XP Pro Problems

[rnolen]

I come home today, and i find a strange error, that said something to the extent of "The downloaded file cannot be saved. There might be a problem with your hardware and network adaptor. Please try saving the file to a diffrent location." I had no idea why i would get a download error, for i had nothing downloading. I close the box and discover that everything except AIM (aol instant messegner) has frozen. I restart through the start menu. The restart takes FOREVER (at least 5 minutes) When windows comes back up, there is no sound. It also takes a while to finish loading once the desktop has appeared. I ran scandisk, tried the "last know good configuration" thingy but nothing helped. I sit and wait for windows to start up unusually slow. I discover several hardware problems, mostly with the network adapter and USB drivers. I attempt to reinstall the drivers through with the XP cd. Then i discover that windows recognizes the existance of my CD-ROMS, but will not believe that I have put a disk in.(at this point i was trying to reinstall drivers). i start thinkin that something serious is going on. I use system restore to set my computer back to yesterday afternoon, when everything was working fine. Nothing changed once the restoration was complete. SOO... i try to boot from the XP disc, in hopes of fixing windows that way, or reinstalling it. It freezes once it reaches the "Starting Windows" stage. This is when I am using the XP disc to restore the OS. I gave up at this point. Windows is stable for the mostpart, i can still use Office and other programs, but i havent tried printing yet. Could this be a hardware problem (god forbid, ive had enough hardware woes already!), or the nasty work of a virus? Thanx for your help.

PS- is there a way i can get to DOS before XP starts running? I might try formatting if there is no other way to remedy the situation. All i need to do is "C:\format c:" nuthin special.
a site that has advanced trouble shooting tips for Windows with this type of problem will also suffice.

[rnolen]

ok, i just found out that the floppy drive isnt working in windows either. i need it to make a boot disk. is there a program that i can download to make an xp boot disk? none of the other computers i have access to run on XP... thanx.

[Rick]

To get to a dos prompt in XP use the same method as win98
Press the F8 key during boot up.
You will get the boot menu. Yes Command Is one of the options.

In regard to the first post.
Why leave a IM program running while your away?
They have the worst security of any thing on the web.
That is where I would look for the Origin Download file can’t be saved message.

You can also create a boot disk ( Win ME ) from inside control panel. Just like previous copies of windows. I think you will find it almost as amusing as I did after I used this feature.
And when I boot the system with it , Now Starting Windows Millennium showed on the screen :<
BTW Windows ME is worthless in an NTFS environment

Why did your system crash in the first place,??
I would take a long Look at HEAT.
The cpu shutting down ( throttle down) when it gets Hot .
This could also be the reason for the extremely slow boot up
Also why some of your other hardware in not working, ( Floppy and NIC)

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[sea69]

ok, had you recently received allot of urgent repeat messages from anyone that you didn't know on AIM and by chance reply to {one} of them??

also, had you disabled Universal Plug -n- Play?? (port 5000)

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 01-18-2002).]