Do you think this maybe the answer to my problems?

Looked at the system log and noticed lots of red crosses relating to disk and ftdisk

these are:

IO_WARNING_LOG_FLUSH_FAILED

IO_WARNING_PAGING_FAILURE

IO_ERR_CONTROLLER_ERROR

I dont under stand as it shows this in the following drives:

\Device\Harddisk1\D
\Device\Harddisk3\D
\Device\Harddisk4\D
\Device\Harddisk5\D

I only have 1 hardrive in my pc??????

Bit baffled now?

Pete

This does not sound good. In Device Manager, double click on IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers > Primary IDE Channel > Advanced Settings > Device 0 and check the Transfer Mode - it should be set to DMA if available, Current Transfer Mode set to Ultra DMA Mode 5 or 6.

If this is set to PIO mode, click on the Driver tab, select Uninstall > ok. The Primary IDE Channel will be removed. Then re-boot to re-install the Primary IDE Channel. Then go back into Device manager and set it too run in DMA mode.

If already on DMA mode, cancel your way back out, you may still want to uninstall to have it reinstall again.

Checked this was set at the correct mode. but uninstalled and re-installed.
Then crashed later on.
Ran the windows RAM test let it do to runs and all was fine?
Any other suggestions

Just thinking outloud, and not necessarily in any logical order (typical for me ) - Getting back to those errors in Event Viewer - are you still getting those errors? Are the time stamps current?

I don't think I would put too much effort into fixing this since it is new (assuming "recently" in your opening post means less than a year) and still under warranty. This looks like a drive controller issue, an integrated component of the motherboard.

Did you check the board maker's website for this problem, or a BIOS or driver update?

A call to your warranty support center at this time may be appropriate.

If you want keep checking, but I caution any inadvertent damage done by unauthorized servicing may invalidate any warranties!

Can you boot to CD? This may require changing the boot order in the BIOS.

Does everything look fine in the BIOS? I might replace the battery since they only cost a couple bucks and a new one could be bad - and since pulling the old and installing a new resets the BIOS in the process. Don't touch the batteries with bare skin - the oils promote corrosion and attract dust - I put a clean sock over my hand. Remember upon first boot after replacing the battery to go straight into the BIOS Setup Menu and set date and time - normally I would say then check the drives to ensure they are properly identified - but in your case, check the drives to see if all are even there. When done, Save and Exit.

You might power down, UNPLUG, discharge static buildup in body by touching bare metal of case, disconnect, that is, unplug the data cables to all extra internal drives and all external devices such as USB drives, cameras, or memory sticks, then boot up to see if I still had the problem.

You might also install your drive as a secondary drive into another computer to see if I could read and write to it fine. If it has problems, then you can download a special drive diagnostics utility from the drive maker - every major drive maker has them on their site - just to ensure it is not a hard drive problem.