75,000 Identical Entries In Event Log
Feb 18, 2009
Every three or four days I review my Event Log. The log for two days ago on my laptop (Vista Home Premium SP1) system has approximately 75,000 entries that are identical, all logged over a four-second period. The entry reads:
(Event 51)
An error was detected on device DeviceHarddisk2DR2 during a paging
operation.
According to MS, if this occurs on a primary drive (like "C" I'm guessing - they don't say, actually) the drive could be failing. They go on to say "Otherwise, no user action is required". The error cites "harddisk2" so unless MS has decided that drive numerations start a "2", I'm guessing this is something having to do with an external drive; possibly one of my USB drives. What is strange is that I haven't plugged in an any drives for five days or so.
Should I just mark this down as some sort of Vista glitch, as I am tempted to do? Or, is this just one more thing to worry about? I do know what paging operations are, and why they sometimes fail, but this particular set of entries puzzles me.
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Problem signature
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Source: Application Error
Date: 19/01/2009 9:32:34 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Harley
Description:
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Why does this keep crashing?
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: iexplore.exe
Application Version: 7.0.6001.18248
Application Timestamp: 49f1c24f
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a7a6
Exception Code: c015000f
Exception Offset: 000763a2
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
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Problem signature
Problem Event Name:APPCRASH
Application Name:rundll32.exe
Application Version:6.0.6000.16386
Application Timestamp:4549b0e1
Fault Module Name:USER32.dll
Fault Module Version:6.0.6000.16386
Fault Module Timestamp:4549bdc9
Exception Code:c0000142
Exception Offset:00008fc7
OS Version:6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID:1033
Additional Information 1:9d13
Additional Information 2:1abee00edb3fc1158f9ad6f44f0f6be8
Additional Information 3:9d13
Additional Information 4:1abee00edb3fc1158f9ad6f44f0f6be8
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID:345306578
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