Is it time to replace the raptor?

[chr6]

recently, i have been having problems with windows not booting up fully, and also troubles during windows installations stopping. i ran chkdsk, and got this log:

Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is WIN_XP.

A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.
Cleaning up 7 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 7 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 7 unused security descriptors.
CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...
File data verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...
Free space verification is complete.

36138185 KB total disk space.
4678760 KB in 28625 files.
9476 KB in 1925 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
101417 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
31348532 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
9034546 total allocation units on disk.
7837133 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
03 86 00 00 61 77 00 00 2b a3 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....aw..+.......
73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 cf 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 s...............
34 5b 9d 00 00 00 00 00 da 06 c2 07 00 00 00 00 4[..............
34 5b 9d 00 00 00 00 00 30 9d 70 85 00 00 00 00 4[......0.p.....
52 e0 03 01 00 00 00 00 2e 09 fa 96 00 00 00 00 R...............
99 9e 36 00 00 00 00 00 d1 6f 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..6......o......
00 a0 91 1d 01 00 00 00 85 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.

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would you say its time to rma the raptor?

 

[WackyDan]

Maybe.... Go out to WD's site and download their diagnostic tool for the drive. Run it, it should tell you more.

Also... Backup now to be on the safe side.

 

[chr6]

thanks dan,

i did run it and said no errors found
on both the quick and extended tests.

do you know if the k8v by asus and certain via sata drivers can cause data corruption?

 

[Markfw]

I just checked your rig. I tried the OCZ EL memory, and my K8V didn;t want to run well at all with that. It's allways possible that you have a memory problem corrupting the data. Try running memtest (I couldn;t get it to run on mine using the boot image though). And also try at stock speed.