Help, Crash to Desktop!

[Maraz]

My SHIII+GWX install worked like a charm until I lost my HD (I had all backed up, including my careers, luckily) and I had to reinstall everything from scratch on a new HD.

I installed the same OS (Win2000 SP4) and the same software (anti-virus, firewall, etc) and then I installed SHIII, GWX and the same mods I had before, in the usual way.

From that time I am experiencing frequent crashes to desktop, in particular when action becomes hot, there are many ships around, etc. Very often the crash happens few seconds after the "She is going down" message.

I tried first disabling all mods, then reinstalling SHIII+GWX, then disabling all programs running in the background (internet connection, firewall, antivirus, etc), then I thought it could be a sound problem (I have an onboard audio device) and I reinstalled the drivers and disabled audio HW acceleration. Nothing helped.

I just put up a small mission with two corvettes and three merchants, when I go on the surface to engage the corvettes (it's just a test, would not do that in my career) I _always_ get a CtD within few minutes, during the engagement, usually just after I sink the first corvette. This also happens with no mods installed (only GWX).

I saw that when the CtD happens, often the "Dr Watson" application starts running, can I get some information about the reason of crash from this program (I know it's a sort of a debugger)? How?

What I am sure about is that my system can handle SHIII+GWX (I have an AMD2800, 1 GB RAM, GeForce 6600 GT video card). I think it's impossible that a new HD has caused all these problems.

Any chance that I can overcome the problem without a complete reformat and Windows reinstall? Unfortunately I am not very good at this and I would have to take the PC again to the repair shop...

I must say that other programs and simulators (e.g. Ubisoft's IL-2FB) are showing no problem.

Thanks to all those who will try and help...

Maraz