computer crashing because of memory full???

my hard drive (c) is fulll and i think because of the full memory my computer is crashing it comes up with the following error:



Hardware failure: contact original computer manufacturer



Thank you for submitting an error report.



Problem description



The error was likely caused by an unrecoverable system hardware error. These errors are general in nature and can be caused by problems (such as overheating) with one or more of the following computer components:



Random Access Memory (RAM)

System board

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Power supply

Solution



If you have received this error more than once, it could indicate a serious problem with your computer. We recommend that you do the following:



Back up your files to avoid data loss in case of any unexpected hardware failures.

Contact the original manufacturer of your computer for further instructions.

For additional information about similar errors, go to this MSN search. This search will display links to appropriate Microsoft Knowledge Base articles.

is this errror because of the memory full.



and i am looking in to buying a new memory drive (hard drive) i want the biggest one like 400 or 500gb or whatever is the biggest, do you just buy any make or does it have to be a certain one.



thanks for your help!!!!

Yeah, you can buy any brand, you just have to make sure that the interface matches your motherboard, either Serial ATA (SATA) or IDE. The largest that I've seen for a decent price are 350gb, but you could go bigger if you wanted to...

P.S. Do you know how full your hard drive is?

For the record, IDE drives, the normal standard ones, are now being referred to as PATA drives, it stands for Parallel ATA, as oppose to SATA, which is serial ATA.



By that error statement i wouldnt have said that the gard drive is full, uninstall unneeded programs and free up sdome space, it may be your RAM is faulty or something like that.

anymore suggestions on what this error is?

try not to confuse ur hard drive and ur memory. u referred to ur hard drive being full then said memory is full. there two seperate things.



u need to figure out what ur hdd controller interface is



if its over a year old its most likely PATA in that case just goto newegg or wherever and search for pata drives. itd be better for u to buy 2 250GBs over 1 500GB, for 1 if the drive fails ur SOL, two, the price.

Plus, 2 250GB drives will have faster seek times that 1 massive 500GB drive...