computer help needed

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:38 pm

just got a warning pop up saying that "Windows detected a hard disk problem" and recommended me to back up my files - so I did

now, with the files backed up but the warnings still popping up about my problematic hard disk what do I do know to fix this fucking thing?

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:44 pm

Disk Name: WDC WD1200BEVS-22RST0 ATA Device
Volume: S:\;C:\

is what's failing apparently

DZA · Post by **DZA** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:46 pm

Download http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/suppor ... s/seatools

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:55 pm

try turning it on and off again

Ham · Post by **Ham** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:58 pm

Virus?

feasible_weasel · Post by **feasible_weasel** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:09 pm

delete the system32 folder

reverend dale · Post by **reverend dale** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:45 pm

Defrag the fucker.

step1 · Post by **step1** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:48 pm

feasible_weasel wrote:delete the system32 folder

Most definitely don't do that... Unless you want your computer to just not work

Try defragging it, and if that doesn't work then I'm not really sure whether your backups are going to work as they were made after the problem had started.

reverend dale · Post by **reverend dale** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:50 pm

Defrag and see what happens. If it still throws up errors then do do a deep level format and reinstall everything - if it's still throwing up errors buy yourself a new HDD, they're cheap as chips now. Can get a 1TB HDD for <£80.

Not much info to go on... but I would hazard a guess it's not fatal as if it was something more serious like bearings going you wouldn't get an error - it just wouldn't work and fuck up. So it's probably just messy as hell and needs defragged... when degragging disable screen savers and fire up task manager and disable all none essential services and program and leave it be, depending on the size of your disk (fnar) it could take hours.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:17 pm

fuck it i'm buying a macbook instead

acer can suck my grits

reverend dale · Post by **reverend dale** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:22 pm

Oh it's an acer laptop? Fuck that, I had one and it went bit by bit.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:01 pm

Reverend Dale wrote:Oh it's an acer laptop? Fuck that, I had one and it went bit by bit.

tell me about it

oh well - thanks for the suggestions people

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:17 pm

Its a western digital drive, how long have you had it ?
They're quite cheap which is good, but like ive said before, we had a batch at work and a few went faulty in no time. shatdapple

alien pimp · Post by **alien pimp** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:24 am

Diss04 wrote:fuck it i'm buying a macbook instead

acer can suck my grits

lol, you remind me of a character from a video i worked on, it´s called ¨the good consumer¨

SK3W3R · Post by **SK3W3R** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:53 am

try running chkdsk

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:07 am

get ccleaner and look for registry errors

reverend dale · Post by **reverend dale** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:13 am

Diss04 wrote:
Reverend Dale wrote:Oh it's an acer laptop? Fuck that, I had one and it went bit by bit.
tell me about it

oh well - thanks for the suggestions people

My screen went after about a year and ended up using an old TFT I had lying around. Then the fan went on it so now it overheats - pile of shite, and it wasn't a cheap one either. Sits under my bed now on a cake cooling tray and acts as a seeding box for my torrents.

SK3W3R · Post by **SK3W3R** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:19 am

yo dale, you still want that mobo?

NilsFG · Post by **NilsFG** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:51 am

Diss04 wrote:fuck it i'm buying a macbook instead

acer can suck my grits

*choke*
Or get a dell, they can be expensive but they're solid. Or a lenovo or w/e it was.
Remember that good old pic, macs are tricycles

reverend dale · Post by **reverend dale** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:55 am

SK3W3R wrote:yo dale, you still want that mobo?

Yeah go on then. Bung me your address again

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