hard drive errors

[eklass]

okay, i don't know what in the <crap> is going on here, but i've got a 60gig maxtor drive i'm using as a data drive...you know, mp3s, the etc. the problem is, is that the event log gets filled up with these errors every time i boot. i've tried repartitioning and reformatting to no avail. additionally, in linux when i try to mount the drive, it refuses, insisting i specify the format, so i do (-t ntfs) and it complains something about a bad superblock.

is there anything i can do to fix this drive?

p.s. not that it matters, but linux is installed on its own 40gig, whereas windows is on my 120gig SATA drive

 

[bacillus]

tried using powermax from the maxtor site to check out the hdd?

 

[eklass]

i tried both basic and advanced scan... to no avail

here are the the exact errors as reported in the event log:

A parity error was detected on \Device\Ide\IdePort0.
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk1\D.

They both appear 6 times each. Any other ideas?

 

[Boonesmi]

try another cable if you have one, and also move it to a different ide channel.. then rerun the tests

 

[eklass]

i spent all night doing a full low-level format, and the drive seems better. it is now dow to two errors each of the type specificed above.