Windows XP restarting randomly

[gagan]

Please help me with the following error which is generated each time Windows XP restarts randomly

The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x1000008e (0xc0000005, 0xf980aa30, 0xaaa0bcb0, 0x00000000). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini032207-03.dmp.

Many thanks in advance,
Gagan

 

[JRaml]

Hi gagan

A good thing to try would be the error-checking tools Microsoft has pre-installed on your system. Go to Start>Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt. From the Command Prompt hit cd\ and type chkdsk /f. After it asks you if you want to schedule a scan hit Y and reboot.

This will check your disk drive for inconsistencies and fix them if it can. Hope that helps!

 

[TangoTrolly]

Did you make any changes before you started getting this error? Any hardware or driver changes?

These are nearly always hardware compatibility issues (which sometimes means a driver issue or a need for a BIOS upgrade). Test your memory, your processor, graphics card and swap your power supply (if you have an extra one). Go to Downloads at TechSpot for some test utilities.