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How do I know if PC is killing hard drives?
I've got an older Gateway here. We replaced the original dead hard drive
with an 80gig Western Digital drive that was made in June of this year. Now it's dead. Did I get a lemon drive or is this PC a drive killer? |
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I am having similar problems...
Check out this thread- although it is somewhat inconclusive http://groups-beta.google.com/groups...oglegroups.com |
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I am having similar problems... Check out this thread- although it is somewhat inconclusive http://groups-beta.google.com/groups...oglegroups.com Thanks. Nobody brought up anything about the possibility of a bad controller. Does that mean that a bad controller is out of the question as a cause? A lot of those posts mentioned that heat could be a problem. This computer does have a very noisy fan. Maybe it's running slowly and not cooling as it should? At any rate, the SpeedFan mentioned sounds like a good idea. For now, I've got an expendable drive in it and I've got a continuous loop xcopying the windows (/s) directories to another directory. My plan is to see how long the thing lasts. Perhaps this is a misguided test, I don't know. |
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Tom Lenz wrote: I am having similar problems... Check out this thread- although it is somewhat inconclusive http://groups-beta.google.com/groups...oglegroups.com Nobody brought up anything about the possibility of a bad controller. Does that mean that a bad controller is out of the question as a cause? I don't think the controller would cause this, and I know the problem I have been having has been with more than one controller. In fact, the only thing that was the same thruought my problem was the power supply. A lot of those posts mentioned that heat could be a problem. This computer does have a very noisy fan. Maybe it's running slowly and not cooling as it should? At any rate, the SpeedFan mentioned sounds like a good idea. Yea, but I am pretty sure that my computer is not running extremely hot. For now, I've got an expendable drive in it and I've got a continuous loop xcopying the windows (/s) directories to another directory. My plan is to see how long the thing lasts. Perhaps this is a misguided test, I don't know. It might take a long time to die if it does... |
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By the way...
Are you dead hard drives making the clicking/grinding noise as I described? Or are they just not mounting? |
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Are you dead hard drives making the clicking/grinding noise as I described? Or are they just not mounting? I wasn't really around when the first one died, I don't know what it did. The last one didn't make any noises. Things just took forever to do. Running the Western Digital diagnostics in Windows showed that all was well. However, running the DOS diagnostic showed two items were below the threshold values. Those error ID's were 5 and 200. Sorry, I don't remember what they meant. Finally, I am told that the computer wouldn't boot at all anymore. That's all I know. |
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"Tom Lenz" wrote in message
Are you dead hard drives making the clicking/grinding noise as I described? Or are they just not mounting? I wasn't really around when the first one died, I don't know what it did. The last one didn't make any noises. Things just took forever to do. Run- ning the Western Digital diagnostics in Windows showed that all was well. However, running the DOS diagnostic showed two items were below the threshold values. Those error ID's were 5 and 200. 5 Reallocated_Sector_Count 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate Sorry, I don't remember what they meant. Sounds like media problems. But can be caused by external influences like temperature or bad power supply or vibration or a little of all. Finally, I am told that the computer wouldn't boot at all anymore. That doesn't necessarily mean that the drive is dead. A corrupted bootsector may cause that as well. That's all I know. |
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Have you tried putting the drives in another computer?
Tom Lenz wrote: Are you dead hard drives making the clicking/grinding noise as I described? Or are they just not mounting? I wasn't really around when the first one died, I don't know what it did. The last one didn't make any noises. Things just took forever to do. Running the Western Digital diagnostics in Windows showed that all was well. However, running the DOS diagnostic showed two items were below the threshold values. Those error ID's were 5 and 200. Sorry, I don't remember what they meant. Finally, I am told that the computer wouldn't boot at all anymore. That's all I know. |
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Have you tried putting the drives in another computer? No. That's a good idea. It's too late though. I took the first one apart, just out of curiosity. I found amazingly strong magnets in there. One of them will hold up a ten inch frying pan. The other is off to Western Digital for warranty replacement. |
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