Memory swap I tried swapping out each memory with a new one but the same result. The machine will not complete either the memory test or the...
OS install When I start the install, I use f12 to boot from the cd. Everything seems normal. I'm prompted for the partition where the program is...
Operating system I tried again to install the os on the new hard drive but the installation stalls at the fifth step just as before. It looks...
New drive I just installed the new optical drive and got the same interrupt during loading of the memtest. What now?
Optical drive I removed the internal drive. Are they all pretty much interchangeable or do I need to be specific about what I get?
Cd/DVD Since I rarely use the cd drive, could I get an external drive and use that instead of replacing the internal one?
Follow up I tried to run the memtest with the new hard disk and got the same result. The memtest disk worked fine in a Sony vaio running winnows...
Back again I finally managed to download memtest but when I ran it the program stopped loading and the screen showed "on Unexpected Interrupt -...
Still no luck Here is the log from the image burn program. I used my last cd on this and will be out of town until next week. Can I recontact...
Thank you Computer is running fine. Thanks for your help
ISO Burner I tried using the download and it returned burn error aborting "write done with errors (hardware error 8450) ". It still doesn't...
Mem test I tried to follow your post #4 to the letter. I downloaded the zip file to the desktop. When I right clicked on it, the only extract...
Bit Defender Ran the program according to screen instructions. Nothing was found but no log was produced. I'd do it again but it took almost...
Memtest I must have done something wrong in trying to download this. I tried it on another machine running XP and could not get it to run. The...
Security check Results of screen317's Security Check version 0.99.5 Windows XP Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer 8...
OTL fix All processes killed ========== OTL ========== Registry value HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet...
Second try I used f12 to try booting from the cd on start. Same result. I formatted the hard disk from the advanced options and continued the...
New wrinkle I read the article you provided and tried to set up using the o/s Reinstallation cd from Dell. The article doesn't refer to vista...
OTL Extra OTL Extras logfile created on: 11/7/2010 8:12:02 AM - Run 1 OTL by OldTimer - Version 3.2.17.3 Folder = C:\Documents and...
OTL Scan Computer is just a bit slow on startup but otherwise seems much better. OTL logfile created on: 11/7/2010 8:12:02 AM - Run 1 OTL by...
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