Hard drive dying?

Orlando Ford · 3 Nov 2018 at 20:49

hi, recently had my PC go in to get a service done by the guys at the overclockers repair labs like a week ago (as it's still under warranty), due to an error which was eventualy found to have been caused by ryzen master. now i have a new issue it seems my hard drive is dying as it got this error: PFN_LIST_CORRUPT. I've done checks in windows with the error check to see if there were issues with either instal drive but nothing came up, but i went to check the sytem logs and numerous errors came up from the source DistrubutedCOM, otherwise there was one kernelpower critical. now the hard drive does make audible noise but no metalic death clicking you'd expect when it's starting to die.

any suggestions

PiKe · 3 Nov 2018 at 20:52

Have you done a chkdsk /r on the drive in question?

Orlando Ford · 3 Nov 2018 at 20:58

i assume that's the windows + r thing? or is that command prompts?

nemesisuk2 · 3 Nov 2018 at 21:12

Admin CMD Prompt if the test comes back clean, I'd disable to pagefile, reboot and then reenable with recommended settings.

adrichardson81 · 3 Nov 2018 at 21:18

Also check your memory while you're on. Type mdsched.exe in the run box. I wouldn't take it as a sign of a dying hdd without more evidence.

Orlando Ford · 3 Nov 2018 at 21:19

adrichardson81 said:
Also check your memory while you're on. Type mdsched.exe in the run box. I wouldn't take it as a sign of a dying hdd without more evidence.

Overclockers did a full system check nothing came up on the RAM side of things

adrichardson81 · 3 Nov 2018 at 21:28

Ok, chkdsk is probably your best bet, assuming they did a full sweep with memtest. I wouldn't shell out for a new drive yet, but it's definitely worth doing a backup.

Orlando Ford · 3 Nov 2018 at 21:31

adrichardson81 said:
Ok, chkdsk is probably your best bet, assuming they did a full sweep with memtest. I wouldn't shell out for a new drive yet, but it's definitely worth doing a backup.

spent most of my evening doing so, had one before, but i've added a few extra things

adrichardson81 · 3 Nov 2018 at 21:34

Never hurts to have one just in case! It's also worth checking your cables too, thinking about it. Make sure they're properly seated and maybe swap in a different SATA cable.

Orlando Ford · 3 Nov 2018 at 21:36

adrichardson81 said:
Never hurts to have one just in case! It's also worth checking your cables too, thinking about it. Make sure they're properly seated and maybe swap in a different SATA cable.

i'll see if i can dig up a spare sata cable

Orlando Ford · 4 Nov 2018 at 11:16

adrichardson81 said:
Never hurts to have one just in case! It's also worth checking your cables too, thinking about it. Make sure they're properly seated and maybe swap in a different SATA cable.

yeh just logged on this morning and there's a audible metalic klicky klack noise yep it's dying damn thing was only just a year old, i have a couple backup drives to use but i'll contact Overclockers to get a replacement drive since it is under warranty thanks for the help guys

adrichardson81 · 4 Nov 2018 at 11:48

Sorry to hear that - hope they can get it sorted quickly.