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| Thread ID: 115055 | 2010-12-30 17:32:00 | HD failure | sarel (2490) | Press F1 |
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| 1165783 | 2011-01-08 09:38:00 | Of course it's the drive. SMART errors and weird clicking sounds? Viruses don't cause that. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1165784 | 2011-01-08 09:41:00 | If you say so | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1165785 | 2011-01-10 00:08:00 | I'm pretty sure I'm clean regarding virii and malware - I do not visit questionnable sites and I do not download stuff. Nod 32 showed nothing. sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 1165786 | 2011-01-10 00:56:00 | Please refer to the first line of the original post This morning I got the message that a HD failure is imminentas well as Agents statement in post 21.:thumbs: AND the following statements "Rather sh*tty clicking noise, I must say"--"Also did a Chkdsk and it said my C;drive is showing signs of failure so I guess the dive is on its way out." The drive is failing. One thing is certain -- all the "testing for Viruses" spyware etc is only putting more strain on the drive. SOONER than later - the drive will simply give up and die - then everything on it will more than likely be, and no cloning program in the world will be able to fix it. replace the drive NOW -- there have been several warning-- and these only last so long. I had approx 4 - 5 weeks ago, one of my workshop drives popped up with the same message "HD failure is imminent" As I was cloning the drive the following day it died. Thankfully there wasn't anything of importance on it, just the inconvenience of having to install a lot of programs I use. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1165787 | 2011-01-10 02:12:00 | Yup Waunui I know. Will be getting one from Pricespy tomorrow - I just want to make sure about a few things tonight (and of course the available funds) but yes, I agree and know it's carking and will replace it. I wonder if the new drive will allow me to load Ubuntu? sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 1165788 | 2011-01-12 00:34:00 | Quick question : I've got two open SATA ports on my mobo (both DVD writers on the other two). Will a new SATA HD be able to go there as well? sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 1165789 | 2011-01-12 01:12:00 | and it say something about UltraDMA - should a new HD havthat capability too? sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 1165790 | 2011-01-12 01:32:00 | Yes if you have some spare SATA ports you can connect a HDD there. All drives since years ago support UDMA. But even an old drive which only supports PIO would still work. (Though there are no SATA drives which only use PIO, I am talking about very old IDE drives, say 2GB or so) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1165791 | 2011-01-12 01:36:00 | yes you can plug a sata hdd into the sata ports on your MB, no problem there. Aslo not sure the wisdom of posting this here but... Windows XP OEM editions can be reinstalled on new hardware at approximately 3-4 month intervals as the activation resets. I suspect microsoft do this to avoid too many service calls from people simply re-installing the OS but the upshot is if you don't upgrade too often you can keep the OS (only on ONE machine of course). XP's days are numbered though, Windows 7 is rapidly taking over |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1165792 | 2011-01-12 01:55:00 | Yeah, I will try for Win 7 at some stage. Still happy with XP tho' sarel |
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