You posted this 8 minutes after your previous post. That's not enough time for checkdisk to check the drive prooperly. Are you sure you had both options ticked?Originally posted by DWk@14 November 2003 - 21:49
nm just checked it and gave me 0 bad sectors....
if your font size is this small i'll add you to my ignore list because you're wasting my time, OK?
which BOTH options? i had to start->run->chkdsk cuz i cant find anything else....
Open My Computer
Right click on the HDD you want to check
Select Properties
Select the Tools tab
Click the Check now button in the Error-checking section
Et voila.
if your font size is this small i'll add you to my ignore list because you're wasting my time, OK?
k now the problem got weirder.....
first, i assume this
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=81743
has something to do with the problem as well.....
second.....when i tried to reboot my computer yesterday (i finished burning everything after recovering, and the pc went REALLY SLOW) it asked me to insert a BOOK diskette on A:
well i got mad and was like "omg c: as well? no way im doing this tonite...." so i just turned off my computer....and right now that i woke up i turned on the computer almost sure i was gonna have to do something else....and it booted up normally..... still without the E: partition though
now DWk is in ph34r
If the partitions are on the same HDD, I'd say it was going tits up.
I know what I'd be doing next...
Either:
1)
Install a new HDD on primary master, install XP fresh on there and copy over everything you want to keep from the old HDD before dumping it.
or 2)
a. Backup anything that you don't want to lose that is on a partition on that HDD - either to CDR/CDRW or (preferably) another HDD.
b. Reboot to the XP installation CD and repartition the whole bloody HDD, then format and install again.
c. Save up for a new HDD.
if your font size is this small i'll add you to my ignore list because you're wasting my time, OK?
k i try to run it but it just closes..... doesnt do anything....Originally posted by Smurfette@15 November 2003 - 11:39
Open My Computer
Right click on the HDD you want to check
Select Properties
Select the Tools tab
Click the Check now button in the Error-checking section
Et voila.
about backing up and all that....
yea im backing up everything to cds.... im just gonna burn some things i downloaded and then i can do a clean install
how can i check the drive for errors? cuz chkdsk didnt do much
k i try to run it but it just closes..... doesnt do anything....Originally posted by DWk+15 November 2003 - 12:13--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DWk @ 15 November 2003 - 12:13)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Smurfette@15 November 2003 - 11:39
Open My Computer
Right click on the HDD you want to check
Select Properties
Select the Tools tab
Click the Check now button in the Error-checking section
Et voila.
about backing up and all that....
yea im backing up everything to cds.... im just gonna burn some things i downloaded and then i can do a clean install
how can i check the drive for errors? cuz chkdsk didnt do much
Re-partition the HDD, re-install XP and then check all the partitions as describled above.
You're in for a long wait with 80GB to check thoroughly but if errors are found, Windows will mark them as bad and not use them in future; this would mean, however, that if some sectors have gone bad, others will go bad as well.
if your font size is this small i'll add you to my ignore list because you're wasting my time, OK?
that means new hdd, right?
im running a full diagnostic tool with easyrecovery..... lets see what it says
Yeah - you could use this one as a secondary one for temporary stuff (downloads possibly) but if there are errors on it I wouldn't trust it with anything permanently.Originally posted by DWk@15 November 2003 - 12:32
that means new hdd, right?
if your font size is this small i'll add you to my ignore list because you're wasting my time, OK?
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