So I was running Windows XP on my MAME and I experienced some really weird issues. I can't tell if its hardware or software related so I thought I'd give you guys a try and see if you ever heard of this. Sometimes when I turn on the PC everything runs perfectly normal. Then I will turn the PC off and back on again to find that not only has the PC dropped drivers but entire programs no longer exist on the PC. Then if I turn it back off again and on again, boom, everything is back and fine.
So originally I had duel hard drives so I figured there was something wrong with the reading between the two drives. So I bought single drive, reinstalled everything and I'm still experiencing the same issues.
Since I have moved and haven't touched the PC in a few years but I would like to get it fixed so my kids can use it again.
Could it be that XP is just craptastic?
Any ideas?