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Regardless of whether a USB hub is powered or not it will not fix your problem. As someone already suggested, if anything it will make it worse (probably make no difference). I think that you have a (laptop) hardware or (corrupted) driver problem. You shouldn't get BSODs no matter how big the file you're transferring is. Can you try your HDD on someones else's PC and see how it operates then? Also can you try another (similar) USB device on your PC? If you can do this test you may be able to confirm its on the laptop 100% (which it sounds like it is - still good to have evidence when you talk to Acer). After that I'd be getting it checked under your warranty. Probably best to confirm that it does actually have USB 1.1 just in case the BSOD isn't totally related? A PCMCIA may or may not fix your problem. If you only have USB 1.1 ports then it will, but I still don't think the BSODs are good (and it may not solve them). I'm not familiar with laptops but most desktops have to have USB set to "HiSpeed" in BIOS for USB 2.0 to work - although by default I imagine it would already be set like that. Whilst I'm sure you have a point, and that may indeed be the case with this PC and perhaps some Eee PC models, I'm fairly sure the Eee PC I was playing with today was operating at USB 2.0 speeds. I copied 100MB of a USB stick onto the SSHD in well under 10 secs (possibly under 5 sec - I didn't time it, just reflecting after reading your comment). Surely that's USB 2.0 speed?

Sorry I've never experienced anything like that. Which programs does it do it for? Is the guilty program chewing up a lot of CPU cycles or 'hanging' in some way? When you minimise does it respond immediately or delayed? Have you done a thorough scan for malware? BTW, any reason why not SP2 or even SP3?

Thanks for your input cluberti, learn something new everyday! And thanks everyone else for your input too! MSFN rocks!

Thanks for all your input guys. Sorry I haven't been back sooner to let you know how its been going. I definately had a bad stick of RAM, MemTest86+ v2.01 CD verified it. But after I removed the bad RAM I still ended up getting one more BSOD as follows: STOP 0x000000FE (0x00000005, 0x849320E0, 0x10024397, 0x89088F90) BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER That would suggest that Ven and cluberti were on the right track that it was a driver issue (for at least some of the BSODs). Not really sure where it got introduced because as I said I didn't integrate any drivers, only SP3 (which I guess probably includes some updated drivers) and a couple of control panel addons and a couple of apps (like firefox, ccleaner, etc). Perhaps it was as simple as a driver that got corrupted or something.I solved the problem by installing from the original SP1 CD* (exact same source I used for nLite), and running SP3 on it after install (again the exact same package from my USB HDD). All the same hardware and software packages, same updates from MS update, etc. I can only assume that it happened during the nLite process or maybe even CD burning. I would've liked to have actually diagnosed the problem a little more specifically but I didn't have the luxury of the time (it was my PC and the guy who it belonged to was hanging for it). Although the clean install and setup took a long time I figured it was the best chance of success. That attitude now seems vindicated. @cluberti - When you say all my bugcheck codes are IRQL errors, do you mean even the ones that didn't specify thats what they were? Are you suggesting that perhaps none of the BSOD were related to the RAM and that was purely coincidental? Unfortunately I reformatted the drive when I reinstalled so I didn't get any of the dumps. Pity cause it still would've been good to know what actually caused it and get some idea of how the problem was introduced. I will keep that in mind for future reference. Thanks again guys - case closed! * - for the record it was actually my 10yo son that reinstalled it for me, I was really busy and had to go out for a couple of hours. I only gave him minimal instructions, really only to do with partitioning, the rest he figured out for himself. Did me proud!! [edit] I have just noticed that my CD/DVD drive is playing up, when I put a disc in, it spins up but in My Computer it says that its got 0 bytes and 0 bytes free space. If I double click its empty (even though I know its not - if I put it in my old PC it works fine). Hmmm strange, perhaps it was a burning error that caused the BSODs? But surely the check that Windows does as it copies the files from CD to HDD would pick up on corrupted driver files?

Have you tried just recreating the user from scratch? I've had a simmilar problem, but creating a whole new user account solved it. May be a little painful if you have a large number of users but you could always use a script (but you'll need someone else's help there!)

Looks like my post got moved!?! Not really sure why cause even though I used nLite, I was fairly sure that that wasn't the problem (as I said I tested extensively within VMware - I know that doesn't make it 100% but still...). Also I didn't integrate any drivers or anything like that, and from my googling it seemed most likely a hardware issue. Oh well. Just for everyone's info, looks like the problem is RAM. I ran MemTest (the one that runs inside Windows) and had errors even before I went to bed last night. I pulled out one stick and ran again, got errors straight away. Swapped with the other stick and let it run overnight. No errors this morning. I think I'll burn the proper MemTest86+ CD and test some more on the stick that looks good but I reckon thats it.

I use admin account at home on both of my PCs. At work I use a restricted user account on my workstation but I have shortcuts to IE and ProcessExplorer on my desktop and use Runas if I need to do anything requiring Admin priveliges. I have both Local and Domain Admin user accounts. If I need to logon to the Server (via KVM - then I only use the (Local) Admin account.

Hi all, I've just built a new system as follows: - AMD X2 5200+ (skt AM2) - Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H mobo (AMD 780G/AMD SB700 chipset) - SAMSUNG RAM 1024MB DDR2 800MHZ - 2GB (2x!GB) - in slots 1 & 2 - Seagate 250GB SATA2 I created a XP Home CD using nLite, with SP3 slipstreamed and a couple of addons (I have used these same addons many, many times before although not with SP3 and not using the latest version of nLite). I tested it extensively with VMware and all seemed to be working fine. When installing on the real hardware, at some point during or soon after install it did a BSOD (not sure as I left it unattended and came back to the BSOD). I remembered reading about problems with SP3 with AMD systems but decided to just reinstall and watch it this time (I didn't note the BSOD). Reformatted and install went fine this time, but after installing some apps (inc IE7) it did another BSOD. Restarted fine kept looking installing stuff and later another BSOD. There seems to be no real rhyme or reason to the BSODs but perhaps more likely when IE7 contacting internet??? (only a guess really) Here is a list of the BSODs so far (in order from the first one I wrote down - none have a file mentioned and many do not even note an error) STOP 0x0000000A (0x00000000, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0x805226E8) IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL STOP 0x0000000A (0x00000010, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0x805229AF) IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL STOP 0x000000FC (0x9F9F1D50, 0x5A9C0963, 0x9F9F1C10, 0x00000001) STOP 0x000000E6 (0x0000000F, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) Illegal DMA operation (driver being verified) - this one may not be relevant because I did a driver verify thing that some forum post I read suggested (I didn't read it properly and thought it was going to help me much more than it did). STOP 0x0000000A (0x00000000, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0x805226E8) IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL STOP 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x80633CAB, 0xA1F55BD4, 0x00000000) STOP 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x806338FA, 0xA1FAD31C, 0x00000000) Its not the Stop 7E that people seem to be getting on AMD systems with SP3 but I used the reg fix anyway (just in case). I'm about to go to bed and test RAM while I sleep, just thought I post here to see what you guys reckon. Cheers

My first guess is a corrupted install file. Try downloading it again. If its off a cd, check for scratches, reboot and try again.

It could just be overly agresive behaviour on the part of Kaspersky, but I'd look a little deeper first. I'd do a thorough malware check (using a number of different products, including spyware tools, rootkit tools and a second opinion antivirus such as bitdefender online or clamwin) there are a number of freeware options so you shouldn't need to spend any money. Also its probably worth contacting Kaspersky to see what they think.

I second Tarun's recommendation of Ccleaner! Perhaps you have a heap of stuff in your My Docs or on your desktop. Both these are on the Windows drive by default (C in your case). There is a nifty freeware app that can help you see what files are taking up all the space. Have a look at WinDirStat here: http://windirstat.info/ Its also available as a portable app (runs off USB etc) here: http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/windirstat_portable Back up anything important before you start doing stuff like this I reckon!!

If it freezes especially in games, then the first thing I'd probably check out is overheating? Make sure its not just all full of dust. PSU is probably also worth checking out (perhaps see if you can find a spare one or borrow a friends).

Firstly, I'm by no means a BIOS expert so don't take anything I say too seriously! I guess a BIOS could be tweaked to maximise performance with a particular OS (eg Vista) but I would think that it should still work with other OS. Perhaps it updates specific issues or adds support for Vista - BIOS communication/monitoring etc? ANother possibility is that they are referring to a BIOS update tool (for Vista) rather than a BIOS update itself?!? Unless the updates fix a bug thats troubling you or provide some drastic improvement (eg power saving functions) then there's no real need to upgrade BIOS is there? If you are going to have a crack at upgrading, make sure you have a reliable backup of your current BIOS before you try it. Also check that the BIOS can be downgraded if required. Generally desktops can, no worries (from floppy), but I have heard of some specific laptops that you can't downgrade BIOS (sorry can't remember who off the top of my head).

Try adjusting it again, then right-click on taskbar > check "Lock the taskbar" [edit] DOH sorry, just read your post properly - You have it locked already! Hmmmm ... Strange!?! Perhaps there is some reg tweak or something??

Ok just had a quick google and it seems that QTLite and QTAlternative are actuallty the same thing just QTLite does NOT include Media Player Classic. So you can reinstall QTLite and then .mov should play in any media player you choose. As for IrfanView - great little app, but must admit I haven't really played with it so no help at all there! Which particular bit of your problem is the same?? Please explain.

Yeah just do an image like suggested by IcemanND. Thats the easiest way to go.

I've used acronis true image and it works great if you want to do an image of a partition onto another HDD, but not sure about to DVD? I have heard of Norton Ghost but to be honest I'm not a fan of Norton at all! I just had a google and according to their website, acronis can do a compressed image to CD or DVD., There is also a freeware app I came accross called Self Image can't vouch for it though and I'm not sure if you can burn to DVD?

Your pic isn't working for me, duno why? Anyway its been a long time since I've used QTAlternative (I use Vista Codec Pack now) but if I recall correctly the media player included is called Media Player Classic. From memory the binary is called mplayerc.exe. So do a search for that file and then open with... media player classic. From memory I thought that QTAlt set itself as default for .mov s anyway?? Good luck. [edit]Just realised that I may have misunderstood. I'm not sure that we're talking about the same thing?! Is QTLite the same as QTAlt - probably not!

Not sure. Obviously it can be done though! Hopefully someone will be a long shortly to help you out with this one. I'd be interested too!

If you want to get to the bottom of the problem, its probably worth turning XP's auto restart off so you can see what the BSOD says. Also worth checking the event log.

This is what will happen when you don't have the appropriate permissions to view the contents of a folder. It doesn't mean there aren't any files in there, just that you don't have permission to access them. As others have suggested, you need to take ownership of these folders, before you can open them successfully. Keep in mind that the Security tab doesn't exist on XP Home. It also won't show if he has Simple File Share enabled. If you're on XP Pro, follow these steps: 1. Open Windows Explorer 2. Click on Tools and select Folder Options 3. Go to the View tab 4. Scroll all the way down and uncheck 'Use simple file sharing (Recommended)' 5. Click on OK If you're on XP Home, see the following: http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t49800.html http://www.tweakxp.com/article37380.aspx Also note that the Security tab will display on XP Home in Safe Mode. my os is winXP pro but your way doesn't work When you say it doesn't work, can you please provide more details. Do you meant that you can't disable simple filesharing in this way? Once you have disabled simple filesharing then you need to take ownership, using the "Permissions" tab when you slect "Properties" from a right-click on the files.

Try checking that simple file sharing is turned off in the problem PC. That solved a similar problem I was experiencing.

Double check power management and make sure it isn't set to auto shut down. Would also be worth checking to see if there is option in your BIOS.

You can sometimes do a repair of XP, there was a link on here to a great tutorial on how to do that, hang on I'll see if I can find it....... Ok here it is: have a good read here and let us know how you go!

Which software did you try? How many different ones have you tried? Perhaps you need to try some more. Be aware that you may need to decide how much the files are worth to you (ie be prepared to pay for a good recovery app). Many of the pay ones will only allow you to search (and don't let you recover anything until you pay), others will let you recover a limited number of files or a limited size of file, etc. I just had a quick google and there is heaps of different software available. Have a look here. Make sure you list what does and doesn't work as this will help others in the future with simmilar problems find the solution.Good luck!