Signs of HD failure?

Ranulf · Post by **Ranulf** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:29 am

Not what I needed to have happen right now... sigh. My HD lately has been having freezes and seems to be the cause of a bluescreen or two. A couple of days ago I let it run overnight and in the morning it showed up with an screen error of "inaccessable boot device" and file system error that I fixed using 2k's repair function so I could at least access the OS. It seems to freeze when doing virus scans or scandisk, anything HD intensive. Event log keeps showing and error with " The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block. "

Any advice? Anyone have any utilities they recommend? Drive is a maxtor and I found a scan utility of theirs to try. At least the warranty is still good.

SirReal · Post by **SirReal** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:32 am

Backup all your data, buy a new HD and return the old one against warranty.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:37 am

Or open it up and dig out the bad block with a screwdriver. Look for the gray one.

Ranulf · Post by **Ranulf** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:18 pm

Yeah, been backing up. Maxtor's scanner says its dying and they're sending me a replacement drive.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 4:46 pm

Ranulf wrote:Yeah, been backing up. Maxtor's scanner says its dying and they're sending me a replacement drive.

Well they are very good drives. I hear they have some vary dedicated hard working employees as well!