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    Harddrive problems

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by xxbadboys93, Jul 13, 2009.

  1. xxbadboys93

    xxbadboys93 Notebook Deity

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    OK guys i been noticing that after about 4 hours of continious use my harddrive light would just stay on and my system would just freeze. What is the problem.
    Heres a screen shot of hdtune running an error test.
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    davidkneiber Notebook Consultant

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    wow.... try reformating... probably virus???
    omg..?
    try updating your sata controller driver!!
    that should fix it..
    or like i said reformat
     
    davidkneiber, Jul 14, 2009
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    nacholambre Notebook Consultant

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    You might need to upgrade your BIOS friend.
     
    nacholambre, Jul 14, 2009
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    Lol my bios is very up to date because iam using the latest version. What other options do I have besides reformating and where can i download the sata drivers like you said.
     
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    mullenbooger Former New York Giant

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    Looks like bad sectors. Run diskcheck or whatever it is and see if it can fix them or at least move data off the bad sectors.
     
    mullenbooger, Jul 14, 2009
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    Do a defragmentation of your HDD while you are at it. It speeds things up.
     
    nacholambre, Jul 14, 2009
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    I think the priority right now is to get data off the bad sectors and run a pass through checkdisk.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Jul 14, 2009
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    how would i know what data is on the bad sectors, and i freaking hate vista built in defragger, it doesnt tell you what percent its on and estimated time. Whats the best free defragger program that works like the old xp defragger which btw is 10x better.
     
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    Run diskcheck, it'll fix the immediate problem. Don't worry about defragmenting (until later), definitely don't change your bios.
     
    mullenbooger, Jul 14, 2009
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    Windows one is very respectable. Otherwise you can try the Norton one!
     
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    When I used to run Vista, I ran IObit Smart Defrag as my primary defrag application. However, Vista's defrag is nothing to hate; I think it still does the job better than Smart Defrag, except it doesn't show you it's progress. Now that I use Windows Seven, I just use the native defragger as Microsoft has restored the progress display.

    Back up all of your data.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Jul 14, 2009
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    Again, defragmenting isn't going to help with bad sectors. Backup your data if you can, and run chkdsk. Later when you do defrag try degraggler or jkdefrag.
     
    mullenbooger, Jul 14, 2009
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