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Imminent death.
Se7en:
http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/avg70free_344a618.exe
Download that, install it. Its a very good (and free) virus scanner. Run it, and it will do the rest.
Se7en:
Once the system is clean, you need to secure it. Use windows update to check for vital updates, upgrading to SP2 if you havnt already, then turn automatic updates on, turn AVG to automatically scan every couple of days, and scan all downloaded files. and then replace IE with firefox.
If you need more specific instructions, il provide them once you have gone through the virus scan.
Se7en:
is it properly updated?
The only other answer i can think of is that you have been installing some of those worthless PC diagnostics programs which is doing this.
Are you getting this AFTER xp is loaded, or before? Is there anything to suggest its a message from a third party program? I know microsoft terminology, and those messages are NOT the kind they would use, even if such a feature existed.
Luke:
You typically need more than one virus-killer program to do a comprehensive cleaning of your hard drive. I can't suggest any free programs though, unfortunately.
And isn't it F8 that sends you to safe mode?
Se7en:
ah right, smart is something totally different, very difficult to explain, and absolutely legitimate. Its not something thats used often, or crops up often.
It DOES seem likely that you could have a drive fault. Its quite possible however that it could totter along for years as it is, or there may honestly be nothing wrong with it.
Your going to need to run some test programs to see what sort of state the drive is in, and see if there are any problems that are actaully going to cause data loss.
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