Win 2000 Pro (SP4) keeps re-booting itself

[clueless1]

Hi! My desktop running Win 2000 Pro (SP4) keeps re-booting itself. Does anyone know what errors these messages refer to and what I need to do to correct the problem(s)? The event logs have read as follows the last 3 times it has re-booted itself:

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Save Dump
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 2/9/2008
Time: 5:09:39 AM
User: N/A
Computer: US-626W9JNE9M91
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x000000d1 (0xff5feebc, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xeb651423). Microsoft Windows 2000 [v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini020908-01.dmp.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Save Dump
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 2/10/2008
Time: 7:20:49 PM
User: N/A
Computer: US-626W9JNE9M91
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x000000d1 (0xfe53cb3c, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xeb661423). Microsoft Windows 2000 [v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini021008-01.dmp.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Save Dump
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 2/11/2008
Time: 9:08:20 AM
User: N/A
Computer: US-626W9JNE9M91
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x000000d1 (0xff6067fc, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xeb651423). Microsoft Windows 2000 [v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini021108-01.dmp.

Thanks for any help you can offer!!

[Gizmokid2005]

Can you be more specific? What exactly are you doing on the computer when it reboots? Have you recently added/changed/removed any hardware or software?

[clueless1]

Generally, it's when I'm doing a backup or a virus scan

No new hardware. I had recently added some software, so I used Revo Uninstaller to remove the software and its registry entries. The problem remains.

Thanks very much for your reply!

[Gizmokid2005]

Preliminarily it sounds like the hard drive may be going bad. The whole drive may not be bad, but it could be some bad sectors.

Try doing a scandisk/checkdisk and see what that finds.

[PhilliePhan]

Try doing a scandisk/checkdisk and see what that finds.

In addition to doing the above, please attach the C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini020908-01.dmp

PP

[clueless1]

Hi,

Attached is C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini020908-01.dmp

I have also run the CHKDSK.

Thanks!

[PhilliePhan]

Attached is C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini020908-01.dmp
I have also run the CHKDSK.

Well . . Drat. For some reason, I no longer have dumpchk.exe on my computer, so I can't open that. Maybe one of the other members has it handy?

Anyhoo, how did the chkdsk go?
I have a feeling this might be more a driver or hardware issue than a hard drive problem.

If you are able to stop the machine from rebooting, you might be able to get more info on the exact nature of the problem.

If you RightClick My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Startup & Recovery and look under "System Failure" and Uncheck the box to "Automatically Restart."
Be sure any other boxes pertaining to the writing of the reports are checked.
Let's see if that produces more info....

pp

[clueless1]

Thanks, PhilliePhan! I'll wait for the next meltdown!

[Gizmokid2005]

I'll see if I can find my win2k iso....if I do, I'll send you the file PP. I make no guarantees though.

[PhilliePhan]

I'll see if I can find my win2k iso....if I do, I'll send you the file PP. I make no guarantees though.

Thanks . . . But my personal compy is XP.
And, the one I use for most work is, gasp, ME. LOL!

I could probably dl dumpchk.exe from M$, I suppose....