Simple question please help if you can.

Sycho

Sycho

Sycho

Soldato
Joined
16 Nov 2004
Posts
4,113
Location
London
I've used seagate diskcheck for psychical errors which lasted around 45mins that passed with 0 errors however when using seagate filecheck tool i got this:

Some files of the volume are open.This may effect the accuracy of the file system check and result in false errors.

The file system contains errors that need to be repaired.
Now i know diskcheck could solve this but does anyone know a good programme that could help? when i try to use windows diskcheck it says:

cannot access volume for direct access

Then it just stops doing it and loads up windows.Is there a way to solve this?

Please help, thank you.
 
I forgot to mention, when i try to play a game on the pc the hardrive makes a click noise, only once then my fps drop to like 5-10 aka unplayable.(sometimes pc locks and i have to reboot, but sometimes it doesn't do this and i can play on my pc for a long time if i wanted)

I've reformatted my hd which hasn't rid it, seagate website says hd is healthy so do my diskchecks yet i also ran checkdisk finally but got no errors either.I am also using the auto detect new hardware drivers with windows perhaps this could be the problem? any suggestions? this is becoming really frustrating. :confused:
 
Yeah i got chkdsk /r working with windows cd however that didn't help, so did reformat twice and even ran windows chkdsk but got no errors.I've used a lot of programmes even done S.M.A.R.T tests on it resulting in none of the programmes picking up bad things about the hardrive.(this is what confuses me)

Could the power supply cause this problem?
 
My specs are: athlon 3500 winchester, 1024mb crucial ddr ram, 6800gt 256ddr, 200gb seagate barracuda hd, antec trueblue psu 480w and using windows xp home edition.

I've tried a few more programmes all reporting that the hd is in good condition, it now seems it's not getting enough power or cable is messed up.(i checked cable earlier though and is connected fine perhaps i should try another)

Is there any programmes to see if the hd is getting enough power?

My knowledge with hardrives isn't that great sadly, been 20 hours trying to fix this now heh.(thanks for advice so far smids, hope you can provide more if possible)
 
Hmmm i've just found a disk that came with my motherboard says "nforce 3 SATA RAID driver" , now whats odd is when i go to my computer, then device manager then ATA controllers, below it has the serial ata nforce controllers yet it doesn't pick any hds up under these.I am trying cable very soon, going to switch the cdrw cable with my hd cable to eliminate that issue.

But could this disk fix the problem? it seems odd it isn't picking the hardrive up there.If cable and this doesn't work then it's most likely what you stated above.

Also forgot to say i have a neo 2 platinum motherboard.
 
I tried reconnecting sata cable to the connectors leftside of the cpu very near it, it was currently in the left furhest sata connector below cpu and this made no difference.Haven't tried new psu cable yet as an awful lot of wires in way, it's quite a lot of hassle to get to so i am just going to buy a new hardrive.(i am very sure it's broken now.)

Any suggestions for a good sata hardrive for £50-60? i have neo 2 platinum board aswell.I was thinking of going western digital but have heard hitachi are good too? if you can give a model recommendation smids or someone else it would be welcome, thanks for the help again.
 
Just a few more questions smids, i got my RMA form emailed to me today from seagate however i was just wondering how long would it take my new hd to come from them? the shipping address is based in coventry.

Also would a SATA 2 hardrive work on my neo 2 platinum board?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom