Hard Driver Corruption?Post Date: 2008-11-04 |
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RyRyWallabee
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Topic: Hard Driver Corruption?Posted: 04 Nov 2008 at 11:03am |
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Hey guys I figured I'd ask the general public before taking it to Customer Service as I'm not much of a technical wizard :P
I think I have been getting Hard Drive corruption on a rather regular basis.. I will install COD4, Crysis, Wow, etc, and the games work great for about a week, then I will start getting errors (Game faults and closes out or it won't even let me start the game saying 'Please Reinstall'). However now I can't even install Wow.. I've tried both CD installation and Digital Download and during the install sequence it keeps giving me corruption errors. I've run ever test that comes with the computer itself and everything says my computer is in perfect shape. I've also installed the latest drivers. Should I just try reformatting and starting anew? When searching for solutions I have read that a lot of WD Raptors have issues.. maybe that's the cause? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! System Configuration: Case: Digital Storm Twister LITE (Black Aluminum Edition) Power Supply: 560W SilverStone Strider (Model: ST56F) (Silent) Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz (1066MHz FSB) (8MB Cache) Motherboard: nVidia 680i LT Core 2 Quad (By: eVGA) (nForce 680i SLI) Memory: 2GB DDR2 Corsair at 800MHz XMS2 (Dual Channel) (Performance) Floppy / Card: Digital Media Card Reader (Black) Hard Drive 1: 150GB Western Digital Raptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed) Hard Drive 2: 320GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Raid Option: - No Thanks Hard Drive 3: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: DVD-ROM/CD-ROM (DVD Reader 16x / CD Reader 40x) Optical Drive 2: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8800GTX 768MB (By: eVGA) (PCI-Express) TV Tuner: - No Thanks Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer (Up to 7.1 Channel) (Recommended) Physics Card: - No Thanks Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 2 (Silent Artic Cooling Heat-sink (Copper Heatpipes) Case Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Blue Edition) (Cold Cathode Tubes) Round Cables: - No Thanks User Manual: Personalized Platinum Digital Storm Binder (Includes Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals) Overclock Processor: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my processor Overclock Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Overclock Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based) Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Benchmarking: - No Thanks Pre-Install Game: - No Thanks LCD Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: - No Thanks Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support |
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RyRyWallabee
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Posted: 04 Nov 2008 at 11:35am |
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It is going on one year old.
Thank you I am about to go into work but first thing when I get home will to be running those 2 tests. |
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DST4ME
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Posted: 04 Nov 2008 at 12:05pm |
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boot to recovery console from your vista CD and run chkdsk command on your harddrive.
if you are getting harddrive corruption then its most likely your harddrive
if you don't know how to do that, let me know and I will help you
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RyRyWallabee
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Posted: 05 Nov 2008 at 7:08am |
You were exactly right! I downloaded memtest and sure enough upon running it I received an error about a Pair not being able to store values correctly. After isolating each stick and taking out the faulty one, I have not had a single issue!! You are totally my favorite person right now :) You have no idea how much of a headache I've been having over this issue. Thanks again! :D |
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