[The Human G-Nome]

your problem might not be your hardrive... it could just as easily be a motherboard issue. if your system has ever overheated or sounded that annoying alarm, you are now on a very slippery slope.

[goldstategop]

You should have installed Windows XP on a home computer system. Windows 2000 isn't meant for them and most computer manufacturers don't support upgrades to Win 2000 for home computers, except for certain home laptops. I'm running Windows XP and am very happy with it. Its really user friendly.

[Quix]

MOTHERBOARD ISSUES

--Don't we all have motherboard issues? Tee hee, a Psych joke.

Seriously, perhaps your insights would be helpful with a motherboard issue . . .

My system: ASUS motherboard--about a year old. . . PlexWriter CD burner; another CD DRIVE--A DVD DRIVE; an AMI RAID BOARD WITH 2 MIRRORED 80 GIGABYTE DRIVES AS "C" DRIVE; a 25 GIGABYTE DRIVE; A 40 GIGABYTE DRIVE AND A 6 OR 12 GIG HD; 1 GIGABYTE HARDWARE RAM; ADSL NET CONNECTION; . . .WIN 2000 P

It is functional now . . . but there was some problem with the driver for the RAID card. . . it used to hang up on booting up. . . it now consistently boots though I sometimes have to hit the reset button to get it to not hang.

My question . . . if I upgraded the motherboard . . . what would be best. . . is the new 2 AMD CPU motherboard worth it? And when will WIN XP be debugged enough to risk it?

I do tons of work on the net for students and with students. I do a fair amount with my high quality Epson scanner and printer with photos for students.

I'm an impoverished missionary but some people are kind about giving me computer hardware etc. If something will save time, I'm for it. Time is short. Life is short. I'm all for doing more in less time. Thanks in advance for whatever advice anyone cares to offer.

[marajade]

" ... it could just as easily be a motherboard issue."

Or a RAM issue if it keeps rebooting by itself.