M
Malke
Guest
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
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
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
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ