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| Thread ID: 47150 | 2004-07-17 11:11:00 | File Transfer Errors | gah_NZ (5886) | Press F1 |
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| 253003 | 2004-07-17 11:11:00 | I have a problem with retrieving backed up (zipped) files from my CD-R's that previously worked fine. I have run a shareware prog. named "Ziprepair" and the same result (CRC errors or in the case of CAB file, "CAB corrupt errors"). I have a 2yr old PC Co. P4 1.6GHz, 512MB RAM, 40GB Seagate ATA HDD, 128MB FX5200 GPU, VIA P4VXMD motherboard, on Win XP Home Edition. The HDD was replaced some 18 months ago and because of the errors I downloaded from Seagate their "Sea Tools" & "Starter Edition" utils. I ran a low level format over my HDD as I cannot run a CHKDSK either from Windows or from Diskeeper Software. The errors say that the Volume is unreadable. After running a low level format, I reinstalled XP and set partion etc from the Seagate Starter Ed boot diskette. During the installation of XP I had errors reading some system files from the CD (CD is clean). Once installation was completed, CHKDSDK ran but when the meter got to 60% it reverted back to 50% and took 20min to complete. I tried installing XP Service Pack 1A but got errors reading that CD so therefore had to do a repair install from Windows XP CD. NOTE: I have a brand new LG CD/DVD Combo drive plus a reasonably new 52X CD-ROM drive "unpacking errors" occur from both. I ran Seagate HDD Tools ISO boot image CD and the HDD test says the "file structure" is CRITICAL. The question is: My HDD has bad sectors, do I need to replace it or could it be my motherboard? |
gah_NZ (5886) | ||
| 253004 | 2004-07-18 00:02:00 | > During the installation of XP I had errors reading some > system files from the CD Installing Windows is extremely memory intensive and errors reading files from the CD when installing Windows can be a sign of bad RAM. Download Memtest86 from http://www.memtest86.com/ Instuctions are included for createing a bootable floppy. Boot from the floppy and it will load and run automaticaly. |
Davesdad (923) | ||
| 253005 | 2004-07-18 01:32:00 | Get new speakers. | Wilky (776) | ||
| 253006 | 2004-07-18 22:01:00 | What do speakers have to do with the problem???? | gah_NZ (5886) | ||
| 253007 | 2004-07-18 22:20:00 | Thanks for your reply, I will download the file this evening & let you know the outcome. Cheers |
gah_NZ (5886) | ||
| 253008 | 2004-07-18 23:21:00 | If a hard drive starts to show bad sectors, then it is time to give it the heave-ho, if only for peace of mind. Bad sectors have a habit of propogating and causing further problems down the track even though they have been marked as bad and no longer used. Bad memory also seems to be a common PC Company fault, there have been a number of posts on PF1 that have been traced to faulty memory in PC Co computers. Maybe they used el cheapo stuff. Memtest is very searching, it will show up any faults. It does take a long time to run though. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 253009 | 2004-07-20 09:26:00 | Thanks Terry, bad RAM chip was the problem, Mem Tst came up with heaps of errors on the original PC Company RAM module, luckily the other one was fine!! Cheers!! |
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