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Glad to hear you found the culprit
I think it is normal for XP Mode to show that your virtual hard drive is big even if it isn't really that size on actual hard drive. The virtual hard disk file automatically expands as data is added to it.
Last edited by windude99; 13 Apr 2013 at 00:13.
Boot into Safe mode and adjust your virtual memory settings from within there to 0 min 0 max, reboot, defragment your hard drive, then reboot again and try 2048 min 2048 max for VM, and reboot again.
Other space leaks are temp files and browser cache, you have a line on freeware to deal with those or just search for them, they are readily available as is the info on how to adjust the VM settings.
I have a techie folder on my browser bookmarks for all the things I know I will forget, and back up the bookmarks regularly to minimize loss, since all HDs fail, eventually.
What exactly happened on the safe mode load attempt?
Like, did it go through the loading motions as usual and stop on a particular file (note that)?
Or it finishes and hangs at the Windows logo?
I'd give it extra time and see if an error does eventually show up, if none did.
....looked at the .dmp and iaStor.sys is the HDD controller driver for your system and here is a MS page with info on that BSOD code....
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.85).aspx
With cause and resolution info, I hope that helps!
Last edited by Faladu; 13 Apr 2013 at 06:08.
Try running chkdsk: Disk Check
Note: Be sure "Automatically fix file system errors" is checked and check "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors"
If it finds errors, run it again with the same options checked. Also, what antivirus are you using?