[TechAssist] Re: hard drive problem
- From: "Technotronic Dimensions" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 15:45:29 -0500
Ok, Antivirus "probably" wont matter - unless you got a Bootsector Virus.
Spyware would lock up your Internet Socket, so you couldnt browse, and could
eventually force a Blue Screen. But since you booted from Powermax and it
locks up, it pretty much says none of the above, with the BootVirus as the
exception.
Check for bad IDE cables. Did you recently add another Device like perhaps a
Slave CDROM or DVD ojn the same Channel? Also, its rare, but it could be bad
RAM. Then you could Try swapping the Sticks, or removing them one at a time
running powermax, and check for changes. If still no change, then I suppose
the Drive went down. I assume it was working fine before with no erratic
behavior?
Steve Hearns
Technotronic Dimensions, NY [USA]
WWW.TECHNOTRONIC-DIMENSIONS.COM
1-877-817-9885 (Voice / Fax Toll Free - US Only)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Thompson" <barrystv@xxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] hard drive problem
Hi All: I did a scandisk on this drive which took 8 hours and there no was
problems or bad sectors reported.The drive is a Maxtor and is locking up
with blue screens (the progam is still busy) I tried to run win98 as a
repair but had to abort because it couldn't find some files.Ran Registry
Mech. and sys.file checker and every thing ok. Ran Powermax.from their boot
disk and on the full scan test it locks up.Any opinions? I think it must be
the drive.Thanks Barry
barrystv@xxxxxxx
Barrys TV
613 224 3406
Ottawa.Canada.
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