[gawlfer]

I am hoping that someone here can help me out, I would really appreciate it.

When I booted my PC yesterday everything seemed fine until about 30 seconds after the desktop appeared. It was then that I heard an unfamiliar click then got the blue screen of death with the message:

STOP:d0000144 UNKNOWN HARD ERROR
unknown hard error

After getting the same result after 3 manual power downs and reboots, I booted in Safe mode and tried running McAfee antivirus but got a message saying there were not enough system resources. I tried running Spybot Search and got the same message. Then I went to Recovery Console mode and ran chkdsk /r which ran succesfully and reported that it found and repaired 1 or more problems. I attempted to reboot normally with the same blue screen result. Next I tried booting with the last known good Windows settings but also got the same blue screen result. I then tried using System Restore but got a message saying that the file could not be found (for three separate dates). I am now at my wits end and desperately need some help.

I built this system one year ago and haven't had any problems until now. The specs are as follows:

Windows XP Pro
P4 ht 3.0ghz
2gb ddr pc3200
Maxtor 200gb hd

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.

Edited by gawlfer, 20 October 2006 - 02:19 PM.

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Please read this castlecop's thread. It seems you downloaded some malware. Also perhaps the malware techs here could also help you. I would ask in the malware forum before you continue to the castle cop's method.

http://www.geekstogo...o_Here-f37.html

http://www.castlecop...Hard_Error.html

SRX660

[SRX660]

Please read this castlecop's thread. It seems you downloaded some malware. Also perhaps the malware techs here could also help you. I would ask in the malware forum before you continue to the castle cop's method.

http://www.geekstogo...o_Here-f37.html

http://www.castlecop...Hard_Error.html

SRX660

[gawlfer]

Thank you for your reply.

I was able to run a full scan with McAfee while in safe mode, it found no problems.
The unusual thing is that even in safe mode, after a few minutes, everything I try to run gives me a "not enough system resources" message. Shortly after that clicks of the mouse have no effect whatsoever.

I have read the castlecop thread but unfortunately it did not suggest anything that I have yet to attempt.

I have posted in both the malware and hardware sections of this forum.

I appreciate your help with this matter.