HD trouble?
in [Windows XP]
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From: Bill Cunningham on 14 Dec 2009 18:36 My computer has been giving me fits reseting itself all the time. I removed all partitions and reformatted everything so it can't be malware. I have SMART enabled in the bios and don't seem to be getting HD failure from it or windows. I get the "blue screen of death" though quite abit and I see codes in the registers. I don't know HD failure codes so I don't really know what's going on. My model number is st300021a. I don't know how to run a HD diagnostic online. Bill
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 14 Dec 2009 18:43 "Bill Cunningham" <nospam(a)nspam.invalid> screv in news:Od9oJZRfKHA.5792(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > My computer has been giving me fits reseting itself all the time. I > removed all partitions and reformatted everything so it can't be malware. > I have SMART enabled in the bios and don't seem to be getting HD failure > from it or windows. I get the "blue screen of death" though quite abit and > I see codes in the registers. I don't know HD failure codes so I don't > really know what's going on. My model number is st300021a. I don't know > how to run a HD diagnostic online. > > Bill > > You download the diagnostic program from the site that your disk manufacturer maintains, then follow the instructions. Keep also in mind that disks are cheap. If your disk is suspect, why waste hours and hours on what might be a futile exercise?
From: philo on 14 Dec 2009 19:04 Pegasus [MVP] wrote: > > > "Bill Cunningham" <nospam(a)nspam.invalid> screv in > news:Od9oJZRfKHA.5792(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> My computer has been giving me fits reseting itself all the time. I >> removed all partitions and reformatted everything so it can't be >> malware. I have SMART enabled in the bios and don't seem to be getting >> HD failure from it or windows. I get the "blue screen of death" though >> quite abit and I see codes in the registers. I don't know HD failure >> codes so I don't really know what's going on. My model number is >> st300021a. I don't know how to run a HD diagnostic online. >> >> Bill >> >> > > You download the diagnostic program from the site that your disk > manufacturer maintains, then follow the instructions. Keep also in mind > that disks are cheap. If your disk is suspect, why waste hours and hours > on what might be a futile exercise? I also advise running a RAM test
From: Bill Cunningham on 14 Dec 2009 20:01 "philo" <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:A5KdnQRqe64TT7vWnZ2dnUVZ_sZi4p2d(a)ntd.net... > I also advise running a RAM test I believe BIOS does that at every boot doesn't it? Bill
From: Bill Cunningham on 14 Dec 2009 20:36
"philo" <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:A5KdnQRqe64TT7vWnZ2dnUVZ_sZi4p2d(a)ntd.net... > I also advise running a RAM test Well I donwloaded a little prgoram that tests RAM and it reported one error. at about 97% complete. Saying RAM couldn't adequately store data. What makes RAM go bad? I'm not even quite sure what kind of RAm I have. Bill |