Kelli, the Toshiba folks are very, very good with repairs. When you send
your computer in, they'll give you a case number and direct you to a special
section on their web where you can track the progress of what they're doing
with your unit. Rather interesting.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"kr2060" <kr2060@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A941054E-7699-4E5D-BA62-B7AD65D25F83@microsoft.com...
> 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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