An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk3\D during a paging operation.

[killster1]

ive got this error with two diff 640gb drives.. i mean the hard drive that did it before is not even powered on i switched to this 640gb black wd to see if it solved the problem but it shows those errors in event viewer 12 days between but like 30 errors each time.. (in middle of night so no one was even using it..)

so im starting to think its a bad motherboard controller so tempted to buy a raid card or use a sata pci card i have laying around..


and i just looked to see which hd is harddisk3.. well atm i have only hd0 hd1 and hd2 powered up so not sure which one would be harddisk3.. if its hd2 the 500gb it would make sense altho no paging files should be goign to the 500gb drive..

also if this helps i have many windows installs on diff drives so maybe conflicting page files?

my solution is to just buy more hd's i already own 10 640gb so switching this one out isnt a big deal but since last one said same errors figure might be the hd controller.. or?

(sorry for bad English poor grammar etc! ... )

 

[Nothinman]

The pagefile has nothing to do with it, all I/O is done via paging. Have you run a SMART test on the drives giving the errors?

 

[killster1]

sorry for being so foolish and dumb but.. what smart test should i run? i look at the smart levels in speed fan on occasion.. they show 1 chunk missing from the 640gb on performance and fitness.. and same for the 500gb.. ill go download some kinda smart tool and test it out.. so which hd is hd3? the one thats the last hd in the disk management the 500gb maxtor?

 

[Nothinman]

I have no idea what speedfan looks like since I run Linux so I leave smartd running in the background and it emails me if there's a problem. Every drive that supports SMART should support running an extended offline test that runs over every sector on the disk. I have no idea if speedfan would be able to initiate one of those or not though.

 

[killster1]

soo... what test do you suggest for winblows tho? im running hd tune pro 3.5 now.. and will post the results of the error scan if it finishes before i leave for work..

 

[Nothinman]

I dunno, the only time I run non-Server releases of Windows is in VMware so there's no real disks to look at. Most manufacturers have bootable disks that will run the SMART tests though if you can't get HD Tune or SpeedFan to do it.

 

[techmanc]

Check to see theres a bad power/cable connection to the drive. Try a new cable if you have one. Run chkdisk on suspected drive and see if it fixes it. You can goto the drive in windows and open the drive properties/tools and check the auto chk system errors and reboot if needed.

 

[Nothinman]

Check to see theres a bad power/cable connection to the drive. Try a new cable if you have one. Run chkdisk on suspected drive and see if it fixes it. You can goto the drive in windows and open the drive properties/tools and check the auto chk system errors and reboot if needed.

The last thing you want to do is run something as intrusive as chkdsk if you suspect a hardware problem.

 

[techmanc]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

Check to see theres a bad power/cable connection to the drive. Try a new cable if you have one. Run chkdisk on suspected drive and see if it fixes it. You can goto the drive in windows and open the drive properties/tools and check the auto chk system errors and reboot if needed.

The last thing you want to do is run something as intrusive as chkdsk if you suspect a hardware problem.

Well I thought this was being caused by 2 new drives which had not been used much but I must have combined my answer from a different thread. That said if theres data on that drive your trying to preserve I would try recovery options now after hardware has been checked. You can try GetDataBack 3.0 found at link which has served me well many times doing file recovery.......

http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm

 

[killster1]

well i ran quick and long tests on all the drives and they past.. except teh long test on the 640gb thats powered on now.. ( i bet it will pass since the errors where 12 days between..) but its just a hd tune pro check so who knows how good it is.. i ran chckdsk already and it seemed to do nothing.. i wonder if a bad or loose cable would cause a error in middle of the night 12 days later again or if these are just 2 diff drives failing or my motherboard failing.. i guess new cables and sata card can remedy the question.. anything else i should check // try?

 

[RebateMonger]

You can identify the drive numbers (HardDisk0, HardDisk2, etc.) in Device Manager, under the Hard Drives section, under Volumes. Clik on "Populate" and it'll show the Disk number at the top of the information.

Yeah, if you are having paging errors on multiple drives, it could be a controller problem.

 

[killster1]

yes how weird.. there is no disk3 there is disk 0 disk 1 and disk 2 .. so i would assume disk2 = 3 since there is really shouldnt be 0.. ? thnx later today ill change cables and try a diff controller for it*($&%

 

[Nothinman]

yes how weird.. there is no disk3 there is disk 0 disk 1 and disk 2 .. so i would assume disk2 = 3 since there is really shouldnt be 0..

Most computer things are enumerated starting at 0. Although from looking at a XP VM at work I would guess that disk errors in the eventlog should have the same disk numbers as what's in disk management so I'm not sure why you don't have a disk3.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Although from looking at a XP VM at work I would guess that disk errors in the eventlog should have the same disk numbers as what's in disk management so I'm not sure why you don't have a disk3.

Yeah, the System Event Logs in Windows will show errors on the first hard drive as HardDisk0.

Usually, an error on a disk with that large a number (3) is a USB drive, which certainly tend to have their share of errors because of the USB converters and the potential rough treatment they can have. It could also be a memory card or a USB stick.

 

[killster1]

zomg so it could just be a memory card error!!!!!!!!!!! that is funny since my solution was to simply buy more hard drives.. still have 2 more black edition 640gb's to install now i can do so with no worries.. but it is weird i dont leave memory sticks in that pc at night (kids box so they would killit or eat it..) and the error was in the middle of the night so still kinda worried.. hmm