hi
I am using win2k ADS. I am having a wierd problem..my system restarts automatically. thats not my question here..when i try to copy a huge file say 600 MB my machine reboots automatically before the file is saved into my HDD.. When the machine restarts my HDD(d:\ where i am trying to copy the file) is showing the extra 600 MB . But the file is not there. is there any way to restore the 600 MB lost .Only way i tried is formatting..but i cant do that everytime. i am runnning out of disk space. can any one help me on this

Regards
Mysterio

Are you using NTFS or FAT32? Is the drive's write cache turned on? Try running chkdsk c: /f changing c: to whatever drive letter you're having problems with.

Well, if you'de turn off the automatic reboot function after a crash (Properties of your computer, advanced page, startup and recovery settings) you might find out what goes wrong. The 'Blue Screen Of Death' will tell you some info on why it crashed.

With this information we can possible find you a solution . . .

another thing you can do is take a look in c:\windows\system32\minidump (may be c:\windows\minidump can't remember which), and take one of the files from there and post it here as an attachment, i'll download it and run it through ms's debugger for you and see what it says :), the files in that folder are what's contained in memory at the time it bluescreened and the debugger can usually tell you what file(s) caused the blue screen which is useful in figuring out what's wrong

Wow, that nice Sephiroth.

Yoy must tell me sometime how that works, cause I sure would love to know more about this!

Hi Sephiroth

I don't have the problem that TheMysterio has but I am familiar with C:\Windows\Minidump and have often looked in there but, I just looked for that folder and it's not there now and I don't know why.

I am running XP Pro and I reinstalled the system about two weeks ago and I don't see minidump anymore. Any ideas?

Regards

Brave01Heart

I'm not Sephiroth :) but you can change the settings by selecting the properties of your computer, go to the advanced tab, and change the "Write debug information" on the startup and recovery page. Change the setting to "Small memory dump".

I don't know if this is what you ment btw, but still, hope it helps!

The folder is created the first time the computer blue screens. Until it does, it won't be there, so hope it never appears :D

k, once i finish a few things i'll post a faq on how to do that :D :ph34r:

Cool. Thanks!

I'm sure a lot of people will benefit from that.