EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!I was just rendering a huge file that I completed editing. It was just getting to the end and suddenly my second hard drive started creaking and wirring. A blue screen of death popped up but it was one I haven't seen before:
'Unable to write to drive D: all flies may be lost'
That scared the life out of me. Nothing would work then, my computer totally crashed, which is does sometimes but this time even the mouse wasn't moving.
The D drive was still making crunching sounds so I switched my computer off. When I switched it back on again there was no noise and I let the scandisk work it's way through both my drives which took ages... then everything was fine again. No problems, nothing.
I backed up all my important files from my documents and other bits onto my c drive, just to be on the safe side. Then I tried the same job that crashed my computer the first time... and it happened again!
Anyway, I think I've got a dead 60gig drive on my hands, which pisses me off. Either that or a virus. I hope not a virus.
('Unable to write to drive D: all flies may be lost'
That scared the life out of me. Nothing would work then, my computer totally crashed, which is does sometimes but this time even the mouse wasn't moving.
The D drive was still making crunching sounds so I switched my computer off. When I switched it back on again there was no noise and I let the scandisk work it's way through both my drives which took ages... then everything was fine again. No problems, nothing.
I backed up all my important files from my documents and other bits onto my c drive, just to be on the safe side. Then I tried the same job that crashed my computer the first time... and it happened again!
Anyway, I think I've got a dead 60gig drive on my hands, which pisses me off. Either that or a virus. I hope not a virus.
Lukasm,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:38,
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Noit counts as "using a messageboard to pass on a message"
We're more liberal nowadays, so long as there's an obvious point... this time it's "how can I tell if my drive's fucked" :)
(We're more liberal nowadays, so long as there's an obvious point... this time it's "how can I tell if my drive's fucked" :)
JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:41,
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oh please...are b3tans not entitled to a bit of sympathy now & again?!
( zerolicious,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:42,
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Why not a virus?They're easily fixed right? Plus, HD's are cheap - £20 for a 40gb at my local PC store.
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dogsbollocks,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:40,
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HahaI like when people port scan me and probe me and..stuff just to see what my firewall does.
( dogsbollocks,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:45,
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not a virusthe drive is failing. copy everything you can from it that you need now before it fails completely, then send it back to who you bought it from (assuming it is still under warranty)
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Spoon,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:40,
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Is it a new drive?I have an 80GB drive I bought recently, and it seems to have MAJOR issues when receiving files over a certain size (about 50MB) - it'll just kill the system, and require a reboot if it's not already caused one...
( JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:40,
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my 20Gb of USB2 goodnessfried itself, whilst dealing with big files.
It completely cooked itself one afternoon, transfering all it's stickers ink onto my duvet.
Then it just died.
(It completely cooked itself one afternoon, transfering all it's stickers ink onto my duvet.
Then it just died.
Pootle,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:47,
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i feel your paini nearly lost 2 40GB drives that way - turned out (as far as i could tell) that my IDE controllers were goosed & i had to replace my mobo. my advice - don't tinker with it any more, get those drives installed in another machine if you have one, or have a kind friend, and get all the data off them if it's still recoverable. *then* worry about what to do next....
( zerolicious,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:41,
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sounds to me likeyou either have a fujitsu or an ibm hard drive there, i have knackered 3 of each of those before warranty and patience wore out
(,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:47,
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i hada fujitsu master & a WD slave. i'm not convinced the drive wasn't the culprit either, but there was other weird shit going on too. now i've the 40GB WD as master & an 80GB barracuda slave, and the fujitsu makes an attractive paperweight.
( zerolicious,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:52,
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if your hard drive is creaking and whirringit's not a virus, it's a dud drive
if there's vital stuff on there you may need to go to professionals to get it off. There are lots of ads in the back of the geek press for disk rescuers.
The more you try to use it the more damage you're going to do to it.
sorry it's not good news.
(if there's vital stuff on there you may need to go to professionals to get it off. There are lots of ads in the back of the geek press for disk rescuers.
The more you try to use it the more damage you're going to do to it.
sorry it's not good news.
littlebean,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:44,
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I wish I knewwhat y'all talkin about
i'm just a poor hume puter kinda guy
(i'm just a poor hume puter kinda guy
The Barn death and angels save us all,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:59,
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To be honestme too. I've got no idea what kind of drive I have or what it is doing or about anything. My old housemate bought it for me from somewhere and he installed it and... well...
( Lukasm,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 21:06,
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well i hope itsnot too bad and ya get it sorted
( The Barn death and angels save us all,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 21:27,
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YeahThe noisesmake it definatly sound like it's on its last legs. I had this with my last hard drive, and this was before we knew the importance of backing up. Just be glad you got a warning about it!
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Whillow,
Mon 7 Apr 2003, 21:04,
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