Re: What is CHKDSK telling me?
- From: ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)
- Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 22:53:54 GMT
One more comment, going back to your original posting. CHKDSK is woefully
inadequate as a hard drive diagnostic (I'm being kind to it today), because it
relies on a very imperfect Windows, rather than checking down literally at the
bare iron as a mfr's diagnostic will do. Sometimes Windows will insist that you
run CHKDSK (as after an incomplete), and you have no choice. It IS good as a
check on file system integrity, but not as a hardware diagnostic... Ben Myers
On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 20:57:05 GMT, "Ajax Jones" <Ajax@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Well, Ben, I did not disconnect from the internet during backup. What are
>the implications?
>
>The backup was done to an exterior BUSlink USB 1 drive. Took about 17 hours
>to backup 27 GB. But it was successful.
>
>I have downloaded a shareware program called Active SMART from
>http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/. It is currently monitoring my hd and
>saying all is well. And peculiarly there is no chattering now. I'm uncertain
>whether to take it in for replacement or wait for more specific symptoms.
>
>Come to think of it the hang-up during CHKDSK is certainly a significant
>symptom. Perhaps I should just bite the bullet and exchange the drive.
>
>--
>
><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>news:431c9512.21351207@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>| The chattering hard drive is most likely to be a sign of drive failure, as
>is
>| the LONG backup time. Malware could cause the same symptoms, but I think
>it is
>| rather unlikely.
>|
>| You DID disconnect the computer from the internet when doing the backup?
>|
>| ... Ben Myers
>|
>| On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:52:49 GMT, "Ajax Jones" <Ajax@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>|
>| >Interesting question, Fred!
>| >
>| >I am doing a True Image backup right now. It's been running for 17 hours,
>| >but is approaching the end!
>| >
>| >When I invoked CHKDSK under WinXP it waited until a reboot to run it in a
>| >semi DOS mode. I hope that would disable malware. My virus checking is
>| >ongoing and up-to-date.
>| >
>| >--
>| >
>| >"Fred McKenzie" <fmmck@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>| >news:fmmck-0509051237410001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>| >| In article <lVKSe.327310$xm3.150895@attbi_s21>, "Ajax Jones"
>| >| <Ajax@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>| >|
>| >| > Friends, I have a Pavilion ZX5040US laptop. Recently I have begun to
>| >suspect
>| >| > hard disk problems. In the last few days there has been an unusual
>| >| > chattering sound intermittently from the interior of the laptop, and
>| >| > computer response seems very slow.
>| >|
>| >| Ajax-
>| >|
>| >| The responses by others are probably correct, and you need to do an
>| >| expeditious backup!
>| >|
>| >| However, there is one possibility no one mentioned. You could have
>some
>| >| kind of mal-ware operating in your computer. Did you run CHKDSK in
>safe
>| >| mode? Do you have virus protection that is kept up-to-date?
>| >|
>| >| Just something to think about.
>| >|
>| >| Fred
>| >
>| >
>|
>
>
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