Author Topic: Hard Drive Failing (Read 4079 times)

kidwags · « **on:** August 15, 2006, 06:48:56 PM »

Can anyone Help? I think my hard drive is about to die. It makes noises and does not boot most of the time. Can I just go out and buy a new hard drive or are there things I need to know about my system before I go to the store. I would like to install the new and move my files before removing the old drive. Is this normal proceedure or no? Thank You :-?

GX1_Man · « **Reply #1 on:** August 15, 2006, 06:53:24 PM »

Post some information about your machine and we can advise.

Download and run Everest, run a report (below Help on the menu) and then copy the information into a post here.

We need to know what you have to work with. How much space in files are we talking about? Any idea?

kidwags · « **Reply #2 on:** August 16, 2006, 03:18:49 AM »

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  Computer:
   Computer Type ACPI Uniprocessor PC
   Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
   OS Service Pack [ TRIAL VERSION ]
   Internet Explorer 7.0.5450.4 (IE 7.0 Beta 3)
   DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
   Computer Name KIDWAGS
   User Name Daniel
   SMTP E-mail Address [email protected]
   Logon Domain [ TRIAL VERSION ]
   Date / Time 2006-08-16 / 05:03

  Motherboard:
   CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1155 MHz (11.5 x 100)
   Motherboard Name MSI KT6V-LSR (MS-7021) (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
   Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8377 Apollo KT600
   System Memory [ TRIAL VERSION ]
   BIOS Type AMI (10/20/04)
   Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
   Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

  Display:
   Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (128 MB)
   3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
   Monitor ViewSonic E90-4 [19" CRT] (367034200606)

  Multimedia:
   Audio Adapter Creative EMU10K1 SB Live! Audio Processor
   Audio Adapter Realtek ALC655 @ VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

  Storage:
   IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
   Storage Controller SCSI/RAID Host Controller
   Storage Controller VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller
   Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
   Disk Drive ST312002 6AS SCSI Disk Device (120 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
   Optical Drive CN5418I YRU732O SCSI CdRom Device
   Optical Drive JLMS XJ-HD166S (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
   Optical Drive LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5238S (52x/32x/52x CD-RW)
   SMART Hard Disks Status OK

  Partitions:
   C: (NTFS) [ TRIAL VERSION ]
   D: (NTFS) 57231 MB (45972 MB free)
   Total Size [ TRIAL VERSION ]

  Input:
   Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
   Mouse HID-compliant mouse

  Network:
   Primary IP Address [ TRIAL VERSION ]
   Primary MAC Address 00-12-17-52-3E-DC
   Network Adapter Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Fast Ethernet Adapter (69.1 [ TRIAL VERSION ])
   Modem SoftV92 Data Fax Modem

  Peripherals:
   Printer hp deskjet 5600 series
   USB1 Controller VIA PCI-USB Universal Host Controller
   USB1 Controller VIA PCI-USB Universal Host Controller
   USB1 Controller VIA PCI-USB Universal Host Controller
   USB1 Controller VIA PCI-USB Universal Host Controller
   USB2 Controller VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
   USB Device USB Human Interface Device
   USB Device USB Printing Support

  DMI:
   DMI BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
   DMI BIOS Version Version 07.00T
   DMI System Manufacturer MSI
   DMI System Product MS-7021
   DMI System Version 1.0
   DMI System Serial Number [ TRIAL VERSION ]
   DMI Motherboard Manufacturer MSI
   DMI Motherboard Product MS-7021
   DMI Motherboard Version 1.0
   DMI Motherboard Serial Number [ TRIAL VERSION ]
   DMI Chassis Manufacturer Uknown Chassis Manufacture
   DMI Chassis Version Version 1.00
   DMI Chassis Serial Number [ TRIAL VERSION ]
   DMI Chassis Asset Tag [ TRIAL VERSION ]
   DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case
   DMI Total / Free Memory Sockets 2 / 1

  Problems & Suggestions:
   Problem Disk free space is only 9% on drive C:.

GX1_Man · « **Reply #3 on:** August 16, 2006, 04:01:37 AM »

That's a nice enough board:

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/detail_spec/product_detail.asp?model=KT6V-LSR

The first thing I would advise is to get some free space on drive C (15% is recommended and you have 9%)

Then run CCleaner (free at www.ccleaner.com)

Delete unneccesary stuff to make at least the 15% mark.

Download and run the free diagnostics from the Seagate site. It is called Seatools. It creates a boot floppy or CD. You start the machine with that in the drive and it will determine if your drive is fit. If it is, we can work on fixing the problemms. If it is not, another SATA drive would work, but there's no nense in spending some cash right now. Here's the page with the download:

http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html

Seagate drives as you have are now produced with a 5 year warranty as well.

Let us know what you find out.

kidwags · « **Reply #4 on:** August 16, 2006, 10:59:27 AM »

I have moved many files to my partitioned D: Drive, and downloaded ccleaner. Yet, as I look at ccleaner it looks like it is going to delete many many files. Is this dangerous? Or can I just go ahead and clean?

GX1_Man · « **Reply #5 on:** August 16, 2006, 03:30:20 PM »

Clean away. How many megabytes are involved?

kidwags · « **Reply #6 on:** August 16, 2006, 04:10:59 PM »

871 Files 5.40mb

GX1_Man · « **Reply #7 on:** August 16, 2006, 04:24:57 PM »

That's not much (about 4 floppies!), but every little bit helps. You will have to manually delete some for better performance.

kidwags · « **Reply #8 on:** August 16, 2006, 05:40:25 PM »

Ok, last question. Looking at ccleaner, this is ONLY cleaning files right. In the (application) tab it looks like this will delete files that I may be using. Many Microsoft files and personnal Word files. Obveously you can see that I am new to this process. Another thing I should mention is lately, when the system does boot up I get a blue screen stating that the system is checking partition D: for inconsistencies and if I want; I can stop the process by entering any key. If I stop the process it goes right into Windows. If I don't stop the process, I runs through a large list of data (about 5 pages) before opening Windows. At one point while typing to you, the system frozz and a blue screen came up and stated: Windows needed to shut down to protect the computer. SOUNDS LIKE I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM RIGHT? I want to THANK YOU for the time you have been giving me with this issue.

GX1_Man · « **Reply #9 on:** August 16, 2006, 06:00:58 PM »

I don't think the hard drive is about to fail, as per the title of this thread, but I believe there are multiple issues.

Do you have a real Windows CD to reinstall with if this becomes necessary?

soybean · « **Reply #10 on:** August 16, 2006, 06:25:09 PM »

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Ok, last question. Looking at ccleaner, this is ONLY cleaning files right. In the (application) tab it looks like this will delete files that I may be using. Many Microsoft files and personnal Word files. Obveously you can see that I am new to this process.

CCleaner is quite safe; I've never heard of it removing files for which removal would have a negative impact on the operation of your computer. It will not remove your Word, Excel, etc. files. But, it will remove such things as the most recently opened files that you would normally see when open Word and click on File. However, if you want it to exclude such cleaning, just uncheck the box for Office under Applications.

I think you should run the Issues scan in CCleaner and let it remove everything it identifies. CCleaner will ask you whether you want to backup your registry first, and you should do so.

GX1_Man · « **Reply #11 on:** August 16, 2006, 06:31:34 PM »

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The first thing I would advise is to get some free space on drive C (15% is recommended and you have 9%)

Then [highlight]run CCleaner [/highlight](free at www.ccleaner.com)

[highlight]Delete unneccesary stuff to make at least the 15% mark[/highlight].

[highlight]Download and run the free diagnostics [/highlight]from the Seagate site. It is called Seatools. It creates a boot floppy or CD. You start the machine with that in the drive and it will determine if your drive is fit. If it is, we can work on fixing the problemms. If it is not, another SATA drive would work, but there's no nense in spending some cash right now. Here's the page with the download:

http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html

Did you do the other things suggested?

kidwags · « **Reply #12 on:** August 17, 2006, 02:01:13 AM »

Yes, Ran Seagate. Followed instructions, booted system and seagate reported it could not locate my mouse. Although, It showed me many stats , could not acces the information. Needed to shut down manualy. Was not even able to warm boot. Removed Seagate boot floppy and the sysem booted up fine: with the Blue screen message: system is checking Drive D: for inconsistencies, press any key to stop check (not recomended) but I did stop and the system advanced into Windows. The message also says: Check to make sure cables are connected properly, check if jumpers are proper, Or check BIOS config.

kidwags · « **Reply #13 on:** August 17, 2006, 02:08:16 AM »

OK, I am about to Run ccleaner. If you don't hear from me again you no what happened.

Hopefully I will hear from you on the other side :-? Just kidding!

kidwags · « **Reply #14 on:** August 17, 2006, 02:16:48 AM »

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