i tried reinstalling windows and quick formatted the drive but it still gives me the drive error..
2007-02-14 10:45:33 · 4 answers · asked by cryingtree1979 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Well, try a full format first. If it still gives the error, chances are theres an internal problem, which means you need a new hard drive. I suggest Seagate or Western Digital. The others are cheaper, but less reliable. I have had no problems with Seagate or Western Digital. I have had 2 Maxtors (2 80gb) die.
The second 80gb Maxtor died recently, and I too tried redoing windows, I tried changing settings, I even ran it on my other computer through an External setup, but my computer said it was corrupt and couldn't use it. I tried Formatting it, and it couldn't. So, I suggest getting a new Hard Drive. You can't really Fix it, unless you specialize in that.
2007-02-14 11:20:57 · answer #1 · answered by Mashu 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you use your computer a lot and you've had your computer for over 3 years you might have to go buy a new hard drive. When you reformat your hard drive. Don't do the quick format since some files might be left behind. Does it give you that STOP error? If it does it might be a virus on your hard drive or maybe something wrong with a driver... Ram... Cpu...
Try contacting your manfacture and asking for a solution or phone microsoft. Mind telling us more information like what does the drive error say? Also if you successfully boot up windows I suggest running a disk error check.
2007-02-14 19:10:35 · answer #2 · answered by Questions 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just had one crash on me as well. The #1 best thing to do is to use the drive manufacturer's diagnostics software (like maxtor's powermax or western digital's data lifeguard diagnostics). #1 it will tell you why the drive crashed and #2 you have an option "Write zeroes", which is a low-level format that checks your drive (better than the windows format), and if it finds bad sectors, just skips them from the format so they don't cause more problems. It's a little extra work (if you don't have windows, you have to download the floppy disk maker and boot from it) but definately worth it.
2007-02-14 19:00:25 · answer #3 · answered by Nikolay D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try doing the complete format on ther drive. It takes longer but sometimes works better. What erro is it? Blue screen error? system32 files missing or corrupt?
2007-02-14 18:49:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋