Well, it seems I have some serious problems with my computer.   No matter how many times I rebuild (two times in the last few months) everything gos corrupt.   I have even replaced hardware that I though might be causing IO errors: second 40 gig hard drive, DVD player, Cd burner.   At this point all I have that is original from the first time my computer bombed is the RAM, my newer 80 gig hard drive, Mother board and graphics card (sound built in mother board, invidia sound chip)

Here is some of my more recent experiences:

Installing Unreal2 (with only frustration and no luck):

after getting a number of errors such as the upper one I got this nice little treat, killing the install process:

Photoshop has been giving me a hell of a time also, I recieved this nice note while working on a texture:

And often Photoshop just die's right in the middle of a project with a variety of errors:

Here is my favorite error, after working on something for hours, tweaking it to get it as good as my experience will allow:

Pretty soon I won't be able to access anything again, I guess I'll have to just bite it and replace the ram and hard drive , any suggestions?   I don't think its any sort of worm or virus, I have exellent protection and always update XP.

Unfortunatly I have compleatly whipped the hard drive a total of 4 times this year alone, what ever is causing the problem seems to be getting worse, everything was formatted and reinstalled just as the new site design kicked in (not too long ago).   Nothing in my computer is more than 8 months old other than my 1.4 processer .   It seems to be nearing the point of no return (I'm franticly backing up newer work on CD-Rs.).   It likes to restart randomly also.   As a matter of fact it restarted when I was trying to upload the second of the five images I posted.

I wish I could simply blame it on something like that but it definently isn't the case  (my REAL lady is good to me ).

Actually I am thinking it might be the RAM, maybe it's corrupting data, could it be posable that it would cause so much distruction?

Perhaps you have an underpowered power box.  That'll kill computers for sure.  And if you cant solve your problem, instead of buying new parts and putting them in and having them not work, just build a new computer, save the case and monitor.

As well, check to make sure your RAM is supported by your board.  Does your board support SD or DDR, and up to how much?  Do you subject any of your equipement to magnetic fields, shock, or powersurges or lack of power.

Well, I downloaded a testing app "Burnintest" from the site Orpheus suggested.

I ran it twice testing the ram, here are my results (nearly the same both times):

It has to be the ram going bad, I am going to run more tests to be sure though.   I would just scrap it and start over but I have some very expensive hardware, mainly the mother board and the graphics card being the most expensive.

I know the ram is all correct, my brother who works in IT gave me some help in finding the right stuff back in Feb when I bought the new motherboard.

I'm starting to hate PCs.  They just keep giving me errors and stop running at any time. Luckely I was wise enough to buy a PS2. I don't have any problem with it, I just had to get used to the controls.

-He, another stupid thing of Windows (spits on the floor ?ause he said Windows). Try making a map with the name "con". You won't succeed. Bwwahaa, Windows (bluw) is dumb.