Hi Ppl, Each time boot/reboot, checkdisk always runs (finds nothing), reboots, then windows tells me Xp recovered from a serious error. Now I for sure don't believe shutting down correctly means that this a deadly thing to do, so how do I stop checkdisk running, and Why does it say the error everytime, when there is no problem with the computer? I have let the checkdisk run, plus done full scans and scandisk/spyware/virus. and the system is clean. In fact, I am glad it's running so good, apart from these errors.

Check these out: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q316506/ http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q180694 Disable Chkdsk Scroll down to "checkdisk" http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm Do yourself a favor BACKUP!

brilliant information. thank you very much. Nothing mentioned about why it says it recovered from a serious error. maybe its a standard window after checkdisk. many thanks.

Why you were getting that error message is beyond me, but I'm glad the info helped. Thanks for posting back. Do yourself a favor BACKUP!