Sorry #1, gotta rant: fukfukfukfukfukfukfukfukfukfuk)
(Sorry #2, lengthy post...)
OK, I have a 10G EIDE 5400 HD (Drive C) that seems to be $hitting out on me.
Last night I was performing my bi-monthly ScanDisc/Defrag. (I'm currently using Microsoft's utilities.) I ran a standard ScanDisc - no errors found. Ran the Defrag, and at 10% completed, I got this error:
Hitting HELP brought up the ScanDisc utility. As instructed, I ran another standard ScanDisc - No errors found. I initiated another Defrag. At 10% in, I got another message:
So I ran a thorough scan - no errors found. A third Defrag gave me the first error message at 10% again.
F it. I then tried Norton's Disc Doctor. (I had just installed Norton's Utilities about 2 weeks ago via Norton SystemWorks 2002). Everything OK. Ran Norton's Speed Disc. It stopped with an error, and suggested running NDD again. Same $hit with the ScanDisc/Defrag, NDD did not detect any errors.
Now utterly pi$$ed, I get online to do a little research, to find out about the errors and such. As soon as the first web page started to load, I got the following BSOD error:
Disc Write Error
Unable to write to disc in drive C
Data or files may be lost
Press any key to continue
When I pressed any key, it would momentarily kill the BSOD error, but I'd get it right back again. I finally killed my connection inbetween errors and the errors stopped. I quickly updated my essential files backed-up (Why it allowed me to burn a CD from files on my C drive, I have no clue...) and shut down my system.
My last complete virus scan was last week. Also, my last complete ScanDisc/Defrag was prior to installing Norton's SystemWorks 2002. My wife just called me at work to let me know that all sorts of BSOD errors came up upon startup this morning. Sorry, no details on these.
One other thing: In hindsite, I've noticed the last 2 months or so, my Defrag has hung up at 10% for a few (as much as 4-5) minutes, but it would continue and complete the Defrag.
Any suggestions?
[edit - It's still warranty. I'll be up in June at three years old.]
(Sorry #2, lengthy post...)
OK, I have a 10G EIDE 5400 HD (Drive C) that seems to be $hitting out on me.
Last night I was performing my bi-monthly ScanDisc/Defrag. (I'm currently using Microsoft's utilities.) I ran a standard ScanDisc - no errors found. Ran the Defrag, and at 10% completed, I got this error:
Hitting HELP brought up the ScanDisc utility. As instructed, I ran another standard ScanDisc - No errors found. I initiated another Defrag. At 10% in, I got another message:
So I ran a thorough scan - no errors found. A third Defrag gave me the first error message at 10% again.
F it. I then tried Norton's Disc Doctor. (I had just installed Norton's Utilities about 2 weeks ago via Norton SystemWorks 2002). Everything OK. Ran Norton's Speed Disc. It stopped with an error, and suggested running NDD again. Same $hit with the ScanDisc/Defrag, NDD did not detect any errors.
Now utterly pi$$ed, I get online to do a little research, to find out about the errors and such. As soon as the first web page started to load, I got the following BSOD error:
Disc Write Error
Unable to write to disc in drive C
Data or files may be lost
Press any key to continue
When I pressed any key, it would momentarily kill the BSOD error, but I'd get it right back again. I finally killed my connection inbetween errors and the errors stopped. I quickly updated my essential files backed-up (Why it allowed me to burn a CD from files on my C drive, I have no clue...) and shut down my system.
My last complete virus scan was last week. Also, my last complete ScanDisc/Defrag was prior to installing Norton's SystemWorks 2002. My wife just called me at work to let me know that all sorts of BSOD errors came up upon startup this morning. Sorry, no details on these.
One other thing: In hindsite, I've noticed the last 2 months or so, my Defrag has hung up at 10% for a few (as much as 4-5) minutes, but it would continue and complete the Defrag.
Any suggestions?
[edit - It's still warranty. I'll be up in June at three years old.]
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