Bad drive? Yes/No?
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Thanks for your reply. One of the drives has around 75GB free and another, which has around 10,500 MP3's and has around 75GB free.
PerfectDisk is what I am currently using to defrag the drives.
And how do i specify what drive to run CHKDSK on?
Many thanks, Phil
PerfectDisk is what I am currently using to defrag the drives.
And how do i specify what drive to run CHKDSK on?
Many thanks, Phil
Damn! One of the drives has just crashed - its not recognised in drive management or my computer, tried changing SATA connectors but no luck. And also tried it in another PC and that didnt work either.
And yes, the defrags take well over an hour.
And yes, the defrags take well over an hour.
Many thanks for all your replies. This problem is getting interesting lol.
The defective drive was initially installed in a Coolermaster Stacker with 9 other drives, there are 5 fans in the case.
The stacker's OS is Windows 2000.
I have connected the defective drive to another machine, running WinXP Pro and it is detected every time and there doesnt seem to be a problem.
I have connected the drive to different SATA connectors within the stacker and used different power connections but it never works.
When the drive was connected to the XP Pro, i ran OnTracks Disk Diagnostic test and no problems were reported.
Thanks, Phil
The defective drive was initially installed in a Coolermaster Stacker with 9 other drives, there are 5 fans in the case.
The stacker's OS is Windows 2000.
I have connected the defective drive to another machine, running WinXP Pro and it is detected every time and there doesnt seem to be a problem.
I have connected the drive to different SATA connectors within the stacker and used different power connections but it never works.
When the drive was connected to the XP Pro, i ran OnTracks Disk Diagnostic test and no problems were reported.
Thanks, Phil
I received my replacement drive from Maxtor this morning, and my worst fears were realised, that this drive doesnt work either.
I'm now guessing that this isnt a problem with the drive, but more the motherboard or OS (Win 2000).
I formatted the C: drive and re-installed windows and the RAID connector (Silion Image 3114) drivers for my motherboard (GA-K8N Ultra 9). It's almost as if the PC wont let me add more than 8 drives (bearing in mind that one drive is the OS drive, which is IDE).
The replacement drive doesnt appear in Disk Managament when connected to the Silicon Image SATA connectors, but when connected to the motherboard SATA connectors, the drive appears, but im not allowed to create a partition.
I have no clue at what to do, any suggestions?
Thanks
I'm now guessing that this isnt a problem with the drive, but more the motherboard or OS (Win 2000).
I formatted the C: drive and re-installed windows and the RAID connector (Silion Image 3114) drivers for my motherboard (GA-K8N Ultra 9). It's almost as if the PC wont let me add more than 8 drives (bearing in mind that one drive is the OS drive, which is IDE).
The replacement drive doesnt appear in Disk Managament when connected to the Silicon Image SATA connectors, but when connected to the motherboard SATA connectors, the drive appears, but im not allowed to create a partition.
I have no clue at what to do, any suggestions?
Thanks