For starters I'd call your Tech Support line for the people you bought your computer and/or OS from and have them replace your Win95 restore disk. Also check into getting an updated driver disk for your video and audio, because the drivers may not cooperate with windows sometimes unless you have the latest revision. One other thing is to get your hardware checked out to see if your RAM is in good shape, and that your IDE controller isn't scrambling up your HDD's data. Maybe also you should check your BIOS for the proper HDD cylinder and head settings, as that may affect reads and writes enough to throw a monkeywrench into things. For that matter, maybe your BIOS revision is acting up. Lots of things to consider, and hopefully one that leads to your solution. Hope this is helpful info, and not just ramblings from an insane mind. :) Kenneth Whyman [log in to unmask] "Chance favors the prepared mind." On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:26:53 -0800 Doug & Sharon White <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I have a Cyrix 266 on a TX Pro II motherboard, 32 megs of EDO >RAM, 3.2 gig >HD, onboard video and sound, Windows 95. > > So far I am averaging about 3 or 4 fatal "Blue Screen of >Death" crashes a >day. I bought it as a second computer for my kids to play games on. >So >far we have not installed anything that would push the hardware >limits.......no accelerated 3D games or the like. Most of the stuff >has >been educational games like Oregon Trail, Carmen Sandiego, Kid Pix, >etc...... > > Nothing I have tried so far has been able to keep the system >from >crashing. And we are not just talking crash and reboot.......we are >talking crash, lock up, destroy Windows drivers files, refuse to >reboot... > > I have reloaded the OS on this machine 5 times (including 2 >total >reformats of drive C......starting right from scratch).......and now >today >it has crashed and burned again and I am going to have to do a >complete >reload again. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html