ssc456
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right heres the story,
i have a dell D600 laptop,
i plan to use it as my web server / media pc at night,
the thing is i have install xp on it 3 times now,
every time i install windows, it runs fine for several hours working great, but then i do windows update and the first problem i encounter is WMP wont install properly i try open it and says that it cant open due to error, then i download the latest media player from microsoft site, install then it reboots and upon reboot it says that it cant install due to the fact it cant find umdf.exe file,
so i think ok i was connected for a very short time without my anti virus, so i reformat and reinstall, again runs fine before i do windows update, this time media player again wont install so i try installing VLC media player, this completes installing and then every time i try open it my hardrive, sounds like it spins up for half a second stops spins stops, etc. and then after bout 15 seconds i get VLC media player has closed.
so the third time i installed windows updated i made sure anti virus was installed before network drivers were on, then i install all drivers and again everything is fine, media player will open VLC will open, then i do windows updates and then windows media player will not open but VLC will, although every now and then my hardrive will do the spin, stop, spin stop, thing.
what the hell is wrong, my experience would tell me its the hardrive thats faulty but why does this only happen after windows updates ?
i currenty have the laptop running after the 4th XP install without updates running fine, this is not ideal but its working, what would you say the problem is,
i have done chkdsk /f and it was fine
i have a dell D600 laptop,
i plan to use it as my web server / media pc at night,
the thing is i have install xp on it 3 times now,
every time i install windows, it runs fine for several hours working great, but then i do windows update and the first problem i encounter is WMP wont install properly i try open it and says that it cant open due to error, then i download the latest media player from microsoft site, install then it reboots and upon reboot it says that it cant install due to the fact it cant find umdf.exe file,
so i think ok i was connected for a very short time without my anti virus, so i reformat and reinstall, again runs fine before i do windows update, this time media player again wont install so i try installing VLC media player, this completes installing and then every time i try open it my hardrive, sounds like it spins up for half a second stops spins stops, etc. and then after bout 15 seconds i get VLC media player has closed.
so the third time i installed windows updated i made sure anti virus was installed before network drivers were on, then i install all drivers and again everything is fine, media player will open VLC will open, then i do windows updates and then windows media player will not open but VLC will, although every now and then my hardrive will do the spin, stop, spin stop, thing.
what the hell is wrong, my experience would tell me its the hardrive thats faulty but why does this only happen after windows updates ?
i currenty have the laptop running after the 4th XP install without updates running fine, this is not ideal but its working, what would you say the problem is,
i have done chkdsk /f and it was fine