I hjust read Betty's reply and wondered if you have added a whole bunch of RAM at 
the same time as you increased the disk size? If so you will be getting problems 
with the vcache if you go to 512Mb or over. Some systems do and some don't get this 
problem. If the video memory is inclusive you don't get the problem if the video 
memory is exclusive (on the video card) you can get a problem as the total memory 
is 512Mb plus whatever you have on the video card.

If this is the case you can take one module out (assuming that you have more than 
one) and alter the vcache settings, shut-down, and put it back in.

Or you can open msconfig Advanced settings, and set the memory limit to whatever 
you want it to be.

Putting a check-mark in the memory setting will remove the grey in the window so 
you can alter the setting.

OR it may be that your swap-file is either corrupt and/or is not generating properly 
when Windows needs it. If you can get into the control panel System, Performance, 
Virtual memory you can set a permanent 1000Mb Min & Max to give a 1024Mb swap-file 
ON the drive.

Alternatively you can delete your existing swap-file from a bootdiskette DOS prompt 
and then re-boot to see if the old one was corrupt. (I think I mentioned the possibility 
of re-introducing a virus if there is one on your existing bootdisk.)

To delete the swap-file:

A:\>DEL C:\WINDOWS\WIN386.SWP , and press Enter. or, as it is sometimes on the root 
of C:

A:\>DEL C:\WIN386.SWP

SWAP-FILE WIN386.SWP

"I guess I will have to break it down and take it to the shop. My guess he will have 
to use a 10 GB HD to stabilize the system to update the BIOS and then replace my 
20 GB to see if it works."

You may be right. We'll see. ;-)
Mac

Reference

Free MS Windows Update CD

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