Bummer. Thanks for the advice. Files are backed up and I'll check with
Toshiba.

Many thanks,
Kelli

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> 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
>
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