Blue Screen of Death

[n00b]

Hi. Everytime a try to convert a bunch of .wav files to .mp3 I get the blue screen of death with a stop error and then my computer automatically restarts. Any idea why this might happen? Or could somebody point me in right direction here. Greatly appreciated.

Greg

[n00b]

Re: Blue Screen of Death

Forgot to mention. I'm using Windows XP Pro SP1.

[ChristinaS]

Re: Blue Screen of Death

Forgot to mention. I'm using Windows XP Pro SP1.

Last time I had such a problem it was a busted hard disk. You could try to find some diagnostic program to check your disk. I used one from the manufacturer.

Or you might be having a virus or a trojan lurking. There's one that does this.
Use an up-to-date antivirus and do a complete scan. Depending on what it finds it may get rid of it or not. Try to find out first what it is.

[Spoon]

Re: Blue Screen of Death

My guess is computer is overheating.

[RossRoy]

Re: Blue Screen of Death

Computer overheating is my guess too.

But if you'd like to scan for viruses, there's a good one at TrendMicro.. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

If it finds something, they have a neat little free offline scanner to remove such things.