"the volume is dirty"

[wpshooter]

"The Volume is Dirty"

I got this message when I started my work computer this morning.

It is Windows XP.

During the volume check which took place (after it displayed this message) it found 4 File Record Segments that it said were unreadable.

When the volume check finished the computer booted to the desktop O.K. but then when I did a restart, I got a message regarding not being able to read a certain memory address and it referred to the SVCHOST.EXE file.

When it came back to the desktop again, I then tried the restart again and I got the same error as above referring to the SVCHOST.EXE file.

Then when it came back to the desktop again, I again did a restart and this time it shutdown and restarted with NO error messages.

Does all of this mean that there is a possible HARDWARE problem with the hard drive or is this more likely a Windows software related problem(s) ?

Thanks.

 

[glugglug]

"The Volume is Dirty"

I got this message when I started my work computer this morning.

Stop downloading pr0n at work! (jk)

Does all of this mean that there is a possible HARDWARE problem with the hard drive or is this more likely a Windows software related problem(s) ?
Thanks.

It sounds like you have a corrupted file caused by an unclean shutdown. The fact the errors are occurring in SVCHOST.EXE suggest the corrupted file belongs to a built in Windows service, so you may need to re-install to really fix it.

 

[wpshooter]

Stop downloading pr0n at work! (jk)

Believe me, that as tight as these computers are tied down, you certainly don't have to worry about any porn being downloaded. Heck we can't even access or download things we need to do our work at times here !!!