Windows XP Hibernate problem, FTdisk.exe error 45, crash dump driver

I struggled with this Hibernate problem. It suddenly stopped working and in event manager I see a problem with ftdisk.exe saying fail to load crash dump driver ...

After getting a bit of tips on the Internet to try, nothing worked!

Now I have found the cause so I want people to know and deal with it.

I think the reason is because your Windows is infected with some bug that disables Hibernation to keep teh system running for more hacking or run some malware. Here is how to fix it assuming you have a backup of the OS (\WINDOWS directory)

1/ Make sure you have access to a good backup when the system worked.
2/ You cannot restore this backup using your existing infected Windows. The bug will modify your restore to but itself right back in!
3/ You will need to install Windows XP again as a second copy into another directory like \WIN1
4/ You will now have a boot menu with 2 Windows. Boot from this fresh installation (and keep this installation for future use to restore all your backups!)
5/ Now restore the good backup. You only need to restore C:\WINDOWS

That's all what the solution is. You may now set your account to power user rather than admin so that it is harder to infect the computer again.

Good luck!

 

I want to help anyone reading this post after the countless hours I've spent solving this problem. The problem is most likely rootkit malware attack.

To check and remove rootkits, download and run Kaspersky's TDSSKiller:

http://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/tdsskiller.zip

One my computer it found one infection, quaranteened the file, rebooted my computer, and hibernation now works.

After countless attempts to fix hibernation, this was the only solution for me.

 

Thanks Seangriffin .... Your solution worked .....thanks a ton !! Cheers!