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May 21st 08, 07:57 PM
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Hi, I am getting issues with my 2nd HDD (not the one with OS on) after a
couple of years of healthy use. Its got to the point where I've disconnected it for the time being, as with it being connected its only a matter of time before my pc freezes and reboots and gives me errors upon reboot etc. Is there any software I can use to run some hardware diagnosis checks? I've tried the windows own one, it says its healthy in the status, but locks up everytime i get to phase 4 of the scan disk. Cheers for any pointers in helping me diagnosis my pc problem. Tony 
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May 21st 08, 08:15 PM
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"Tony Tee" wrote in message ... Hi, I am getting issues with my 2nd HDD (not the one with OS on) after a couple of years of healthy use. Its got to the point where I've disconnected it for the time being, as with it being connected its only a matter of time before my pc freezes and reboots and gives me errors upon reboot etc. Is there any software I can use to run some hardware diagnosis checks? I've tried the windows own one, it says its healthy in the status, but locks up everytime i get to phase 4 of the scan disk. Cheers for any pointers in helping me diagnosis my pc problem. Tony The hard drive makers often provide diagnosis programs for download from their web sites. Luck; Ken
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May 21st 08, 09:27 PM
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Tony Tee wrote:
Hi, I am getting issues with my 2nd HDD (not the one with OS on) after a couple of years of healthy use. Its got to the point where I've disconnected it for the time being, as with it being connected its only a matter of time before my pc freezes and reboots and gives me errors upon reboot etc. Is there any software I can use to run some hardware diagnosis checks? I've tried the windows own one, it says its healthy in the status, but locks up everytime i get to phase 4 of the scan disk. Cheers for any pointers in helping me diagnosis my pc problem. Post the Everest SMART report for the drive. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181
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May 21st 08, 10:36 PM
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Before I post the results of the everest smart for the drives. just wanted
to say noticed that it listed the 2nd HDD (no operating system on that one) i'm having probs with as Drive 1, partition type LDM, whilst listing my C drive as Drive 2, partition type NTFS. If that means anything to you? (Why 2 different types, and why listed in wrong booting numerical order? Although it might be me to blame for that tryign to get the damn thing to boot up after I got that trojan which appeared to kill my pc dead for a bit until i got the booting sequence all in order on the mother board). Back ground info: I've been getting probs with the system since i got a trojan which appeared to reverse the booting order of the HDD's in the bios and rendering my system unbootable until I switched the leads around on the motherboard to get them to boot up in the right order again. --------[ ATA ]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ SAMSUNG SP0812C (0693J1FX214053) ] ATA Device Properties: Model ID SAMSUNG SP0812C Serial Number 0693J1FX214053 Revision SU100-27 Parameters 155127 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 554 bytes per sector LBA Sectors 156368016 Buffer 8 MB (Dual Ported, Read Ahead) Multiple Sectors 16 ECC Bytes 4 Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4 Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA-133) Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 0 Unformatted Capacity 82615 MB ATA Device Features: SMART Supported Security Mode Supported Power Management Supported Advanced Power Management Not Supported Write Cache Supported Host Protected Area Supported Power-Up In Standby Not Supported Automatic Acoustic Management Supported 48-bit LBA Supported Device Configuration Overlay Supported ATA Device Physical Info: Manufacturer Samsung Hard Disk Family SpinPoint P80 Form Factor 3.5" Formatted Capacity 80 GB Disks 1 Recording Surfaces 2 Physical Dimensions 146.05 x 101.6 x 25.4 mm Max. Weight 635 g Average Rotational Latency 4.17 ms Rotational Speed 7200 RPM Max. Internal Data Rate 840 Mbit/s Average Seek 8.9 ms Track-To-Track Seek 0.8 ms Full Seek 18 ms Interface SATA Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 150 MB/s Buffer Size 8 MB Spin-Up Time 7 sec ATA Device Manufacturer: Company Name Samsung Product Information http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/index.htm [ SAMSUNG SP0812C (0693J1FX214366) ] ATA Device Properties: Model ID SAMSUNG SP0812C Serial Number 0693J1FX214366 Revision SU100-27 Parameters 155127 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 554 bytes per sector LBA Sectors 156368016 Buffer 8 MB (Dual Ported, Read Ahead) Multiple Sectors 16 ECC Bytes 4 Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4 Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA-133) Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 0 Unformatted Capacity 82615 MB ATA Device Features: SMART Supported Security Mode Supported Power Management Supported Advanced Power Management Not Supported Write Cache Supported Host Protected Area Supported Power-Up In Standby Not Supported Automatic Acoustic Management Supported 48-bit LBA Supported Device Configuration Overlay Supported ATA Device Physical Info: Manufacturer Samsung Hard Disk Family SpinPoint P80 Form Factor 3.5" Formatted Capacity 80 GB Disks 1 Recording Surfaces 2 Physical Dimensions 146.05 x 101.6 x 25.4 mm Max. Weight 635 g Average Rotational Latency 4.17 ms Rotational Speed 7200 RPM Max. Internal Data Rate 840 Mbit/s Average Seek 8.9 ms Track-To-Track Seek 0.8 ms Full Seek 18 ms Interface SATA Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 150 MB/s Buffer Size 8 MB Spin-Up Time 7 sec ATA Device Manufacturer: Company Name Samsung Product Information http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/index.htm --------[ SMART ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ SAMSUNG SP0812C (0693J1FX214053) ] 01 Raw Read Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 03 Spin Up Time 0 79 75 4096 OK: Always passing 04 Start/Stop Count 0 100 100 790 OK: Always passing 05 Reallocated Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 07 Seek Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 08 Seek Time Performance 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing 09 Power-On Time Count 0 98 98 1363095 OK: Always passing 0A Spin Retry Count 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 0C Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 781 OK: Always passing C2 Temperature 0 148 103 30 OK: Always passing C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 1 1 196753249 OK: Always passing C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing C5 Current Pending Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 200 6 OK: Always passing C8 Write Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C9 vendor-specific 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal [ SAMSUNG SP0812C (0693J1FX214366) ] 01 Raw Read Error Rate 51 100 100 141 OK: Value is normal 03 Spin Up Time 0 80 58 3968 OK: Always passing 04 Start/Stop Count 0 100 100 786 OK: Always passing 05 Reallocated Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 07 Seek Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 08 Seek Time Performance 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing 09 Power-On Time Count 0 97 97 2146644 OK: Always passing 0A Spin Retry Count 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 0C Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 763 OK: Always passing C2 Temperature 0 136 91 34 OK: Always passing C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 1 1 277868002 OK: Always passing C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100 2 OK: Always passing C5 Current Pending Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 11 100 100 2 OK: Value is normal C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 198 0 OK: Always passing C8 Write Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C9 vendor-specific 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal Is that what you needed? cheers for any insight there. "Rod Speed" wrote in message ... Tony Tee wrote: Hi, I am getting issues with my 2nd HDD (not the one with OS on) after a couple of years of healthy use. Its got to the point where I've disconnected it for the time being, as with it being connected its only a matter of time before my pc freezes and reboots and gives me errors upon reboot etc. Is there any software I can use to run some hardware diagnosis checks? I've tried the windows own one, it says its healthy in the status, but locks up everytime i get to phase 4 of the scan disk. Cheers for any pointers in helping me diagnosis my pc problem. Post the Everest SMART report for the drive. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181
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May 21st 08, 11:30 PM
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I haven't rebooted since i booted up with the 2nd HDD connected for the
report, but I could see it listed in My computer until just now when its disappeared altogether and doesnt even seem to be on the pc now so can't navigate to any of the files I have on there.. so I've done another scan with it in this invisible state too...(even though the everest scan seems to see it fine?) --------[ ATA ]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ SAMSUNG SP0812C (0693J1FX214053) ] ATA Device Properties: Model ID SAMSUNG SP0812C Serial Number 0693J1FX214053 Revision SU100-27 Parameters 155127 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 554 bytes per sector LBA Sectors 156368016 Buffer 8 MB (Dual Ported, Read Ahead) Multiple Sectors 16 ECC Bytes 4 Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4 Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA-133) Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 0 Unformatted Capacity 82615 MB ATA Device Features: SMART Supported Security Mode Supported Power Management Supported Advanced Power Management Not Supported Write Cache Supported Host Protected Area Supported Power-Up In Standby Not Supported Automatic Acoustic Management Supported 48-bit LBA Supported Device Configuration Overlay Supported ATA Device Physical Info: Manufacturer Samsung Hard Disk Family SpinPoint P80 Form Factor 3.5" Formatted Capacity 80 GB Disks 1 Recording Surfaces 2 Physical Dimensions 146.05 x 101.6 x 25.4 mm Max. Weight 635 g Average Rotational Latency 4.17 ms Rotational Speed 7200 RPM Max. Internal Data Rate 840 Mbit/s Average Seek 8.9 ms Track-To-Track Seek 0.8 ms Full Seek 18 ms Interface SATA Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 150 MB/s Buffer Size 8 MB Spin-Up Time 7 sec ATA Device Manufacturer: Company Name Samsung Product Information http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/index.htm [ SAMSUNG SP0812C (0693J1FX214366) ] ATA Device Properties: Model ID SAMSUNG SP0812C Serial Number 0693J1FX214366 Revision SU100-27 Parameters 155127 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 554 bytes per sector LBA Sectors 156368016 Buffer 8 MB (Dual Ported, Read Ahead) Multiple Sectors 16 ECC Bytes 4 Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4 Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA-133) Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 0 Unformatted Capacity 82615 MB ATA Device Features: SMART Supported Security Mode Supported Power Management Supported Advanced Power Management Not Supported Write Cache Supported Host Protected Area Supported Power-Up In Standby Not Supported Automatic Acoustic Management Supported 48-bit LBA Supported Device Configuration Overlay Supported ATA Device Physical Info: Manufacturer Samsung Hard Disk Family SpinPoint P80 Form Factor 3.5" Formatted Capacity 80 GB Disks 1 Recording Surfaces 2 Physical Dimensions 146.05 x 101.6 x 25.4 mm Max. Weight 635 g Average Rotational Latency 4.17 ms Rotational Speed 7200 RPM Max. Internal Data Rate 840 Mbit/s Average Seek 8.9 ms Track-To-Track Seek 0.8 ms Full Seek 18 ms Interface SATA Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 150 MB/s Buffer Size 8 MB Spin-Up Time 7 sec ATA Device Manufacturer: Company Name Samsung Product Information http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/index.htm --------[ SMART ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ SAMSUNG SP0812C (0693J1FX214053) ] 01 Raw Read Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 03 Spin Up Time 0 80 75 3968 OK: Always passing 04 Start/Stop Count 0 100 100 791 OK: Always passing 05 Reallocated Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 07 Seek Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 08 Seek Time Performance 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing 09 Power-On Time Count 0 98 98 1363198 OK: Always passing 0A Spin Retry Count 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 0C Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 782 OK: Always passing C2 Temperature 0 145 103 31 OK: Always passing C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 1 1 196755208 OK: Always passing C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing C5 Current Pending Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 200 6 OK: Always passing C8 Write Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C9 vendor-specific 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal [ SAMSUNG SP0812C (0693J1FX214366) ] 01 Raw Read Error Rate 51 100 100 141 OK: Value is normal 03 Spin Up Time 0 80 58 3968 OK: Always passing 04 Start/Stop Count 0 100 100 787 OK: Always passing 05 Reallocated Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 07 Seek Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 08 Seek Time Performance 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing 09 Power-On Time Count 0 97 97 2146711 OK: Always passing 0A Spin Retry Count 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 0C Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 764 OK: Always passing C2 Temperature 0 139 91 33 OK: Always passing C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 1 1 277993009 OK: Always passing C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100 2 OK: Always passing C5 Current Pending Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 11 100 100 2 OK: Value is normal C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 198 0 OK: Always passing C8 Write Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C9 vendor-specific 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal "Tony Tee" wrote in message ... Before I post the results of the everest smart for the drives. just wanted to say noticed that it listed the 2nd HDD (no operating system on that one) i'm having probs with as Drive 1, partition type LDM, whilst listing my C drive as Drive 2, partition type NTFS. If that means anything to you? (Why 2 different types, and why listed in wrong booting numerical order? Although it might be me to blame for that tryign to get the damn thing to boot up after I got that trojan which appeared to kill my pc dead for a bit until i got the booting sequence all in order on the mother board). Back ground info: I've been getting probs with the system since i got a trojan which appeared to reverse the booting order of the HDD's in the bios and rendering my system unbootable until I switched the leads around on the motherboard to get them to boot up in the right order again. --------[ ATA ]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ SAMSUNG SP0812C (0693J1FX214053) ] ATA Device Properties: Model ID SAMSUNG SP0812C Serial Number 0693J1FX214053 Revision SU100-27 Parameters 155127 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 554 bytes per sector LBA Sectors 156368016 Buffer 8 MB (Dual Ported, Read Ahead) Multiple Sectors 16 ECC Bytes 4 Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4 Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA-133) Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 0 Unformatted Capacity 82615 MB ATA Device Features: SMART Supported Security Mode Supported Power Management Supported Advanced Power Management Not Supported Write Cache Supported Host Protected Area Supported Power-Up In Standby Not Supported Automatic Acoustic Management Supported 48-bit LBA Supported Device Configuration Overlay Supported ATA Device Physical Info: Manufacturer Samsung Hard Disk Family SpinPoint P80 Form Factor 3.5" Formatted Capacity 80 GB Disks 1 Recording Surfaces 2 Physical Dimensions 146.05 x 101.6 x 25.4 mm Max. Weight 635 g Average Rotational Latency 4.17 ms Rotational Speed 7200 RPM Max. Internal Data Rate 840 Mbit/s Average Seek 8.9 ms Track-To-Track Seek 0.8 ms Full Seek 18 ms Interface SATA Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 150 MB/s Buffer Size 8 MB Spin-Up Time 7 sec ATA Device Manufacturer: Company Name Samsung Product Information http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/index.htm [ SAMSUNG SP0812C (0693J1FX214366) ] ATA Device Properties: Model ID SAMSUNG SP0812C Serial Number 0693J1FX214366 Revision SU100-27 Parameters 155127 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 554 bytes per sector LBA Sectors 156368016 Buffer 8 MB (Dual Ported, Read Ahead) Multiple Sectors 16 ECC Bytes 4 Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4 Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA-133) Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 0 Unformatted Capacity 82615 MB ATA Device Features: SMART Supported Security Mode Supported Power Management Supported Advanced Power Management Not Supported Write Cache Supported Host Protected Area Supported Power-Up In Standby Not Supported Automatic Acoustic Management Supported 48-bit LBA Supported Device Configuration Overlay Supported ATA Device Physical Info: Manufacturer Samsung Hard Disk Family SpinPoint P80 Form Factor 3.5" Formatted Capacity 80 GB Disks 1 Recording Surfaces 2 Physical Dimensions 146.05 x 101.6 x 25.4 mm Max. Weight 635 g Average Rotational Latency 4.17 ms Rotational Speed 7200 RPM Max. Internal Data Rate 840 Mbit/s Average Seek 8.9 ms Track-To-Track Seek 0.8 ms Full Seek 18 ms Interface SATA Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 150 MB/s Buffer Size 8 MB Spin-Up Time 7 sec ATA Device Manufacturer: Company Name Samsung Product Information http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/index.htm --------[ SMART ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ SAMSUNG SP0812C (0693J1FX214053) ] 01 Raw Read Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 03 Spin Up Time 0 79 75 4096 OK: Always passing 04 Start/Stop Count 0 100 100 790 OK: Always passing 05 Reallocated Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 07 Seek Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 08 Seek Time Performance 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing 09 Power-On Time Count 0 98 98 1363095 OK: Always passing 0A Spin Retry Count 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 0C Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 781 OK: Always passing C2 Temperature 0 148 103 30 OK: Always passing C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 1 1 196753249 OK: Always passing C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing C5 Current Pending Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 200 6 OK: Always passing C8 Write Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C9 vendor-specific 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal [ SAMSUNG SP0812C (0693J1FX214366) ] 01 Raw Read Error Rate 51 100 100 141 OK: Value is normal 03 Spin Up Time 0 80 58 3968 OK: Always passing 04 Start/Stop Count 0 100 100 786 OK: Always passing 05 Reallocated Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 07 Seek Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 08 Seek Time Performance 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passing 09 Power-On Time Count 0 97 97 2146644 OK: Always passing 0A Spin Retry Count 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 0C Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 763 OK: Always passing C2 Temperature 0 136 91 34 OK: Always passing C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 1 1 277868002 OK: Always passing C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100 2 OK: Always passing C5 Current Pending Sector Count 11 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 11 100 100 2 OK: Value is normal C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 198 0 OK: Always passing C8 Write Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal C9 vendor-specific 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal Is that what you needed? cheers for any insight there. "Rod Speed" wrote in message ... Tony Tee wrote: Hi, I am getting issues with my 2nd HDD (not the one with OS on) after a couple of years of healthy use. Its got to the point where I've disconnected it for the time being, as with it being connected its only a matter of time before my pc freezes and reboots and gives me errors upon reboot etc. Is there any software I can use to run some hardware diagnosis checks? I've tried the windows own one, it says its healthy in the status, but locks up everytime i get to phase 4 of the scan disk. Cheers for any pointers in helping me diagnosis my pc problem. Post the Everest SMART report for the drive. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181
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May 22nd 08, 12:11 AM
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"Tony Tee" wrote in message ... .... Back ground info: I've been getting probs with the system since i got a trojan which appeared to reverse the booting order of the HDD's in the bios and rendering my system unbootable until I switched the leads around on the motherboard to get them to boot up in the right order again. ..... That's a pretty nasty trojan .. I hope you did a clean install of the OS. you swapped the data cables ... did you remember to set the jumper switches on the hard drives?
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May 22nd 08, 12:39 AM
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I just used my anti virus and anti spyware software combined with the online
scanners such as one care, trend micro, and panda scan. I was unaware that there was any jumper settings to set/switch on sata hard drives. The hard drives dont actually need to change anyway, as the one with my operating system on still requires to be the primary as it was before, don't know how it got reversed around to be the 2nd one to boot from, I assumed the trojan was to blame, but could just be a coincidence, you never know. "code_wrong" wrote in message ... "Tony Tee" wrote in message ... ... Back ground info: I've been getting probs with the system since i got a trojan which appeared to reverse the booting order of the HDD's in the bios and rendering my system unbootable until I switched the leads around on the motherboard to get them to boot up in the right order again. .... That's a pretty nasty trojan .. I hope you did a clean install of the OS. you swapped the data cables ... did you remember to set the jumper switches on the hard drives?
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May 22nd 08, 12:47 AM
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Tony Tee wrote: Hi, I am getting issues with my 2nd HDD (not the one with OS on) after a couple of years of healthy use. Its got to the point where I've disconnected it for the time being, as with it being connected its only a matter of time before my pc freezes and reboots and gives me errors upon reboot etc. Is there any software I can use to run some hardware diagnosis checks? I've tried the windows own one, it says its healthy in the status, but locks up everytime i get to phase 4 of the scan disk. Back ground info: I've been getting probs with the system since i got a trojan which appeared to reverse the booting order of the HDD's in the bios and rendering my system unbootable until I switched the leads around on the motherboard to get them to boot up in the right order again. I'd run a virus scan. There are several legitimate ones available free online, including from Symantec, Trend Micro, McAfee, Kaspersky, Bit Defender, PC Pitstop, etc., but most will only detect malware, not fix it, unless you buy their software. Bit Defender is an exception, and for one problem I had (computer slowed greatly), it was the only thing that worked, in conjunction with SmithFraudFix. Also Grisoft.com has a decent computer security package, AVG, including a free version you can download. Whatever you use, note all the malware detected because it's possible that the anti-virus program won't be able to fix it by itself, and you'll have to use a program written for only specific malware or even do the fix manually. If you have no luck, get HijackThis and post the results in a forum of a website that specializes in computer security, like SpywareWarrior.com.
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May 22nd 08, 12:58 AM
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Thanks but i've comprehensively exhausted the
anti-virus/spyware/adware/BHO's/malware/greyware/nasties/vulnerabilities line of investigations and the pc is now as clean as a whistle in that regard, having been through many major softwares and online scans which I am used to doing, even for others to help fix their pc's from the nasties they pick up, so i'm very confident its either the hardware or the settings. thanks again. "larry moe 'n curly" wrote in message ... Tony Tee wrote: Hi, I am getting issues with my 2nd HDD (not the one with OS on) after a couple of years of healthy use. Its got to the point where I've disconnected it for the time being, as with it being connected its only a matter of time before my pc freezes and reboots and gives me errors upon reboot etc. Is there any software I can use to run some hardware diagnosis checks? I've tried the windows own one, it says its healthy in the status, but locks up everytime i get to phase 4 of the scan disk. Back ground info: I've been getting probs with the system since i got a trojan which appeared to reverse the booting order of the HDD's in the bios and rendering my system unbootable until I switched the leads around on the motherboard to get them to boot up in the right order again. I'd run a virus scan. There are several legitimate ones available free online, including from Symantec, Trend Micro, McAfee, Kaspersky, Bit Defender, PC Pitstop, etc., but most will only detect malware, not fix it, unless you buy their software. Bit Defender is an exception, and for one problem I had (computer slowed greatly), it was the only thing that worked, in conjunction with SmithFraudFix. Also Grisoft.com has a decent computer security package, AVG, including a free version you can download. Whatever you use, note all the malware detected because it's possible that the anti-virus program won't be able to fix it by itself, and you'll have to use a program written for only specific malware or even do the fix manually. If you have no luck, get HijackThis and post the results in a forum of a website that specializes in computer security, like SpywareWarrior.com.
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May 22nd 08, 01:20 AM
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"Ken Maltby" wrote in message ... "Tony Tee" wrote in message ... Hi, I am getting issues with my 2nd HDD (not the one with OS on) after a couple of years of healthy use. Its got to the point where I've disconnected it for the time being, as with it being connected its only a matter of time before my pc freezes and reboots and gives me errors upon reboot etc. Is there any software I can use to run some hardware diagnosis checks? I've tried the windows own one, it says its healthy in the status, but locks up everytime i get to phase 4 of the scan disk. Cheers for any pointers in helping me diagnosis my pc problem. Tony The hard drive makers often provide diagnosis programs for download from their web sites. Luck; Ken For Samsung http://www.samsung.com/global/busine...s/ES_Tool.html
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