Re: Dimension 8300 Very Slow Cold Boot

Might not be a maxtor. They've sent me WD and Seagate too.
"Jay B" <jayb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:W_nff.24402$rc7.2490@xxxxxxxxxxx
>I agree with Tom.
> The error on the drive is real.
> all the SFC procedure did was restore some corrupted files. there are bad
> spots on your hard drive that you will surely stumble into again.
> It's a ticking tomb bomb!
> get a new drive that has a 3 or 5 year warranty.
> dell will only send you a refurb maxtor. sell the one they give you on
> ebay.
>
> Marjorie Cunningham wrote:
>> I thought I would tell you how I have solved the problem, or at least it
>> appears to have been solved. I finally talked to Dell Chat and after
>> explaining all of the steps I'd taken, the tech suggested I reinstall
>> Windows XP, plus run a Diagnostic Test on the hard drive (F12 key on Dell
>> screen at bootup). I decided to do the diagnostic test first. (BTW, it
>> took over five hours, just a warning!) It came up with FAIL on the Read
>> Test (all other tests passed) because of two errors: Error Code
>> 0F00:0244 Msg. Blocks 5843157-8 Unconnectable data error or media is
>> write protected. I immediately Googled this error and found every comment
>> indicated that the hard disk was dying when you received this message.
>> Whoa! This computer is only two years old and I would be devastated!
>>
>> I went back to Dell Chat, described the error, and the tech assured me
>> that this message does NOT mean the hard disk is dying. To resolve my
>> slow startup, he said I would have to reinstall Windows XP and gave
>> directions. I decided to check the Microsoft database and it said that
>> before reinstalling to repair XP, you should go Start, Run and type sfc
>> /scannow (space between "c" and "/") and click OK. When I did this, it
>> asked for the XP disk and apparently repaired some .DLLs.
>>
>> This seems to have worked because I am now booting up within one minute!
>> If this solution doesn't prove to be permanent, I will reinstall Windows
>> XP, but I thought y'all would like to know that so far it seems to have
>> solved the slow boot.
>>
>> Thanks for all the suggestions, believe me, I used them all!
>>
>> Marjie
>>
>> "Marjorie Cunningham" <Marjorie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:7mQcf.3418$jN6.375@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>I have a two-year old Dimension 8300, P2.8, 1 GB RAM, 120G hard drive
>>>with 91 GB free space. I turn off my computer each night and turn it on
>>>in the morning. For the last month or so, the computer has a very slow
>>>cold boot time in the morning, from 10 to 20 minutes from the time I turn
>>>on the power button to get to my Desktop, but it seems to boot properly
>>>during the day if I turn it off and on again. Once it starts, the
>>>computer works normally, seems just as speedy as always, no grinding
>>>noises or evidence that the hard disk is failing.
>>>
>>>I have done a Disk Cleanup and Defrag, used Ad-Aware and SpyBot, emptied
>>>all the temp files, checked the Startup files for any anomalies (none
>>>that I can see), downloaded new drivers for my sound and video cards, and
>>>have checked the Event Viewer for errors (always one saying "hpdj service
>>>could not be started," a reference, I assume, to my HP printers). I use
>>>a cable modem with anti-virus and a firewall that are automatically
>>>updated, no viruses. I have downloaded and installed all of Microsoft's
>>>updates. Yesterday I installed Dell's Dell Support program and it finds
>>>no errors. I have searched the Internet until I am blue in the face and
>>>am not finding a solution.
>>>
>>>Does anyone have a suggestion as to what can be causing this? Can anyone
>>>offer any help?
>>>
>>>Thank you very much.
>>>
>>>Marjie
>>>
>>
>>

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