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    Problems with hard drive

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by frozenarcticguy, Sep 13, 2008.

  1. frozenarcticguy

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    Hey guys, well I installed XP on my 7811 like the other thread told too and eveything worked well except when I started to install the Window updates they didn't want to install then when I try to launch Bioshock it just hangs there. I installed Partition Magic and when it shows the main harddrive all it says is 190,779 BAD. Doesn't say the drive letter or NTFS. Wonder if I got a bad drive? Any suggestions? I was thinking of getting the 320gig.
     
    frozenarcticguy, Sep 13, 2008
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    right click on the drive letter under my computer.. select properties.. tools.. check now. then click both options (auto fix) see if that helps.

    you could also do an error scan in HD Tune http://www.hdtune.com/
     
    jcovelli, Sep 13, 2008
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    Well heck, it didn't work. Hope I don't have to reformat this thing
     
    frozenarcticguy, Sep 13, 2008
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    Which HDD is it ?
    Can you upload a screenshot of the Health Page in HD Tune ?
     
    Andy, Sep 13, 2008
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