Re: Help with diagnosis

Ben Myers writes:

Ben> ahall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
writes>
>>
>>>>>>> BillW50 writes:
BillW50> CTRL-L should show toggle it on and off.
>> > I did that, but no data showed up there.
>> > However I do now have some clues.
>> > A backup of my whole 2nd disk went fine --- 1.5 hours, no
>> > hang up.
>> > Within about 10 seconds of starting to back up the third
>> > hard drive the event occurred. Looking at the Process Explorer
>> > the DPCs were taking up about 25% of CPU (one whole core).
>> > I powered down, then booted to safe mode with networking,
>> launched
>> > Process Explorer and SyncBack, and again it slowed to a crawl within
>> > less than 30 seconds, with a lot of DPCs CPU time.
>> > So I am running some diagnostics on that disk.
>> The SeaGate disk tool I had crashed (I think maybe it did the
>> first time I tried to use it).
>> I will now reboot into the Windows disk checker. > Any other
>> ideas?
>> > Thanks again,
>> > --
>> > Andrew Hall
>> > (Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)
>>

Ben> Andrew,

Ben> Although I advocate running manufacturer diagnostics to assess hard
Ben> drive health, some of them are not perfect. And, for sure, you need
Ben> the current version of one of the Seagate diagostics (there are two!)
Ben> to check SATA drives. I suggest using the text-mode oriented Seagate
Ben> diagnostic, rather than the one that runs with a GUI-type interface.

I just rechecked the SeaGate site, there are actually three kinds --- Windows,
Dos Graphical and Dos Text. I had tried the first two, not the third. I now
have the floppy with the text version written, and when I give up on ChkDsk I
will boot to that floopy.

Ben> Finally, download and run HDAT2 to get a look at the SMART attributes
Ben> in all the drives... Ben Myers


--
Andrew Hall
(Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)
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