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October 12th, 2009, 02:49 PM
#1
Windows Media Player & Other issues
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO MB
2Gb RAM
AMD PHenon II X3 2.8 CPU
Maxtor 160GB HD
Windows XP SP3 & Vista SP1 Dual-boot
I have recently upgraded my MB to the above from an Asus A7N8X deluxe.
Issue1.
Within Vista, upon boot-up, a message 'Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service stopped working and was closed' appears. Sometimes a couple of times during bootup.
Does anyone know how to prevent / fix this error.
Issue2.
I have been trying to re-size my partitions, since my new MB was installed.
C: Primary has XP
E: has Vista.
I also have D:, F: & G: partitions + CD/DVD H: & I:
I have tried to transfer approx 18GB from the C: to E:.
On trying to do this i used Partitionmagic 8 in Vista. An error occured during the process, which caused appr 18GB as unallocated.
I have been unable to reverse the transfer, and thus I've created an unwanted J: with this space. Also, Vista now no longer sees the C: properly, advising that the partition size is zero & I get 'Access is denied' warning. Windows XP, working on the C: is still working ok, but has a slow boot-up.
Can anyone help in my dilema & perhaps advise of a safe to use disc utility which is Vista compatible, which could sort out my issues.
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October 12th, 2009, 11:39 PM
#2
Registered User
I can only advise what I would do and to start that would be dont use partition magic on anything thats already installed.
!: Buy an external harddrive.
2: Copy all the data off of drives totally to the external.
3: Reinstall XP first then vista.
4: Copy the pertinent data back.
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October 13th, 2009, 09:14 AM
#3
Registered User
160Gb HDD is a bit of a tight fit for both of those Operating Systems. XP with updates generally takes up around 40GB (If I'm remembering correctly) and I had an issue recently with my Vista install finding my 120GB drive not enough after all the update and with the data I have on the drive. I haven't looked into what Vista with all the updates takes up alone but it just seems you may be having issues because of limited storage space.
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October 13th, 2009, 10:58 AM
#4
Registered User
I think Ferrit's solution is the most practical. I've only encountered the Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Error in two upgrade installations of Vista, and in both cases it took a clean installation to fix the issue. Niclo is certainly right; you should invest in a bigger drive.
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October 13th, 2009, 01:23 PM
#5
Registered User
I'm thinking that XP with all updates takes closer to 4 gb instead of 40..otherwise my 80 gb drive with windows (windows folder 3 gb), and all programs (program folder 4 gb) docs, (folder 4 gb) and Ubuntu dual boot (17gb) wouldn't have 40 gb of free space
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