Re: Corrupt Hard disk,Was it XP updates?
From: WinGuy (no_spam_at_nomail.bot)
Date: 08/06/04
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Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 16:45:55 GMT
"Shazzy(Sims addict)" <ShazzySimsaddict@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Tried everything you said.
> It was not Zone Alarm as I have not got it,I can run chkdsk and it will go
> through all four levels of testing before freezing on the fifth "verifying
> free space" I left it for over an hour but did not do anything and the
only
> way to get out of it at this point is to pull the plug!
*** Ok, that is not good at all - I think that's the level where it's
checking for bad sectors.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windowsnt/4/server/proddocs/en-us/concept/xcp07.mspx
Search there for the word "days". :(
In other words, you might have to wait a VERY long time, if a HDD is in
really bad shape, for bad sectors to be compensated for.
> All the device manager checks tell me everything is working properly
though
> I do have some red and yellow icons in the event viewer.
This needs to be corrected (it may or may not be relavant, but needs
correction anyway), after the HDD is testing correct with the chkdsk /R
command.
> I even got someone to go into DOS prompt and manually delete some bad
files
> but this has not made any difference.
I hope you kept a list of them. That might compound your problems, requiring
usage of sfc utility after the HDD is fixed up properly.
> As I said previously,my system seemed to be ok but a bit slow until I
> downloaded all the XP downloads then my system would not even boot up.
Likely, problems existed before and they were just exasperated (if that)
with the update process. However, if you've applied SP2 then you are
addressing your problems to the wrong newsgroup, and if so then you should
use the newsgroups you agreed to use if SP2 is installed.
>After
> deleting bad files whilst in DOS the system will boot but chkdsk will
still
> not run to a conclusion
This MUST be corrected. Chkdsk is not the problem, the HDD is the problem.
> and I get the message "this system has recovered from a serious error
every
> time I boot up.
Not surprising!
> Apart from these two problems and the fact that I dare not install The
Sims
> games again (as the bad files were associated with The Sims) my system
seems
> fine.
No, it is probably very ill right now.
> I am at a loss as to what to try next (apart from a sledge hammer) ;-)
> Any ideas?
Yes, let chkdsk complete no matter how long it takes or until it returns
some sort of error. As indicated, that could take days. Just because you see
no HDD activity, even for a long time, does not mean chkdsk has failed or
crashed. If chkdsk reports errors and also reports that it can not complete
then your HDD is probably not recoverable. You likely need to think about
getting another HDD, but you can NOT clone your old one to the new one
(using ONLY the HDD mfgr's clone "copy" utility, no others will work) until
the HDD is readable on all sectors not marked as bad, so don't even try (it
will not work).
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