computer shuts down

[Dshack]

when on the internet my computer gets caught up on some larger sites, then a blue screen appears that say computer must shut down to avoid damage. i have windows xp and the following error is on this blue screen. kernal_data_inpage_error. there is also error info that says:
stop: 0x0000007a
c0xc07b9ec8, 0xc000000e, 0xf73d9a43, 0x08b64860
ntfs.sys-address f73dd9a43
base at f738a000
dateStamp 41107 eca

it also says begin dump physical memory. I rebooted my system yesterday, is there anything i can do to stop this? is it very serious? Also it says that it might be a hardware issue, but i'm on a ladtop and don't have any hardware on it. It also says to disable chaching or shadowing. how do you do this on XP?

[Broni]

Go Start>Run, type in:
chkdsk c: /r
Click OK.

[Dshack]

its saying chkdisk cannot run because volume is use by another process. check next time system restarts. i tried to close all programs and do it again and same thing.

[Broni]

Try Safe Mode.

[Dshack]

ok, i apologize. i'm not that great w/ computers. but i thought to get to safe mode u hit f8 on the load up screen when u restart but the only option was to load into regular xp.

[Broni]

It's OK.
You need to keep TAPPING F8 key, not pressing it.

[Dshack]

yeah i got. it says the same thing in safe mode though.

[Broni]

Get free hard drive diagnostic tool: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287
It'll create bootable CD.

[Dshack]

not seeing one for dell, does it really matter? apologize again for lack of knowledge about this. also, i just rebooted my system yesterday for same prob.

[Broni]

No, you have to identify your hard drive maker. Go to Dell site, enter your computer service number, and it should tell you. If not, post back.