Quick Question

[Murr]

On running scandisk, the computer pauses at 27% everytime saying that there is an error on the drive and that its going to try to continue and see exactly what the error is when it performs a surface check. But it can't continue, the thing just freezes up. I figure theres maybe a scratch or something on the hard drive. Should getting a new hard drive fix the problem?

 

[mechBgon]

Yes, or if your drive isn't too old, then you might want to try downloading a utility from the drive's manufacturer and use that. Typically, you download a program from the company (Maxtor, for instance) and run it, and it makes a bootable floppy diskette. Then you have the system boot from the diskette and it can do a variety of tests to try to find problems and repair them.

If you need a hand finding the download, give the brand of your hard drive off the label (model number could be useful too) and I'll find the utility. Good luck

Incidentally, is the system overclocked? That can bring on hard-drive problems.

 

[Gerardjg]

Hello
you might want to try going to your hard drive manufacturers web site and download there drive checking software. It usualy will be a program to make a bootable floppy. It will have drive diagnostic tools on it.

 

[Murr]

Gimme a sec and I'll try to get the model number

 

[Murr]

Maxtor Model #: 54098U8

Edit: BTW its like three years old, so don't look too hard

Thanks for the help guys