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computer help needed
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:38 pm
by diss04
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?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:44 pm
by diss04
Disk Name: WDC WD1200BEVS-22RST0 ATA Device
Volume: S:\;C:\
is what's failing apparently
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:46 pm
by DZA
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:55 pm
by dubluke
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:58 pm
by Ham
Virus?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:09 pm
by feasible_weasel
delete the system32 folder
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:45 pm
by reverend dale
Defrag the fucker.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:48 pm
by step1
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:50 pm
by reverend dale
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:17 pm
by diss04
fuck it i'm buying a macbook instead
acer can suck my grits
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:22 pm
by reverend dale
Oh it's an acer laptop? Fuck that, I had one and it went bit by bit.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:01 pm
by diss04
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
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:17 pm
by pdomino
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
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:24 am
by alien pimp
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¨
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:53 am
by SK3W3R
try running chkdsk
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:07 am
by hurlingdervish
get ccleaner and look for registry errors
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:13 am
by reverend dale
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:19 am
by SK3W3R
yo dale, you still want that mobo?
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:51 am
by NilsFG
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
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:55 am
by reverend dale
SK3W3R wrote:yo dale, you still want that mobo?
Yeah go on then. Bung me your address again
