Occasionally at start up I get a "Boot Disk Failure"
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- BronzeLounger
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Re: Occasionally at start up I get a "Boot Disk Failure"
That's because they haven't turned the case upside down. It's just like scuba divers. Why do they fall over backwards to get in the water? Because if they fell forward, they would still be in the boat.
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- PlatinumLounger
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Re: Occasionally at start up I get a "Boot Disk Failure"
Excellent analogyPaulB wrote:That's because they haven't turned the case upside down. It's just like scuba divers. Why do they fall over backwards to get in the water? Because if they fell forward, they would still be in the boat.
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- GoldLounger
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Re: Occasionally at start up I get a "Boot Disk Failure"
But on a old CAD system that had those LARGE 300 meg removable platters, we had to keep them level to keep the data from sliding over the edge. So in these videos, the cases should have been keep level, also, right?
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- BronzeLounger
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Re: Occasionally at start up I get a "Boot Disk Failure"
Gawd, I hope no one brings up the old 'fetch a box of word marks' gag!
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- 3StarLounger
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Re: Occasionally at start up I get a "Boot Disk Failure"
Too late!PaulB wrote:Gawd, I hope no one brings up the old 'fetch a box of word marks' gag!
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- PlutoniumLounger
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Re: Occasionally at start up I get a "Boot Disk Failure"
So popping a "ChkDsk D: /F" command into the start-of-month batch run would be a help.StuartR wrote:If the number of bad sectors increases over time ...
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Re: Occasionally at start up I get a "Boot Disk Failure"
CHKDSK /F does not check the disk for bad sectors. It only checks the file system metadata (and fixes any problems it finds).ChrisGreaves wrote:So popping a "ChkDsk D: /F" command into the start-of-month batch run would be a help.
CHKDSK /R will check every block on the disk for errors, locating any bad sectors. It takes much longer than CHKDSK /F
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- PlutoniumLounger
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Re: Occasionally at start up I get a "Boot Disk Failure"
Thanks, Stuart.StuartR wrote:CHKDSK /R will check every block on the disk for errors, locating any bad sectors.
I ought to have known that.
(A simple ChkDsk /? would have helped!).
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- GoldLounger
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Re: Occasionally at start up I get a "Boot Disk Failure"
And if you hear any of these sounds, you know that there are problems ahead... (Most people do have a cover on their HDDs and some fans in their cases, as well as having their computer cases some feet away, so the sound will not be as loud as in these examples, obviously.) The (computer) geeks among us will probably recognise some of them.viking33 wrote:Check out this link.Catz wrote:Thanks Hans.
One of these days if I ever have a dead HD, I going to open it up to see what makes them tick.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=&q=what ... 2afbebc69a" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A whole bunch of videos showing what's inside a hard drive and some showing a drive in "action" without the cover on.
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- StarLounger
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Re: Occasionally at start up I get a "Boot Disk Failure"
Thanks Argus.
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- PlutoniumLounger
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Re: Occasionally at start up I get a "Boot Disk Failure"
Catz, I just noticed this in a later quote. Excellent!. Thanks.Catz wrote:One of these days if I ever have a dead HD, I going to open it up to see what makes them tick.
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