> > I am running XP Pro on an older Athelon 1700 machine. I have an 80 gig HD
> > with 512 megs of ram. Recnetly for no reason my machine has just rebooted
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> Do you have drive space? How much free space do you have? Have you
> done a cleanup? Have you defragged?
> Actually I only have 2.13 GB useable on my C drive and 2.49 gigs of my
> scondary drive left. The last time I cleaned my system and defragged was
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>> Do you have drive space? How much free space do you have? Have you
>> done a cleanup? Have you defragged?
2 gigs is not small. Tight, but not that small. I don't think its
your issue. But cleanup might not be a 'bad' idea. I'm not hot on
defrag., especially on a system with low space. Just me!
PD43 - 25 May 2008 02:55 GMT
>2 gigs is not small. Tight, but not that small. I don't think its
>your issue. But cleanup might not be a 'bad' idea. I'm not hot on
>defrag., especially on a system with low space.
Without 15% free space, it would take a really good defragger to run
anyway.
Diskeeper will do it. No freebie that I know of will do it. Don't
even know if the built-in defragger will.
sctc - 25 May 2008 05:56 GMT
Any other ideas what the problem might me? Maybe loose card or power supply
going bad?
> > Actually I only have 2.13 GB useable on my C drive and 2.49 gigs of my
> > scondary drive left. The last time I cleaned my system and defragged was
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> your issue. But cleanup might not be a 'bad' idea. I'm not hot on
> defrag., especially on a system with low space. Just me!
sctc - 25 May 2008 13:11 GMT
This morning it want even boot to safe mode. Would the power supply cause
this? Maybe if it wasn't running at full power?
> > Actually I only have 2.13 GB useable on my C drive and 2.49 gigs of my
> > scondary drive left. The last time I cleaned my system and defragged was
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> your issue. But cleanup might not be a 'bad' idea. I'm not hot on
> defrag., especially on a system with low space. Just me!
Big Al - 25 May 2008 13:41 GMT
> This morning it want even boot to safe mode. Would the power supply cause
> this? Maybe if it wasn't running at full power?
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>> your issue. But cleanup might not be a 'bad' idea. I'm not hot on
>> defrag., especially on a system with low space. Just me!
You could have a flaky PS, memory, HD, motherboard, a ton of items could
do it. Its easier to fix if it burns. Intermittent issues are a bitch
to fix. Even could be dust in the cabinet. Dust has been known to
short circuit items and cause issues.