I agree with Chris, this doesn't sound healthy. I would also IMMEDIATELY back
up critical data files to an external device or file share. The likelihood is
that you're going to have to replace that hard drive, and you'll lose
everything on it. So get anything critical off of it. Now.

--
Charlie.
http://www.msmvps.com/xperts64/


kr2060 wrote:
> I'm running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition on a Toshiba M205.
>
> I kept getting the blue screen and thought the problem was this
> tabtip.exe memory leak that seems to be annoying everyone, not just
> me. So I ran the batch file and all seemed to be going reasonably
> well until the hard drive started making a terrible whirring noise
> (it has whirred in the past but never like this) and then everything
> stops and eventually freezes.
>
> When I turn it off, let it sit for a while and then restart I send an
> error message to Microsoft and the online crash analysis website pops
> up and tells me:
> "Windows was temporarily unable to read your hard disk drive. This
> problem is general in nature and unfortunately we are unable to
> determine the specific cause of the read error from the error report.
> In most cases this problem is temporary and can be ignored; however,
> if the problem is occurring repeatedly we recommend you follow the
> additional troubleshooting steps in this article."
>
> It mentions that the problem can be caused by media from a remote
> location to the hard drive, by a drive lag caused by filter drivers
> and virus scanners etc. I am running McAfee and I am also dealing
> with a lot of foreign language fonts and moving them from file to
> file. The last time this happened (and I discovered the memory leak)
> I was working on a big project (Microsoft Word, Adobe and IE
> running) and had lots of windows open, the same happened this time.
> But once it happens I can't just shut the system down and restart and
> everything is happy, instead the computer will only run for anywhere
> from 2 hours to 30 minutes before the screen comes back regardless of
> the number of programs I'm running or windows I have open. In fact
> this morning I was only running Word and it died after only 35
> minutes.
>
> Does anyone have any idea why this is happening to my new little
> tablet? is my hard drive corrupt or is there something wrong with my
> version of windows? is this connected in any way to the memory leak?
> I just want to be able to work on my dissertation for longer than an
> hour at a time.
>
> any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Kelli