Re: Keep getting random crashes/restarts in xp on dual boot vista xp system

cj75s wrote:

>

> Hi

>

> I'm new here and find all this info great. Kind of new to vista as well

> so its a mine of information for me. Thanks to you all.

>

> My problem is this:

>

> I was running xp pro with sp2 fine for a couple of years and now have

> taken the plunge to go to vista and of course decided to go the dual

> boot way. I have XP on 1 sata drive and have loaded Vista premium home

> on another sata drive. Vista is working fine, however when I boot into

> xp it runs for a while then just crashes to restart the pc. It never

> used to do this when it was just xp. my system is:

>

> amd 3800 dual core processor

> 2.5 gb ram

> 512 mb graphics

> pci sound card (can't remember the make off hand)

> 2 x Sata hdd plugged directly to sata ports on mobo.(these have the

> xp/vista loaded)

> 1 x pci sata card with a sata drive plugged into it

> 3 other ide hdd's

> 1 dvd/cd re-writer - ide

>

> 500 watt psu

>

> this is a home built system and has been working fine before vista.

> There is no BSOD so can't even find a possible reason for the crashes.

>

> Anyone any ideas.

>

> I don't really want to attempt a repair on xp as it contains quite a

> few programs/ games I have used over the years and don't fancy trying to

> re-install them.

Since Vista is running fine and the issues are with XP, this is really not a

Vista question. I've cross-posted this to

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general for you.

In XP, set your computer to not automatically restart so you can get a Stop

Error blue screen. Then you can research the Stop Error.

System>Advanced>Startup and Recovery>Settings and under System Failure

uncheck "Automatically Restart"

http://www.aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm - Stop Errors

You should also look in XP's Event Viewer for clues.

Start>Run>eventvwr.msc [enter]

Another useful troubleshooting technique is to do a clean boot in XP to see

if something you have running is the culprit.

Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353

Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP -

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

And in case you weren't aware of the issues in dual-booting Vista and XP

(although probably not at all related to your problem):

Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP -

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html

Malke

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