erm HELP!!!! (Pc Problem)

ThomasTheTank · Post by **ThomasTheTank** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 11:20 pm

having just checked the Handy little Event Viewer in Windows XP i have noticed that it says

The driver has detected that device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 has predicted that it will fail. Immediately back up your data and replace your hard disk drive. A failure may be imminent.

now i have seen that message for well over 5 months now any ideas on what i should do other than back up my data which i am already doing so?

Thanks

Daz

jaffamafia · Post by **jaffamafia** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 12:01 am

Buy a new Hard Drive?

ThomasTheTank · Post by **ThomasTheTank** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 12:39 am

I'm seriously considering doing that

Can Norton Ghost copy my existing stuff on my current Hard Drive to a new 1 when i get 1?

Daz

FuNky2k · Post by **FuNky2k** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 1:47 am

Have you tried running norton disk doctor on it? not forgetting to tik the box "fix errors"?

asalmon · Post by **asalmon** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 6:21 am

ThomasTheTank wrote:Can Norton Ghost copy my existing stuff on my current Hard Drive to a new 1 when i get 1?

Yep, thats what it was designed for!

(assuming your current HD hasn't completely died by then!)

Alan

bjdick · Post by **bjdick** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 7:45 am

You don't need to get a proprietary program to copy your HDD contents.Most HDD manufacturers have free utility downloads available to do so.

Have you set up your HDD properly in your BIOS?If you can enable "SMART" capability,then you may get a better report of your "problem"

ThomasTheTank · Post by **ThomasTheTank** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 9:54 am

how would 1 do that then?

thanks

Daz

ThomasTheTank · Post by **ThomasTheTank** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 12:19 am

right i now have my loverly new 120gb hard drive does anyone know how i can copy my existing hard drive as it is with norton ghost as i do not want to have to go through the process of reinstalling windows and all my programmes, especially train sim

any help or links to tutorials would be very grateful

Thanks

Daz

ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 12:35 am

Try a few manufactures sites

Heres Maxtor's

http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downlo ... blast3.htm

ThomasTheTank · Post by **ThomasTheTank** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 1:02 am

well i have a Western Digital 1 except i cant seem to find what im looking for on their site so sstill anybody that can give me advice with Norton Ghostthen i'd be very aprecitated

jaffamafia · Post by **jaffamafia** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 1:28 am

The program you need is called DataLifeGuard and is now up to version 10.

It replaces the old EZ-Disk utility which allows you to copy whole partitions of a disk. The new DLG utility can also check for problems with the drive and tell you if there is a solution.

You can find it in the downloads section of the suppour menu.

ianm42 · Post by **ianm42** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 8:49 am

Can I also suggest you get a fan unit for the 120Gb disc. They are not expensive and easy to fit, otherwise the 120Gb discs can run a bit hot which is not good for them.

ThomasTheTank · Post by **ThomasTheTank** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 6:01 pm

having plopped in my new harddrive and settign it as slave and my old 1 as master i cannot boot into xp with or without the slave connected it will get as far as the XP loading screen (the 1 with just the small windows logo) and restart in a loop, can anyone help with this?

Thanks

Daz

nutstoyou · Post by **nutstoyou** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 7:26 pm

If you cant start windows even with only your old disk installed then it looks like the predicted faliure is upon you, most likely it's bad sectors appearing. As there would be no point ghosting an image of a disk with an os that doesn't run (you would just have 2 disks with the same problem) then the time has come to bite the bullet. Looks like you really need to install the new 120gb as master and connect the original as slave then re-install your os to the new disk. You could at least retrieve your data from the old disk after a successful install of windows to the new one by copying it across.

ThomasTheTank · Post by **ThomasTheTank** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:01 pm

all done fixed and sorted