Originally Posted by
bpounds
I've seen that message only a few times. I think it was due to an unstable hard drive starting to get flaky.
I would suggest running "CHKDSK C: /F" from the command line. It will ask to run the next time you reboot. So reboot, and let it run. See if it finds bad sectors. Do that routine a few times until it comes back clean. If it can.
Windows is trying to avoid losing data when you get that message.
Yes, this is generally due to HW going bad, and based on the other symptoms you described is does sound like it is the HDD (hard drive).
You probably have a .DMP file that was written out when the error message was experienced. You can search for that .DMP file on your HDD and upload it to one of a myriad of sites where uber computer geeks can help you diagnose.