Hi Nigel,

All 3 logs point to I/O errors whilst attempting to write data to the disk, and may indicate early signs of HDD failure.

First of all, check the disk for errors by going to My Computer, right click on your local disk, and go to Properties. Click on the Tools tab, and under "Error Checking", click Check Now. Tick both check boxes you see here, and finally click Start. Reboot the PC and see if any errors are detected here.

Another handy tool you can use to check the disk health is called: HDD Heath .. not too creative with the name, and basically checks the disk SMART status, but not always considered 100% accurate.

Some other things you might want to try is to swap the ATA cable. There may be a spare in the system, or one you may be able to swap with another device.. but they are cheap enough to buy if you don't have one handy.

If all else fails, then the only two remaining possible causes would be the HDD controller on board the motherboard itself, or the HDD itself. TBH, HDD controller is extremely unlikely.

Code:

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.11.0001.404 AMD64
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Loading Dump File [C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Mini010111-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is: C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows\system32\drivers
Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 3) MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
Built by: 2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.100427-1636
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x8055d720
Debug session time: Fri Dec 31 21:20:08.703 2010 (GMT+0)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:50:56.419
Loading Kernel Symbols
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Press ctrl-c (cdb, kd, ntsd) or ctrl-break (windbg) to abort symbol loads that take too long.
Run !sym noisy before .reload to track down problems loading symbols.

..............................................................
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Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
...............
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*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck F4, {3, 86234020, 86234194, 805d2954}

Unable to load image AVGIDSShim.Sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for AVGIDSShim.Sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for AVGIDSShim.Sys
unable to get nt!KiCurrentEtwBufferOffset
unable to get nt!KiCurrentEtwBufferBase
Probably caused by : hardware_disk

Followup: MachineOwner
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1: kd> !analyze -v;r;kv;lmtn;.logclose;q
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*                                                                             *
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
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CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION (f4)
A process or thread crucial to system operation has unexpectedly exited or been
terminated.
Several processes and threads are necessary for the operation of the
system; when they are terminated (for any reason), the system can no
longer function.
Arguments:
Arg1: 00000003, Process
Arg2: 86234020, Terminating object
Arg3: 86234194, Process image file name
Arg4: 805d2954, Explanatory message (ascii)

Debugging Details:
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unable to get nt!KiCurrentEtwBufferOffset
unable to get nt!KiCurrentEtwBufferBase

PROCESS_OBJECT: 86234020

IMAGE_NAME:  hardware_disk

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  0

FAULTING_MODULE: 00000000 

PROCESS_NAME:  csrss.exe

EXCEPTION_RECORD:  f09ef9d8 -- (.exr 0xfffffffff09ef9d8)
.exr 0xfffffffff09ef9d8
ExceptionAddress: 7c9350a5
   ExceptionCode: c0000006 (In-page I/O error)
  ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 3
   Parameter[0]: 00000000
   Parameter[1]: 7c99c3d8
   Parameter[2]: c000000e
Inpage operation failed at 7c99c3d8, due to I/O error c000000e

EXCEPTION_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000006 - The instruction at 0x%p referenced memory at 0x%p. The required data was not placed into memory because of an I/O error status of 0x%x.

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  DRIVER_FAULT

ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000006 - The instruction at 0x%p referenced memory at 0x%p. The required data was not placed into memory because of an I/O error status of 0x%x.

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1:  00000000

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER2:  7c99c3d8

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER3:  c000000e

IO_ERROR: (NTSTATUS) 0xc000000e - A device which does not exist was specified.

EXCEPTION_STR:  0xc0000006_c000000e

FAULTING_IP: 
+fc
7c9350a5 ??              ???

BUGCHECK_STR:  0xF4_IOERR_C000000E

FOLLOWUP_IP: 
+fc
7c99c3d8 ??              ???

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: hardware_disk

STACK_COMMAND:  kb

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  0xF4_IOERR_C000000E_IMAGE_hardware_disk

BUCKET_ID:  0xF4_IOERR_C000000E_IMAGE_hardware_disk

Followup: MachineOwner
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eax=f78aa13c ebx=86234020 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=86234020 edi=85a0eb30
eip=804f9f43 esp=f09ef4f0 ebp=f09ef508 iopl=0         nv up ei ng nz na pe nc
cs=0008  ss=0010  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=0030  gs=0000             efl=00000286
nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b:
804f9f43 5d              pop     ebp
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child              
f09ef508 805d1a9d 000000f4 00000003 86234020 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b (FPO: [5,0,0])
f09ef52c 805d29ff 805d2954 86234020 86234194 nt!PspCatchCriticalBreak+0x75 (FPO: [3,0,0])
f09ef55c f06867fc 86234268 c0000006 f09ef584 nt!NtTerminateProcess+0x7d (FPO: [2,4,4])
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
f09ef584 80501161 badb0d00 f09ef5fc 005d0041 AVGIDSShim+0x27fc
f09ef5f4 804fe816 ffffffff c0000006 f09ef9f8 nt!ZwTerminateProcess+0x11 (FPO: [2,0,0])
f09ef9b0 805028d9 f09ef9d8 00000000 f09efd64 nt!KiDispatchException+0x3a0 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
f09efd34 80544f2f 015ef26c 015ef28c 00000000 nt!KiRaiseException+0x175 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
f09efd50 8054164c 015ef26c 015ef28c 00000000 nt!NtRaiseException+0x33
f09efd50 7c9350a5 015ef26c 015ef28c 00000000 nt!KiFastCallEntry+0xfc (FPO: [0,0] TrapFrame @ f09efd64)
015ef568 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x7c9350a5
start    end        module name
804d7000 806e4000   nt       ntkrpamp.exe Tue Apr 27 14:04:40 2010 (4BD6E0E8)
806e4000 80704d00   hal      halmacpi.dll Sun Apr 13 19:31:27 2008 (4802517F)
bf000000 bf011600   dxg      dxg.sys      Sun Apr 13 19:38:27 2008 (48025323)
bf012000 bf054000   ati2dvag ati2dvag.dll Fri Feb 10 02:58:02 2006 (43EC013A)
bf054000 bf093000   ati2cqag ati2cqag.dll Fri Feb 10 02:22:39 2006 (43EBF8EF)
bf093000 bf0c9000   atikvmag atikvmag.dll Fri Feb 10 02:27:47 2006 (43EBFA23)
bf0c9000 bf34c940   ati3duag ati3duag.dll Fri Feb 10 02:44:39 2006 (43EBFE17)
bf34d000 bf41f0c0   ativvaxx ativvaxx.dll Fri Feb 10 02:39:23 2006 (43EBFCDB)
bf800000 bf9c4780   win32k   win32k.sys   Tue Oct 26 14:24:50 2010 (4CC6D6A2)
bffa0000 bffe6d00   ATMFD    ATMFD.DLL    Thu Oct 28 14:13:22 2010 (4CC976F2)
efc1c000 efc5ce00   HTTP     HTTP.sys     Tue Oct 20 17:20:15 2009 (4ADDE33F)
f0045000 f006d000   AVGIDSDriver AVGIDSDriver.Sys Tue Aug 03 23:23:56 2010 (4C5896FC)
f0135000 f018c380   srv      srv.sys      Thu Aug 26 14:39:48 2010 (4C766EA4)
f02ed000 f02f7000   AVGIDSFilter AVGIDSFilter.Sys Tue Aug 03 23:23:14 2010 (4C5896D2)
f05cf000 f05fb180   mrxdav   mrxdav.sys   Sun Apr 13 19:32:42 2008 (480251CA)
f0684000 f068e000   AVGIDSShim AVGIDSShim.Sys Tue Aug 03 23:25:52 2010 (4C589770)
f08ab000 f08bf480   wdmaud   wdmaud.sys   Sun Apr 13 20:17:18 2008 (48025C3E)
f09f0000 f09fed80   sysaudio sysaudio.sys Sun Apr 13 20:15:55 2008 (48025BEB)
f2ff5000 f300c900   dump_atapi dump_atapi.sys Sun Apr 13 19:40:29 2008 (4802539D)
f3055000 f3058900   ndisuio  ndisuio.sys  Sun Apr 13 19:55:57 2008 (4802573D)
f3085000 f30c0d00   avgldx86 avgldx86.sys Wed Dec 08 02:00:20 2010 (4CFEE6B4)
f30c1000 f3130400   mrxsmb   mrxsmb.sys   Wed Feb 24 13:11:05 2010 (4B852569)
f3131000 f315be80   rdbss    rdbss.sys    Sun Apr 13 20:28:38 2008 (48025EE6)
f315c000 f317dd00   afd      afd.sys      Thu Aug 14 11:04:35 2008 (48A40333)
f317e000 f31a5c00   netbt    netbt.sys    Sun Apr 13 20:20:59 2008 (48025D1B)
f31a6000 f31cb500   ipnat    ipnat.sys    Sun Apr 13 19:57:10 2008 (48025786)
f31cc000 f3213980   avgtdix  avgtdix.sys  Fri Nov 12 11:05:58 2010 (4CDD1F96)
f3214000 f326c480   tcpip    tcpip.sys    Fri Jun 20 12:51:09 2008 (485B99AD)
f326d000 f327f600   ipsec    ipsec.sys    Sun Apr 13 20:19:42 2008 (48025CCE)
f3551000 f3558880   Npfs     Npfs.SYS     Sun Apr 13 19:32:38 2008 (480251C6)
f3559000 f355da80   Msfs     Msfs.SYS     Sun Apr 13 19:32:38 2008 (480251C6)
f3561000 f3566200   vga      vga.sys      Sun Apr 13 19:44:40 2008 (48025498)
f3571000 f3574900   kbdhid   kbdhid.sys   Sun Apr 13 19:39:47 2008 (48025373)
f3579000 f357bf80   mouhid   mouhid.sys   Fri Aug 17 21:47:57 2001 (3B7D82FD)
f4f05000 f4f0fe00   Fips     Fips.SYS     Sun Apr 13 19:33:27 2008 (480251F7)
f4f15000 f4f38a80   portcls  portcls.sys  Sun Apr 13 20:19:40 2008 (48025CCC)
f4f39000 f50305e0   sthda    sthda.sys    Wed Nov 16 19:47:30 2005 (437B8CD2)
f7079000 f70d6f00   update   update.sys   Sun Apr 13 19:39:46 2008 (48025372)
f70d7000 f70e7e00   psched   psched.sys   Sun Apr 13 19:56:36 2008 (48025764)
f70e8000 f70fe580   ndiswan  ndiswan.sys  Sun Apr 13 20:20:41 2008 (48025D09)
f70ff000 f7121700   ks       ks.sys       Sun Apr 13 20:16:34 2008 (48025C12)
f7122000 f7148000   e100b325 e100b325.sys Fri Oct 15 00:30:44 2004 (416F0C24)
f7148000 f716b200   USBPORT  USBPORT.SYS  Sun Apr 13 19:45:34 2008 (480254CE)
f716c000 f7194000   HDAudBus HDAudBus.sys Thu May 26 16:46:29 2005 (4295EF55)
f7194000 f71a7f00   VIDEOPRT VIDEOPRT.SYS Sun Apr 13 19:44:39 2008 (48025497)
f71a8000 f7325000   ati2mtag ati2mtag.sys Fri Feb 10 02:57:44 2006 (43EC0128)
f737e000 f7397b80   Mup      Mup.sys      Sun Apr 13 20:17:05 2008 (48025C31)
f7398000 f73c4980   NDIS     NDIS.sys     Sun Apr 13 20:20:35 2008 (48025D03)
f73c5000 f7451600   Ntfs     Ntfs.sys     Sun Apr 13 20:15:49 2008 (48025BE5)
f7452000 f7468b00   KSecDD   KSecDD.sys   Wed Jun 24 12:18:40 2009 (4A420B90)
f7469000 f747af00   sr       sr.sys       Sun Apr 13 19:36:50 2008 (480252C2)
f747b000 f749ab00   fltmgr   fltmgr.sys   Sun Apr 13 19:32:58 2008 (480251DA)
f749b000 f74b2900   atapi    atapi.sys    Sun Apr 13 19:40:29 2008 (4802539D)
f74b3000 f74d1880   ftdisk   ftdisk.sys   Fri Aug 17 21:52:41 2001 (3B7D8419)
f74d2000 f74e2a80   pci      pci.sys      Sun Apr 13 19:36:43 2008 (480252BB)
f74e3000 f7510d80   ACPI     ACPI.sys     Sun Apr 13 19:36:33 2008 (480252B1)
f7612000 f761b180   isapnp   isapnp.sys   Sun Apr 13 19:36:40 2008 (480252B8)
f7622000 f762c580   MountMgr MountMgr.sys Sun Apr 13 19:39:45 2008 (48025371)
f7632000 f763ec80   VolSnap  VolSnap.sys  Sun Apr 13 19:41:00 2008 (480253BC)
f7642000 f764ae00   disk     disk.sys     Sun Apr 13 19:40:46 2008 (480253AE)
f7652000 f765e180   CLASSPNP CLASSPNP.SYS Sun Apr 13 20:16:21 2008 (48025C05)
f7662000 f766b000   AVGIDSEH AVGIDSEH.Sys Mon Sep 13 23:46:31 2010 (4C8EA9C7)
f7682000 f768e000   avgmfx86 avgmfx86.sys Tue Sep 07 01:48:01 2010 (4C858BC1)
f76e2000 f76eae00   intelppm intelppm.sys Sun Apr 13 19:31:31 2008 (48025183)
f76f2000 f76fc480   imapi    imapi.sys    Sun Apr 13 19:40:57 2008 (480253B9)
f7702000 f7711600   cdrom    cdrom.sys    Sun Apr 13 19:40:45 2008 (480253AD)
f7712000 f7720100   redbook  redbook.sys  Sun Apr 13 19:40:27 2008 (4802539B)
f7722000 f772e880   rasl2tp  rasl2tp.sys  Sun Apr 13 20:19:43 2008 (48025CCF)
f7732000 f773c200   raspppoe raspppoe.sys Sun Apr 13 19:57:31 2008 (4802579B)
f7742000 f774dd00   raspptp  raspptp.sys  Sun Apr 13 20:19:47 2008 (48025CD3)
f7752000 f775a900   msgpc    msgpc.sys    Sun Apr 13 19:56:32 2008 (48025760)
f7772000 f777b000   HIDCLASS HIDCLASS.SYS Sun Apr 13 19:45:25 2008 (480254C5)
f7782000 f778bf00   termdd   termdd.sys   Sun Apr 13 19:38:36 2008 (4802532C)
f77a2000 f77aa700   wanarp   wanarp.sys   Sun Apr 13 19:57:20 2008 (48025790)
f77b2000 f77ba780   netbios  netbios.sys  Sun Apr 13 19:56:01 2008 (48025741)
f77e2000 f77ec000   NDProxy  NDProxy.SYS  Tue Nov 02 15:17:02 2010 (4CD02B6E)
f7822000 f7830b00   drmk     drmk.sys     Sun Apr 13 19:45:12 2008 (480254B8)
f7832000 f7841900   Cdfs     Cdfs.SYS     Sun Apr 13 20:14:21 2008 (48025B8D)
f7882000 f7890880   usbhub   usbhub.sys   Sun Apr 13 19:45:36 2008 (480254D0)
f7892000 f7898180   PCIIDEX  PCIIDEX.SYS  Sun Apr 13 19:40:29 2008 (4802539D)
f789a000 f789ed00   PartMgr  PartMgr.sys  Sun Apr 13 19:40:48 2008 (480253B0)
f78a2000 f78a6b80   avgrkx86 avgrkx86.sys Tue Sep 07 01:48:16 2010 (4C858BD0)
f78b2000 f78b8180   HIDPARSE HIDPARSE.SYS Sun Apr 13 19:45:22 2008 (480254C2)
f78d2000 f78d9d80   usbccgp  usbccgp.sys  Sun Apr 13 19:45:38 2008 (480254D2)
f78e2000 f78e8700   USBSTOR  USBSTOR.SYS  Sun Apr 13 19:45:37 2008 (480254D1)
f7902000 f7908500   usbprint usbprint.sys Sun Apr 13 19:47:37 2008 (48025549)
f792a000 f792f080   usbuhci  usbuhci.sys  Sun Apr 13 19:45:34 2008 (480254CE)
f7932000 f7939600   usbehci  usbehci.sys  Sun Apr 13 19:45:34 2008 (480254CE)
f793a000 f793f280   GEARAspiWDM GEARAspiWDM.sys Mon May 18 13:16:53 2009 (4A1151B5)
f7942000 f7946a80   TDI      TDI.SYS      Sun Apr 13 20:00:04 2008 (48025834)
f794a000 f794e580   ptilink  ptilink.sys  Fri Aug 17 21:49:53 2001 (3B7D8371)
f7952000 f7956080   raspti   raspti.sys   Fri Aug 17 21:55:32 2001 (3B7D84C4)
f795a000 f7960000   kbdclass kbdclass.sys Sun Apr 13 19:39:46 2008 (48025372)
f7962000 f7967a00   mouclass mouclass.sys Sun Apr 13 19:39:47 2008 (48025373)
f79ba000 f79be500   watchdog watchdog.sys Sun Apr 13 19:44:59 2008 (480254AB)
f7a22000 f7a25000   BOOTVID  BOOTVID.dll  Fri Aug 17 21:49:09 2001 (3B7D8345)
f7ab2000 f7ab4880   hidusb   hidusb.sys   Sun Apr 13 19:45:27 2008 (480254C7)
f7ab6000 f7ab8280   rasacd   rasacd.sys   Fri Aug 17 21:55:39 2001 (3B7D84CB)
f7aba000 f7abc900   Dxapi    Dxapi.sys    Fri Aug 17 21:53:19 2001 (3B7D843F)
f7aee000 f7af0780   ndistapi ndistapi.sys Sun Apr 13 19:57:27 2008 (48025797)
f7afe000 f7b01c80   mssmbios mssmbios.sys Sun Apr 13 19:36:45 2008 (480252BD)
f7b12000 f7b13b80   kdcom    kdcom.dll    Fri Aug 17 21:49:10 2001 (3B7D8346)
f7b14000 f7b15100   WMILIB   WMILIB.SYS   Fri Aug 17 22:07:23 2001 (3B7D878B)
f7b46000 f7b47100   swenum   swenum.sys   Sun Apr 13 19:39:52 2008 (48025378)
f7b4e000 f7b4ff00   Fs_Rec   Fs_Rec.SYS   Fri Aug 17 21:49:37 2001 (3B7D8361)
f7b50000 f7b51080   Beep     Beep.SYS     Fri Aug 17 21:47:33 2001 (3B7D82E5)
f7b56000 f7b57280   USBD     USBD.SYS     Fri Aug 17 22:02:58 2001 (3B7D8682)
f7b58000 f7b59080   mnmdd    mnmdd.SYS    Fri Aug 17 21:57:28 2001 (3B7D8538)
f7b5a000 f7b5b080   RDPCDD   RDPCDD.sys   Fri Aug 17 21:46:56 2001 (3B7D82C0)
f7b82000 f7b83100   dump_WMILIB dump_WMILIB.SYS Fri Aug 17 22:07:23 2001 (3B7D878B)
f7bda000 f7bdad00   pciide   pciide.sys   Fri Aug 17 21:51:49 2001 (3B7D83E5)
f7c5d000 f7c5dc00   audstub  audstub.sys  Fri Aug 17 21:59:40 2001 (3B7D85BC)
f7c8a000 f7c8ad00   dxgthk   dxgthk.sys   Fri Aug 17 21:53:12 2001 (3B7D8438)
f7cf3000 f7cf3b80   Null     Null.SYS     Fri Aug 17 21:47:39 2001 (3B7D82EB)

Unloaded modules:
efab1000 efadc000   kmixer.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f085d000 f0888000   kmixer.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f7cee000 f7cef000   drmkaud.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f09b0000 f09bd000   DMusic.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f09c0000 f09ce000   swmidi.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f0888000 f08ab000   aec.sys 
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f7b66000 f7b68000   splitter.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f7762000 f7772000   Serial.SYS
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f04f3000 f0507000   Parport.SYS
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f7aba000 f7abe000   kbdhid.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f7792000 f779f000   i8042prt.SYS
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f3569000 f356e000   Cdaudio.SYS
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f7329000 f732c000   Sfloppy.SYS
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f79ba000 f79bf000   Flpydisk.SYS
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f79b2000 f79b9000   Fdc.SYS 
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
Closing open log file c:debuglog.txt

That looks like verification enough Nigel, the logs, check disk and HDD Health all show signs of early HDD failure. Although chkdsk usually marks bad clusters so that they are not written to again, I usually find that once a disk starts to produce these, it's normally down hill from there.

As with all moving parts, HDD's all fail eventually, but temperature can certainly be a contributing factor to failure... so if the disk is operating anywhere above 40°c, then you'll also need to look at the existing cooling in the system as well. Make sure that all existing vents, fans and heatsinks are not blocked and free of dust, and you may want to look at adding additional fans to keep the system cool. Might also be a good idea to look at your other system temperatures using Speedfan or CPU-Z to see what else could be overheating as well.

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