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Computer help: Is my Hard Drive dieing

by Jonnygthedrummer - 1/2/09 8:05 AM
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Is my Hard Drive dieing

by Jonnygthedrummer - 1/2/09 8:05 AM

Hey guys , my pc had the Blue screen of death an died, really , a boot file got corruped an would not boot, called microsoft an they blamed either a virus , which i run scans, or a driver (vista) lol,

so had to wipe the drive an re-install, next day , pc blue sceens , says there is a video card hardware error, so i thought maybe it needs the ATI driver since only vistas standard driver is on there from the HDD wipe, so i put it on, restarted, pc wont start, called MS , decided to boot after 25 tries, removed the ati driver, pc crashed next day,,

got a new error an says that

windows search index stop worrking an
"Follow these steps to troubleshoot problems with your computer's hard disk.

This problem was caused by Windows not being able to open a file on your computer's hard disk. This might be a temporary condition that could go away after restarting your computer, or it could be a more serious problem with your hard disk or its driver. "

is my HDD dieing, hope not, if , oh good bye vista , hi mac, lol

but i use my pc for school , so i need windows but just boot camp mac lol

thanks guys

hope its not a drive failer

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To rule out the hard drive

by Steven Haninger - 1/2/09 10:06 AM In reply to: Is my Hard Drive dieing by Jonnygthedrummer

you just download the manufacturer's diagnostics tools for the drive and run them. Problems with the controller or media surface will usually turn up within a few testing cycles.

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cool

by Jonnygthedrummer - 1/2/09 1:36 PM In reply to: To rule out the hard drive by Steven Haninger

thanks ill give that a try , right now im running a check disk ,an its finding tons an tons an tons of bad sectors, right after a clean install , YIKES!!!

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