XP locks up after boot up?

[Sculler]

I find that XP will sometimes lock up right after it completes booting. This happens once every couple of times I start XP. Which means once a day to once every few days.

The scenario is this:
XP is started up.
Login completes.
I go to start up a program ( any program) and the XP system freezes.
I give it a minute to see if it will come back and then have Parallels Reset XP.

XP boots back up I log in and everything is fine. I use the system for hours after this never have a problem.

So the questions are:
Why does this happen?
Is there a fix?
Will the resets cause disk corruption or other related problems that I need to be concerned about?

Thanks
Sculler

 

[Hugh Watkins]

how much free space on you Macintosh Hard Disk?

and in the VM?

what memory have you and have allocated?

put the VM on a firwire 800 external HD
if memory ios tight

please post all version numbers too

"locks up " ????

what is the error message?

To get help you need to precisely define what is going on

Hugh W

 

[Sculler]

Problem seems to be resolved by build 5160

how much free space on you Macintosh Hard Disk? 56 Gigs

and in the VM? 60 gigs initiial allocations, Currently 50 Gigs free

what memory have you and have allocated? 512 Mbyte

put the VM on a firwire 800 external HD Space and Mem OK. Mac has 2 Gigs of Ram
if memory ios tight

please post all version numbers to
"locks up " ???? ( stops responding, Nothings is available. Reset system in Parrallels.

what is the error message? None on screen

To get help you need to precisely define what is going on

Hugh W

I installed the update to build 5160 and the problem resolved. Or at least has not presented itself since.

Sculler