Originally Posted by PPRuNe Pop
This is a conumdrum BUT..........I would always go back via System Restore to when you know it was working OK. The software CAN seemingly give rise to strange quirks on HDD.
However, 230gb! That's all your eggs in one basket. I have mine in three. That way I have the OS on 20gb drive. I have data on 40gb drive and I have loads of stuff on a drive I use little but to store as much as I want - this an 80gb drive. I also de-frag once a week.
Before you say you have 3 partitions it won't help. IF the disc is knackered the partitions are useless.
I refer the honurable gentleman to the answer I gave a moment ago.
Good luck TG.
PPP
Thank you for the reply above......... and I do wish I had a system like yours! My disk has two partitions, but as you say - useless, if and when the bugga goes bang.
BOFH It's far too big for SCSI - that's the controller.
Smells like SATA, if a quick Google is to be believed.
A few manufacturers offer three-year warranties on drives after the calamitous one-year warranty phase some went through in 2002. I recommend you consult with the people who sold you the box, but I expect they'll want money, so you may wish to pull the drive yourself. The next step is to get an RMA if Maxtor will honour it (wipe anything you do not want seen first ).
Please bear in mind that you should either recover or rebuild XP, since your backup (if you are backing up the OS) will be with all the bad sector goodies as well. I recommend the latter, as it's good housekeeping (and discipline for keeping backups).
BOFH
Edited to say: Pprune Pop has wise words - keep your OS partition as tight as a goldfish's bum, so it's easy to mirror, either to another drive or DVD. Anything on a domestic drive must be considered volatile storage...
Ever since I got the PC I have tried to keep it as tight as the witches ass, and bug free, with weekly defrags etc. but one does not expect the tell-tale signs of a HDD failure so soon, after being careful with the machine. ^^&t happens egh.
d71146 If
only the little fan was the worry! It's not just that I'm afraid. Thanks anyway.
Cheers
TG