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It could be something is wrong with driver...
Did you install new driver or new programs recently?

do this fix first. Run Command Prompt and type in below

chkdsk c: /f /x /r

If fail, do the next fix... In same command prompt

sfc /scannow

Post back here with if it works or fail...

Can you boot into safe mode? Is it running in safe mode slows down your computer too?

I have check your program but I didn't see anything wrong from it. I could see that you have this blue screen from some time now so it could be the Windows system itself.

22-08-2011 00:39:24, Error: Service Control Manager [7000] - The Nsynas32 service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the device specified.
22-08-2011 00:37:25, Error: Service Control Manager [7022] - The avast! Antivirus service hung on starting.
21-08-2011 16:17:29, Error: Service Control Manager [7011] - A timeout (30000 milliseconds) was reached while waiting for a transaction response from the Netman service.
21-08-2011 10:53:26, Error: nvstor32 [3] - Data error on device. Device: \Device\RaidPort0 Model: WDC WD1600AAJS-00L7A0 Firmware Version: 01.0 Serial Number: WD-WMAV35134447 Port: 0
20-08-2011 12:36:00, Error: Service Control Manager [7011] - A timeout (30000 milliseconds) was reached while waiting for a transaction response from the ShellHWDetection service.
20-08-2011 11:27:54, Error: Disk [11] - The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk1\DR1.
19-08-2011 22:47:52, Error: Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting [1001] - The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x000000d1 (0xad2ff300, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x8d2ea8c4). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 081911-15958-01.
18-08-2011 15:48:44, Error: Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient [20] - Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x80070643: Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.111.35.0).
17-08-2011 21:11:45, Error: cdrom [11] - The driver detected a controller error on \Device\CdRom0.
17-08-2011 01:41:12, Error: Service Control Manager [7031] …

It may happen due to programs or software you're running are conflicting with Windows and causes windows to malfunction thus trigger this error. Most suspected program would be antivirus itself or third-party firewall or any malware remover software...

If possible, download DDS from beeping computer and run it. It should produce two logs on your desktop...

Just attach the 'Attach.log' files here or simply copy paste the content here so I can check what program that cause the problem...

You can check it HERE but there's no compability testing for custom pc or HERE

If there's not any of your motherboard list there, I fear it might be so... You can go here for further support and post a thread with your problem. I'm sure they can attend to your problem much better than me.

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=333

You could try to unplug the fan you just installed and check whenever the problem still persist...

When this blue screen is happening?

You know that doing that will cause you to lost all your data unless you have back it up.

He can back it up after he change his HDD and connect the faulty HDD and copy files that's still readable...

Windows 7 would not cause that problem. The only thing that may be the problem is BIOS setting and computer specs compability or it could be some hardware conflict like graphic card etc.. Perhaps you might need to update your BIOS or check your computer motherboard compability with Linux OS.

But AFAIK, Windows cannot mount, read or write to anything other than NTFS or FAT based file-systems. And the partition you have Ubuntu on will be formatted in ext3 or ext4, which are Linux/Unix file-systems which cannot be read by Windows. This is why you are unable to read anything on the Ubuntu partition when logged into Windows.

Windows will be able to see the 'D:\' partition, but because it contains an incompatible file-system, Windows will not be able to access it.

So to sum up, you can access your Windows partition from Ubuntu, but you won't be able to access your Ubuntu partition from Windows!

Pretty much agree with you about it. Windows can usually detect partition that it recognize like NTFS and FAT but it can't detect Linux partition nor read from it...

Dual boot Install side-by-side does different things. It was installed on NTFS partition and Windows recognize the partition and Ubuntu folder system but can't open it due to high system protection that Linux use compare to Windows...

change BIOS setting from AHCI to IDE and try installing again or you may have to download the 64-bit of Ubuntu...

By the way, are you downloading x84 version or x64 version of Ubuntu/Zorin?

and another question... can you give me the specific location where your installation get stuck?

or you could try to update from IE instead. You may need to run from IE just once and the rest of the updates will run automatically...

To update from IE, open IE, click on Help and select Check for updates...

Before you had this kind of problem, what did you do on your computer?
Sometimes you just had to backtrack what you're doing to correct the problem...

Also check the running program in Task Manager as well and kill process that is unneeded one by one and try google again on each process. Some programs sometimes do interfere with the internet and some website...

If that won't work. Try it on Safe Mode with Networking...

Maybe you could try to use live-USB instead. It's much faster to install from USB rather than from CD from my experience in installing Ubuntu.

Linux can run in almost every partition given but prefer ext format for better performance but in exchange, windows would not detect your ubuntu partition and won't mount when you try to access it through windows.

NTFS also fine but Linux may have problem running on it and slower compare to ext format.

Instead of booting to live-linuxOS, when you boot live-cd or live-usb, just proceed to install immediately for faster installation but it can't update any missing files that is available through online...

If HDDregenerator or similar HDD checking program found bad sectors on your HDD (usually only one bad sector would be enough to label it as spoil), it would be best to buy a new one instead or if that HDD still under warranty, just RMA it.

HDD with bad sector mostly unrepairable and would cause a lot of problem to work with it. From my experience, HDD repairing software would not actually repair those bad sector, it just make HDD to ignore those sector and work like normal but it would be useless if those bad sector do happen on WINDOWS directory...

Your cd-rom might actually use SATA cable (red thin cable) instead of IDE cable (usually white and wide cable) so if you set yours from AHCI (Sata) to IDE, most SATA hardware will not work...

Usually setting up ACHI or IDE just to detect an external HDD with USB port seems unlikely to happen because external can run in both mode without any problem.

To confirms things up, you can try with another external (if you had another one) and test it on your computer. If it can't detect yours, then that means you have a missing driver that can let external to run in AHCI mode.

Are other USB devices can be detected on your computer? If yes, then of course there's a problem either the USB external cable or Windows itself...

I'm sure Linux will boot just fine... The problem lies within Windows itself... or most probably the problem lies within your HDD.

Use HirenBoot or MHDD to diagnose your HDD... Your desktop may have built-in HDD diagnostics in BIOS so you can use it instead...

Just asking...
What did you do the last time you used it before this problem occur?

Did it hang on windows xp splash screen or at the logon screen or in between both of it?

thank you all for the reply. the pc is not very old. it's a 2006 model in his words.

p3 processor
512 SDRAM
40GB IDE HDD

without a doubt this is an old pc.

P3 was way back before P4, Core series and i series was launch.
Most computer now use DDR RAM instead of SD RAM
And most computer now doesn't use IDE anymore (SATA)

Just like Jingda said, I recommend your friends to purchase a new computer. You can get around $300 for an average new computer instead of $50 for an old computer in an used computer store

If your friends would buy an old motherboard with IDE port, then just buy older one. Most new motherboard doesn't support IDE anymore which make your friends HDD need a new one too...

If still need to use some files on old HDD, just copy over to new one or clone it using Ghost program.

Maybe there's a bloated IC's on your motherboard (capacitor with a + mark on top of it). That could very much explain it.

To check it, simply just look through every IC you can find on your motherboard and check it's condition on top of it. If it was bloated (expanded to outside) then it's very much your motherboard may need a new replacement.

If you don't have enough experience in handling such task (moreover if it was neatly soldered), just send it to local repair shop and they'll do it for you.

You don't want to mess up more than it would have right now...

what about testing the PSU with the faulty computers? did it work normally??

Yep.
Thanks but what's the relation between the name of a file and whether it's corrupted or not?

When you try to play/change name/whatsoever but didn't work out as it should be, it's the sign of corrupted files.

If it does, sorry I don't know how to actually repair your corrupted files...

Maybe (just maybe) you didn't reseated the heatsink properly... That could be the reason it shut down by itself. Normally when a computer shutting down by itself, most of the time it was overheat problem or insufficient power from PSU (power supply unit).

If reseating the heatsink fan doesn't work, if you have another working computer at your place, salvage it's power supply unit and test it on the faulty computer.

You can't... If your wifi card is already broken, those annoying popups will not disappear just like that. You have to disable your wifi driver, not uninstall it. Only then those popups will not bother you again soon.

As for reinstallation for win7 question... I'm afraid you have to reinstall everything back. Even if you choose to install Win7 without formatting the partition, programs installed will be unaccessible due to change in registry but your documents will not be override or mising during the reinstall...

I'm not sure if you try to copy registry before install and reapply it back on new win7 install would actually work but it might do able to run your programs as normal except for the missing shortcuts...

Maybe your wifi card already fried a.k.a already not working. Those symptoms you described also point to dead wifi card.

This usually happen to laptop a lot so might consider buying an external wifi dongle for your laptop.

Be wary of some posters by looking at their post count. Some poster likes to spam or redirect you to some unknown link which could be dangerous.

Ubuntu live cd will not conflict with windows whatsoever. It's a standalone operatiting system that run on your RAM instead of HDD where your windows partition reside but slower in speed. Ubuntu can rename files without any problem that Windows OS can't unless that particular files is actually unusable or corrupted.

Hiren boot run the same way as Ubuntu does but still using windows as live cd operating system which most people already familiar with it.

Hope this explanation helps you...

It happen when his work area is far from windows and same things happen to me whenever I used 3g modem but i solved it by doing the same thing as OP does but mine was just 3M so data loss was lower compare to 5M/6M

More like a windows problem to me.

When you boot your computer, can you access to BIOS and does it still on when BIOS menu are active?

Well you could check the cable with other USB hardware like pendrive for example and see if could pass that error.

In my opinion, i think 6 meters is just too long. I've people use 5m USB cable and still work but come up slow but 6m will just make it more impossible to send/receive data effectively. Ignore this if I was just babbling...

That's exactly what I'm trying to do.. I'm trying to rename it to a short name.. It doesn't accept to be renamed no matter what the new name is.

Maybe that file is corrupted so I suggest you check it with chkdsk. Enter the following command in CMD prompt

chkdsk Z: /f /x /r
*replace Z with the drive letter where the file is located.

What is a live CD? Where can I find such one?
Thanks in advance.

A live CD is a bootable CD which instead of boot into your regular windows, it run on your RAM and CD so it won't access to your HDD in case your HDD have problem. I believe you're not a Linux user so I have to rule out 'Ubuntu live cd' but this one is the best one for your problem.

You can download Ubuntu Live CD from Ubuntu official homepage. Download it's .iso file and once downloaded, burn to a blank cd.

or You could try Hiren Boot CD. It's the same as Ubuntu Live CD but instead of Linux, it use MiniXP which is easier to use since you are a windows user. Download from HERE
same process as above.

Then reboot your computer, insert your live cd and boot from it. You may need to press correspondence key to make it boot from cd (F11, F10, ESC, F9 etc.)

There's suppose to be one. A IDE/SATA converter in a form of card which you have to place it on IDE port and it'll convert to SATA which you can use SATA HDD for it...

So far I think this converter in unreliable because it doesn't work on my end and I've tested on several computers with same result but you can test it if you want. You can get it from your computer local store. They should have one for about 20$ for it.

Yes it'll run but check first for HDD port. Most P3 supported motherboard use IDE instead of SATA so you have to make sure your motherboard has SATA port or the HDD can't be used on your computer.

I think the most simple solution is just to rename the files. Use a shorter name like 'Jamal' or 'Video' and then you can modify, copy it just the way you want...

This problem always occur on website saved folder and because of long trait name and unknown character in the name so just simply rename it if can.

or you can use live cd to rename/copy it for you but I'm not ruling out that it could be the work of virus...

Have -2 votes already even when he was OP and ask the right thing?? Weird...

Back to topic, can you explain your problem in a little more bit detail on the process you were doing now?

It could be that your driver for internal monitor is missing/corrupt. That may explain why it won't boot your monitor normally and perhaps generic pnp monitor has been change to default by mistake...

It could be anything including BIOS setting...

One more question... or maybe two...
is your problem already solved?

Any HDD would be fine... It doesn't have to be running in the same hard disk for it to run normally. Usually when you install apps on other HDD other than HDD with OS, it would be still the same since it depends on your OS and computer specs.

If you have high capacity of free space in your first HDD, just install on same drive so when the second HDD is unavailable, you can still use Adobe plus more neatly (all install apps are install inside Program Files) but might installing apps on second HDD when first one do have little capacity to compensate for your apps. (create a folder to keep your apps organize)

I'm not sure which HDD you should stay away from aside from WD, Samsung, Maxtor and some HDD which I'm familiar with. If you're paranoid about it, just choose well-known brand and it should be enough...

You could try to boot into BIOS, and check your CPU temperature from there. If it was over 50 degree, then yes it's overheating...

or... boot up normally, run programs like usual and put your hands on the keyboard laptop (just below the fan position) and feel the temperature. If it was indeed hot, there's your problem...

Maybe you done some partitioning on your 2GB pendrive and make error on MFT table by mistake... What is the current free space for your pendrive (no matter which type of format it is)?

You need to use 'testdisk' that can be downloaded to correct MFT error so you can format it again. This one is hard to use so tell me if my previous solution doesn't work so I can proceed you step by step to help you format your pendrive.

No I mean from my last post, failure in detecting hard disk sometimes do happen when trying to install XP. I don't exactly remember which is (HDD or motherboard) but certainly when this problem occur, RAID drivers would come in handy...

When the xp setup was starting and before it ask you whether it wants you to install additional driver (RAID) and press F6 if you do, that's the one I mentioned that could solve your problem...

I didn't address this method earlier because it's a hassle and you need a working floppy drive and a floppy disk ready for this in case xp setup didn't detect your hard drive. Sometimes as simple as tweaking BIOS would work already but in your post, it didn't solve it.

I'll tell you how to do it if you want but this will may take time so you'll need some patience in doing it or should I directed you to a link with complete guide to help you out? Again... your choice...

or... you just might wait for other volunteers to help you out if you don't want me to help. I don't care if my rep goes down, post, anything... I just want to help when I can help others with their problem...

Sorry if I haven't helping you much up to this point... I'm trying to help solve your problem if anything's wrong with hardware but somehow I miss out some part that can solve it...

This is only applicable if you have floppy disk on your computer since this mostly will solve your undetect HDD problem because of old mobo...

But oh well, I might as well help others since you don't need my help anymore.

Hiren's Boot CD run on RAM, not on your HDD so you can't actually test your HDD cable with it.

So far HDD is fine but can't confirm the cable and port.
Plug your HDD SATA cable to another available SATA port on the motherboard. Maybe you just got faulty cable or sata port.

Give it a try...

I don't mind if you don't want to test it and I won't force you to do it. Choice is yours...

Have you checked your SATA cable? Maybe that's the one at fault. Try switching with another available SATA cable would work.

And I'm not sure if you've done it before but did you change BIOS setting for HDD compatible SATA/IDE or Enhance/Compatible or SATA/PATA?

I've read that line and that's where I thought it was probably HDD problem.
More the reason if it was SATA. supposely no RAID is involved here... Check it again with the software I provide for details...

You mean when you use it halfway it turn off by itself right? How old is your laptop?

Your problem can be cause by an overheating issue. Clear the heatsink and fan. Check whether the heatsink is clogged with dusk if yes clear it and check whether the fan is working properly to cool the CPU. It should be spinning.

It was a laptop, not a desktop...
Much like Jingda said, might be overheating issue. Cleaning laptop fan can be difficult and I suggest you send it to local computer shop to clean it for you.

Maybe you just got a HDD error...

You can check it with MHDD 4.6, burn it and run it on boot

http://files.hddguru.com/index.php?action=view&filename=mhdd32ver4.6iso.zip&directory=Software&PHPSESSID=66a985589237127724a4061f72853557

Go here if the link wont work and select mhdd32ver64iso.zip something

http://files.hddguru.com/download/Software/

You may need to set your HDD to master/primary because MHDD can't read HDD on slave.
If you have at least one error (apart from 'ms' reading), then your HDD is at fault...

To start checking your HDD, select number which your HDD is detected. Then press Enter, you'll come out with mostly blank screen. Press F4 twice (not too fast) and it'll run scan. It'll take a while so you can leave it scan...

No problem~
Happy to see your problem is solved now...