Hard drive screwing up.. it just shut off on me
 

And performance when it actually works has recently got very chuggy

any suggestions?

Usually you would get errors on boot up ..maybe it's your power supply or the processor fan is fucked?

looks like it's fucked, back it up before it's too late.... how did your mcat go?

definately a hardware issue. I'd back everything up and replace the drive. You never know how long it'll last so do it ASAP

good thanks =)

Back up quick :helpme

Also if you try a fdsk it can make things worse if it doesn't fix it.

Back up everything before this. :)

Let me guess. You have a Maxtor?

I have some that have been running problem free for about 4 years now.I still think he has a power supply problem or the processor is over heating

I've lost 3 maxtors in the past year. :(

I actually bought a Maxtor external last week.
It's the only brand I could find (I wanted to buy local). :helpme

alright
ive got 2 hard drives

when i restart in windows xp on the other hd, theres no noticable problems at all with either hard drive

what the fuck could this be?

Heat? :helpme

no, it works fine on my other OS

drives fail, it happens.

try doing "chkdsk /R /X" on the drive, this could take up to hours depending on the size of the drive. if you cannot properly fix and recover the indexes, the drive needs to be replaced.

Download a program called "HDD Health" it'll tell you the status of the drive.

back up now to dvd!

it says my hard drives are fine...
aaaaah this is driving me crazy

Mine spent last week acting odd until it died...

Currently formatting my new Westren Digital 200 GB HD on my other box.

I think this sums it up, I would get anew hard drive.

Go ata150 this time :thumbsup