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Hot Topics Hanging on L4Y Closing Down anyone here Crackdown 3's geomod Roll-Call. Who's still... R.I.P Sir Lots-A-Pot Server maps? Red Faction for Mac Who's still here? Run Event December 27th!   Online Goodness There are 0 users and 2 guests online     Levels-4-You : Lounge : HDD Problems [Forum Rules]   Back to Forum Thread List Linkin Park   Posted 25th Aug 2005 2:14am L4Y Member Post 47 / 57 Well i keep getting a problem every now and then with my hdd and a couple days ago it just wouldn't start. It starts off okay ,but then every once in a while I turn on the computer and then the hdd light flickers and just stops loadin the windows does anybody know any programs or solutions to this. And i still using the HDD but last Wednesday it just like stopped workin and just came back today. . . What really happens is when i turn on the computer when the HDD stops doing anything you don't see the windows on at all. StickyMick   Posted 25th Aug 2005 8:44am L4Y Member Post 31 / 32 How old is the drive and what make is it? If it`s a Maxtor they have a diagnostic proggy on there website. It sounds to me like the drive isn`t spinning up. Power supply ok? Make sure it`s the first bootable drive in the BIOS too. Linkin Park   Posted 25th Aug 2005 12:59pm L4Y Member Post 48 / 57 Yeah it is the first bootable drive up and it 3 years old a Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM HDD Garner    Posted 25th Aug 2005 1:14pm Post 1434 / 4125 Programs/Software do not fix hardware issues. Make sure the power cables to the drives are securely in place. If they are then it could be your power supply or the drive on its way out. Backup any important data that you have on it to be safe. "Science is this extraordinary transnational, transcultural, trans-everything language which is the only way to discover Truth and its regrettable that billions are still stuck in the Middle Ages believing the crap propagated by Popes and priests..." - Peter Atkins     SkipRat    Posted 25th Aug 2005 4:47pm Post 878 / 3024 i hate it when hard drives die man it sucks. Best back up everything man.... it could break any second. Meh...     Linkin Park   Posted 25th Aug 2005 11:05pm L4Y Member Post 49 / 57 Should i get a new one i'm thinking about this one from this site http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1422521 Tell me what you think about it. Like what you think about the series,brand,price. Garner    Posted 25th Aug 2005 11:19pm Post 1448 / 4125 Assuming that as your old drive was 3 years old you've probably got ATA133 in your machine not SATA150 so that drive you suggested should be ok... best to check to make sure you've not got SATA however. Harddrive recommendations differ from person to person depending on what drives have failed on them However anyone will tell you, anything with an IBM or Hitachi (same thing) logo on it is more likely to destroy itself than reach its first birthday I personally like Seagate or Maxtor (Garners HDD Flavours of the Year) I've had a Seagate Barracuda for longer than I can remember in this machine. Its a 40Gb ATA133 thats seen secondary drives made by Western Digital, IBM and Maxtor come and go as one by one they've failed... The Maxtor failure I've had was heat related, couldn't blame the thing for melting. Much... In addition to my Seagate I've got 2 Maxtor DiamondMax SATA drives in RAID 0. Both are good fast drives. No complaints. As for price, no idea... have to ask someone more in touch with HDD prices in USD. "Science is this extraordinary transnational, transcultural, trans-everything language which is the only way to discover Truth and its regrettable that billions are still stuck in the Middle Ages believing the crap propagated by Popes and priests..." - Peter Atkins     ExoStatic   Posted 25th Aug 2005 11:58pm L4Y Member Post 402 / 875 I have a Western Digital, and it's not failed me yet. Although, saying that, I did get a boot error once. My dad fixed it by running CHKDSK on it. It seemed there was some index errors caused by me shutting down the pc straight away *hold the power button down for 10 seconds or so* while a program was running. Championship Manager 4. But other than that, it hasn't done anything wrong, and WD's are famed for their HD making technology.... Back in RF... getting back into the swing of things!     Assaultman67    Posted 26th Aug 2005 1:53am Post 168 / 4376 Man, i NEVER had a HD fail on me yet. I consider myself lucky ... or maybe possibly because i don't use it long enough to crash on me the oldest HD im still using is on my dual athlon, and its about 3 yrs old. I agree with these guys though sounds like a dead HD ... Ive got a HD laying on my floor to replace the old HD if you want one    Modified Aug 26th, 01:55am by Assaultman67

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