Defragment problems

aaronkupen · 09-15-2005, 04:24 PM

Ive had problems with my computer for almost a year now. I would defrag my computer, and sometimes a game woudlnt work. I would then reinstall the game, an a couple weeks later i would defrag my computer, and right afterwards that game woudlnt work and maybe another one wouldnt. I defragged last night, and today none of my games work, microsoft word doesnt work, and i cant get on my firefox internet explorer (i dont no if anyhting else doesnt owkr yet). Ive formatted a few times over this past year, but i still get the defrag issue. What part would cause this, hard drive most likely?

RicoDirenzo · 09-15-2005, 06:34 PM

You need to run chkdsk on that hard drive. What OS are you using? Do you have virus/spyware/malware software protecting your puter? Sounds like you are getting some on-going sector loss as the drive continues to fail. What type of HD and capacity etc . would be nice to know.

aaronkupen · 09-15-2005, 07:30 PM

Ah im running windows Xp professional. My harddrive is am axtor 60 gig sata150, and yeah i have adaware/spybot/ and my norton just expired, im fairly confident its not a virus because ive been having this problem to some extent even when my computer wasnt connected to the net.

1badtech · 09-19-2005, 11:43 PM

I would try using a third party defrag program, it will do a better job and is more efficient than the built-in defrag. You can schedule it to run daily while you're using your computer.

brady · 09-20-2005, 12:02 AM

I think your hdd is going out...
Can you hear any clicking or scratching at anytime ?

aaronkupen · 09-20-2005, 03:06 PM

Yah sometimes when the computer is first starting up, I hear about a click every second for a minute or two.

brady · 09-20-2005, 03:13 PM

yeah sounds about right...
You might want to back up your information ( just in case ).
I would look into getting another HDD and still keeping that one you have now as a slave until it completely goes out.

aaronkupen · 09-20-2005, 07:33 PM

Alright, thanks. It is still under warrenty, so I'll try to get a free one out of it :-)

Sui · 09-21-2005, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by aaronkupen
My harddrive is am axtor

lol found the problem. ahhhh yeah, I'm supprized you managed to get through the defrag, I had 6 consecutive maxtors fail to even get through windows setup before I vowed to never buy anything from them again

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