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| Thread ID: 90165 | 2008-05-25 03:50:00 | Hard drive unrecognizable after attempting a game install. | Redgie (13790) | Press F1 |
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| 672400 | 2008-05-25 10:16:00 | Was it a KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR As shown here ? (support.microsoft.com) That same stop error is on this site It was one of those.. |
Redgie (13790) | ||
| 672401 | 2008-05-25 10:56:00 | I saw one of those once but can't remember what had caused it specifically... might have been faulty drive or RAM | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 672402 | 2008-05-25 11:14:00 | I had an extra IDE cabe thingy and swapped it then tried to install. The install actually went alot further than it did before after that, but still crashed to the same error (well the parameters on the second and third sections were different). | Redgie (13790) | ||
| 672403 | 2008-05-25 11:21:00 | I would advise you run a diagnostic program on your hard drive. It could have problems. A free program is easily downloaded from your hard drive maker |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 672404 | 2008-05-25 11:26:00 | I would advise you run a diagnostic program on your hard drive. It could have problems. A free program is easily downloaded from your hard drive maker I looked that up a couple days ago. It had a warning where it could wipe your drive.. scared me off. |
Redgie (13790) | ||
| 672405 | 2008-05-25 11:32:00 | In rare situations it could, but I've never had it happen to me before. (that's not saying it won't!) If you're unsure then backup your data first - and if it turns out your drive is faulty then you should back up your data anyway :) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 672406 | 2008-05-25 11:35:00 | In rare situations it could, but I've never had it happen to me before. (that's not saying it won't!) If you're unsure then backup your data first - and if it turns out your drive is faulty then you should back up your data anyway :) I've... never backed my data up before.. I don't know how ;[ |
Redgie (13790) | ||
| 672407 | 2008-05-25 11:50:00 | Backing up is easy. It's just making a copy of your files somewhere else eg: writing all your document files to a CD There are 2 good rules: 1) Don't backup to the same drive/computer you're testing. It's amazing how many people do that, then when their hard drive dies or their PSU blows and takes out both their main and backup drive - they lost both copies! 2) Test your backed up files after you back them up. Nothing worse than having to restore some backups to find they were never actually backed up properly and are all useless. In saying that though, on a computer there is of course a lot more things you'd want to backup than just your documents. I personally like to do a complete drive image with norton ghost in your case it would be easy to make a copy of your 20GB drive and put it on your other drive. then make sure you disconnect your other drive before you do anything - just in case. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 672408 | 2008-05-25 12:48:00 | It's not a seperate drive.. it's a partition. Everything I'd back up would actually be my c: partition which is games and music. I'll happily reinstall windows if something happens. Can you backup a certain partition to a cd/dvd? I'm going to sleep for the night, I'll check on this in the morning.. well afternoon actually. But yeah, gnight. |
Redgie (13790) | ||
| 672409 | 2008-05-25 19:35:00 | Yes you can just go to my computer and check the files you want to back up personally I use 2 flash drives as all my documents fit on them along with all my locally stored pictures, I don't keep many on the PC every now and then I burn them to DVD. I use 2 flash drives for extra security. I don't back up my music as I have it al on CD anyway I own the originals and often remove and install different music. |
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