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my main drive i think is crashing, i always get the message that windows explorer has encountered a problem, and needs to restart , so i just ctrl alt del, and everything will disappear, and after 2 seconds everything will come back, shouldi buy a new drive and put it as my main drive, or what else can i do to see whatelse can be done?

What makes you think it's the drive thats going faulty? Is it clicking or making a lot of noise?

Try running checkdisk and scan the drive for errors, here's a list of checkdisk commands and switches.

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CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]]





 &nbsp;volume &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;mount point, or volume name.

 &nbsp;filename &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation

.

 &nbsp;/F &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Fixes errors on the disk.

 &nbsp;/V &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;on the disk.

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.

 &nbsp;/R &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(implies /F).

 &nbsp;/L:size &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; NTFS only: &nbsp;Changes the log file size to the specified number

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;of kilobytes. &nbsp;If size is not specified, displays current

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;size.

 &nbsp;/X &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(implies /F).

 &nbsp;/I &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries.

 &nbsp;/C &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder

 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;structure.



The /I or /C switch reduces the amount of time required to run Chkdsk by

skipping certain checks of the volume.

@SIRCOOKS,

I agree with DOG. If the HD is not making strange noises, the problem is likely software, not hardware. I recently had a HD go bad and the first symptoms were occassional BSDs after a period of intense disk activity (it was overheating). Shortly thereafter, I noticed that the drive was making a louder than normal spinning sound. Eventually, the drive failed to spinup on power-on. Recognizing the signs of impending death, I had already backed up all of my programs and data. After swapping out drives, I restored from a backup image and was back in business in about 30 minutes. The moral? Have a current backup of your stuff to avoid a lot of aggrevation and worry.

If you have some corrupted files, you can do a repair installation (assuming you have XP) and your problems should be solved.

Tomboy

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Have a current backup of your stuff to avoid a lot of aggrevation and worry.

But wasn't it the great BearCat who once said, "Real men don't backup."?
:D

But seriously, losing everything is no picnic. Keep an updated backup.

Ultimate irony. Carmen's "back" was up as I tuned in to your response Belthazor. :)

yeah backups are primordial. I keep an image of c:\ and a redundant copy of my archives and data files on a big hd. I guess the copy could be an image, but it's on an external usb drive which is nice becaue it can be moved anywhere.

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Ultimate irony. Carmen's "back" was up as I tuned in to your response Belthazor.

Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout rikytik. :D

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Originally posted by belthazor@Sep 25 2004, 09:19 PM
But wasn't it the great BearCat who once said, "Real men don't backup."?

Thats correct, I said that :D but you forgot the last part :

"BUT, we do cry a lot !" :crybaby: :oops:
If your system supports S.M.A.R.T. you should install a S.M.A.R.T. monitoring program,
as it can save you a lot of tears :thumbsup:

whats a good program for monitoring s.m.a.r.t i should use