Windows 2000 crashed my Harddisk

[heeroman]

I've got a new computer 2 weeks before. The configration is as follow:

MSI K7T Tubro without RAID
AMD ThunderBird 900 MHz without overclocking
256 MB NEC PC-133 Ram
Hercules GeForce 2 MX 32 Mb Ram
Maxtor 20GB UDMA-100 Harddisk

Everything was fine during the installation of Windows 2000. After running for one day or two, when the windows startup, it stopped and told me "Unknown Hard Error" in a blue screen.

Then I restart the computer using Windows 2000's CD and run "chkdsk". It had found some errors in the file system and so it fixed them. After rebooting the system and Windows 2000 startup, it gives the same error message as the file system is spoiled again. Now, if I don't boot my computer with Windows 2000, my harddisk would not get the problems.

The dealer suggested me to change the RAM and harddisk. Can the method really work ?
Is there anybody face similar situation and know what's wrong with my computer ?

Thanks a lot.

 

[GFORCE100]

It could be a faulty hard drive since Windows 2000 is a good boy and will not damaage your FAT if you don't tell it too.

Your machine is not overclocked so we'll throw that idea out the window.

Yes, can you try the disk in another machine? Are the IDE cables plugged in fully and are they 80pin ones?