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10-09-2007, 09:40 AM
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Hard Drive Problem? I Need Advice
Ok, so yesterday I got home from work, and see that my anti-virus software (AVG Free) had automatically updated some critical updates, and my computer needs to be restarted. So I restart, and get the Welcome screen, and I type in my password. Now the desktop background loads up, but I get an hourglass, no desktop icons, no start button or system tray, nothing. So I power off the computer and reboot it again. This time, I don't get past the Welcome screen when I type in my password. Just ana hourglass, saying my personal settings are loading. 2 more times I do this, and it finally works (I think I hit F10, Windows Recovery when I wanted to really boot in safe mode). The desktop loads, but now my Drive Health (2.1 I believe) program is saying thet my TEC date is 10/11/07! It's the first criteria, raw read rate, I believe, that is showing up in red.
Now my hard drive has not been making any unusal sounds, no clicking or anything, and programs load as fast as ever. I did a System Restore to Saturday (10/6/07) and now Drive Health says all is well, and the computer boots up fine. Now could that glitch have been caused by AVG updating, and the glitch and then multiple reboots in short period of time? I've only had Drive Health on my PC for 2 weeks now, and I know that's usually how long it takes to get accurate readings, but without the other symptoms of a hard drive crash, and with System Restore |
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10-09-2007, 09:57 AM
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could just be something got corrupt, maybe the mode was changed or soemthing also.
if its working well now then its good, but i would recommend you make a backup now just in case.
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10-09-2007, 10:00 AM
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I would recommend you run manufacturer's diags on the hard drive just to make sure.
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10-09-2007, 10:08 AM
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Thanks for the advice. I'm going to backup everything tonight.
I think the drive is a Samsung. Which diag program do I use? Does Samsung have programs to download that wil diagnose the drive? |
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10-09-2007, 10:10 AM
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