Is there a way to check if Raid is active or should I try a complete reinstall and delete the current array?

 

[Osiris]

Myself, I would do it over. When you setup raid, its supposed to be in this order

boot from XP cd

hit f6

insert the floppy

hit enter

let the drivers install

then the setup finishes etc