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Hi everyone, Here my problem, When I boot up computer windows starts and works for a while then I get blue screen saying a process or thread crucial to system has unexpectly exited or been terminated. Computer restarts but now bios can't find my hard drive. Primary SATA not found. If I turn off main power for a couple of seconds and start back up it finds the sata and boots windows until it happens again. I figure it has to be something with the board or bios. I have a P4 3.0, 1gb kingston ram, 160gb seagate sata hd, Msi mainboard. Any help at all would be great. Thanks alot.

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already did the right thing by testing the drive on another board and seeing the same intermittent failure, and is right to suspect the drive — but the crash message you quoted corresponds to the Windows bugcheck 0xF4 / CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION, which can be triggered by drivers, disk I/O failures or sudden hardware power loss. That means both data-rescue and hardware isolation are urgent. (learn.microsoft.com)

Immediate data rescue (do this first)
If the data matters, image the disk before more testing. Use a Linux live USB and a tool that keeps a mapfile so you can resume (GNU ddrescue is the standard). Example (replace sdX and paths as needed):

ddrescue -n /dev/sdX /mnt/backup/image.img /mnt/backup/image.log

After the first fast pass you can retry damaged sectors with -r. See the ddrescue manual for details. (gnu.org)

Quick troubleshooting checklist (after imaging)

  1. Run the vendor diagnostics (SeaTools bootable or Windows SeaTools) and a SMART scan to get concrete errors.
  2. Reseat or swap the SATA data cable and use a different SATA power connector; try another SATA port.
  3. If tests fail or SMART shows reallocated/unrecoverable sectors, plan to replace the drive. Seagate’s KB lists exactly these common detection causes and test steps. (seagate.com)

Broaden to power/motherboard if the problem persists
Because the machine also restarted with an IDE disk installed, suspect power or motherboard faults: test with a known-good PSU or a PSU tester (paperclip/multimeter tests are useful quick checks), and boot with minimal parts (one RAM stick, no extra cards). Also clear CMOS or load BIOS defaults — if the BIOS was recently updated, consider reflashing or reverting per your board maker’s instructions. If power or motherboard problems are found, replacement is safer than swapping more drives. (gamespot.com)

If imaging and SeaTools show the drive healthy but problems continue, isolate by swapping PSU and motherboard where possible; if SeaTools/SMART fail, replace the drive and restore from the image you made.

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Member Avatar for goldeagle2005

Could be a problem with the hard drive itself. Can you check the drive on another computer?

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I checked it on another computer with the exact same board and had the same problem. The hd is only about 2 months old. It seems like it only started happening after I updated some drivers and bios. Thanks

Member Avatar for goldeagle2005

Well, if the problem recurs on another machine, you can be sure the drive is bad. Backup your data and get it replaced (it's still under warranty).

Member Avatar for bud8jr1973

Hello, Ok I put an IDE hd in and windows still suddenly restarts after 5 or 10 mins only no blue screen and bios finds the IDE drive and windows boots up for a few mins. then restarts again. I'm not an expert with drives but why after I shut the main power off and back on does bios recon. the sata. I thought maybe a prob with windows but that should not have anything to do with bios right. This is the first sata I have ever used and I bought it off Ebay so I don't know about a warranty. I have not had it long enough to get alot of stuff that I need to get off so if it is bad I wish it would just quit so I would know for sure. Thanks

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