As my 20gb hard drive was almost full and the computer (Dell GX240) was running slow I installed a new 160gb drive. After loading Windows XP, Linksys, McAfee, MS Office and MS updates Windows would randomly hang. Restarting the system would allow it to operate for a few minutes and then hang again.I reformatted the drive and partitioned it to 80gb and then reloaded all the above programs with the same results.I reformatted again to 20gb, loaded XP and Linksys and the same problem occurred.It seems that the internet has something to do with the problem.Any suggestions?

Hi,I would suggest you to follow these steps and check if it helps.Method 1:Try booting the computer in safe mode and check if the same issue occurs:http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx?mfr=trueMethod 2:Try performing clean boot and check if it helps, here is the link:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353Make sure you put back the computer to normal startup mode once it is done.Azam – Microsoft Support.Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and, if you have any feedback you can post here.

"Wingnut555" wrote in message news:b7af53f7-17fe-4fea-b8df-b3f3e226d084...As my 20gb hard drive was almost full and the computer (Dell GX240) was running slow I installed a new 160gb drive. After loading Windows XP, Linksys, McAfee, MS Office and MS updates Windows would randomly hang. Restarting the system would allow it to operate for a few minutes and then hang again.I reformatted the drive and partitioned it to 80gb and then reloaded all the above programs with the same results.I reformatted again to 20gb, loaded XP and Linksys and the same problem occurred.It seems that the internet has something to do with the problem.Any suggestions?Sounds like either a hardware problem (check your RAM) or a driver problem.Make sure that your drivers are up to date by going to the manufacturer's website, and checking there for new drivers.Test your RAM for errors using MemTest86+ ( http://www.memtest.org/ )Test your hard drive using the manufacturer's test utility. -- Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

The 20gb drive that I removed to install the larger drive was reinstalled after the failure of the larger one. I am presently operating on the same pc and old drive. I have another 20gb drive that had XP installed on it a while back. Thinking that I could try that one I started to load some of my other operating programs and when I installed Office 2007 home use and selected the online updates the system hung shortly thereafter. So the problem is not just on new installations. The drive that I am presently using has Office 2007 installed and it is operating fine.What is the largest drive that XP will handle? I've heard that it's 137gb, is that true? If I can get it to work how would you recommend that I partition the 160gb drive?Thanks

"Wingnut555" wrote in message news:6aac2f2a-ffb6-4a22-98e1-67417709eb6b...The 20gb drive that I removed to install the larger drive was reinstalled after the failure of the larger one. I am presently operating on the same pc and old drive. I have another 20gb drive that had XP installed on it a while back. Thinking that I could try that one I started to load some of my other operating programs and when I installed Office 2007 home use and selected the online updates the system hung shortly thereafter. So the problem is not just on new installations. The drive that I am presently using has Office 2007 installed and it is operating fine.What is the largest drive that XP will handle? I've heard that it's 137gb, is that true? If I can get it to work how would you recommend that I partition the 160gb drive?ThanksXP can handle 1TB drives in NTFS without a problem - it's the motherboard on older computers that may have problems, as it may not support LBA.There's not really any need to partition the drive, but I would tend to opt for about 60GB for the OS, and 100 GB for data, and then move the My Documents folder (using the option in its Properties) to the data partition. This helps to segregate programs and data, and means a lot less work if a reinstall is required.-- Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth