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Fracking annoying computer problem (pg. 3)
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| djnitride |
How many MB/PS can you get with a USB 2.0 drive? |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by JD8180
worst case scenario, it could be that your hard drive is dying. shortly before mine died, I had symptoms similar to yours.
hopefully it's not the case, but I'd at least suggest start backing up the bird pics and anything else important to you just in case.
edit: check with the manufacturer of your hard drive, many times they offer programs that run a check to make sure everything in the hd is working okay. |
I DL'd the program from Western Digital, but it doesn't work lol
:wtf:
Is there a generic free-ware one that would do the same job? |
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| Capitalizt |
| quote: | Originally posted by djnitride
How many MB/PS can you get with a USB 2.0 drive? |
around 300mb/sec I think. |
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| AnomalyConcept |
gparted, or Hiren's boot CD. Most recent Linux live CDs also have the ability to copy data from one partition to another.
You could try Systernals' filemon, it shows what files are currently being accessed. It could be that the Windows Indexer is trying to index things, even though it's supposed to do that when the computer is idling.
I would check the hard drive SMART log, see if it's reporting any errors. It's always a good idea to have a backup in the event something happens. |
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| djnitride |
| quote: | Originally posted by Capitalizt
around 300mb/sec I think. |
sweet, $90 is a cheap price to pay to preserve my precious music collection :cool: |
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| Capitalizt |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
I DL'd the program from Western Digital, but it doesn't work lol
:wtf:
Is there a generic free-ware one that would do the same job? |
I would back up all your important stuff before running any programs that stress the HD further. Get everything backed up then do a good old fashioned Windows checkdisk.
Under my computer, right click C:, choose properties, tools, error checking, the click both boxes and hit start. You will need to schedule it to run after your next reboot to do a thorough scan of the entire HD. If any errors are found it should correct them. |
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| malek |
Try disabling your network card and wireless card for a while and check if it does it again.
I know a computer without the net sucks ass, but try doing it while you're in a photoshop marathon.
I had something similar at work, and it was a network issue on our floor that made everyone's computer freeze for a minute. |
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| Lilith |
| I'd have a look at the auto-update settings, system restore stuff, they used to drive my computer crazy and its not much different to yours... except the Vista 64, it makes me a sad bunny :( |
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| Sushipunk |
I tried a system restore a an hour or so ago, but no luck.
I'm running this boot on minimal startup processes, so we'll see how it goes.
ing computers :stongue: |
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| Lilith |
| My system restore used to run all the time backing up stuff, which there isn't a lot of in the first place but it thought it was 'very important' then it was annoying me at the same time to 'hey update your Mongolian language settings!' and fifty million other useless things to the point it was literally choking the crap out of the computer. |
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| KilldaDJ |
| format that bitch |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by KilldaDJ
format that bitch |
It's running chkdsk now. Might be a while lol.
All my important data is backed up anyhow, but I just wanted to avoid a clean install, so I don't have to put everything back on it, set it up, etc. |
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