Could my hard drive be dying?

MadSkillzMan · 06-12-04, 02:24 AM

Hey guys. i have a 120gig hdd i use mainly for storage of videos, music, photos, .isos, .rar 's etc..

Anyways...once in a while i get a problem where it decides .zips or .rars are corrupt, then it will open them...doesnt matter if i use winrar or windows to look into the zip files...but i just get odd corruption errors.

These are legit files by the way. Fonts, themes, bootscreens etc..

itd be my luck for it to die...

Any ideas? its only this drive mind you

Xaotic · 06-12-04, 09:15 AM

Run the manufacturer's diagnostics on the drive, Check the event viewer and you may want to try Speedfan or another utility that reads SMART data. Needless to say, back everything up.

06-12-04, 02:24 AM	Thread Starter #1
MadSkillzMan Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cleveland OHIO	Could my hard drive be dying? Hey guys. i have a 120gig hdd i use mainly for storage of videos, music, photos, .isos, .rar 's etc.. Anyways...once in a while i get a problem where it decides .zips or .rars are corrupt, then it will open them...doesnt matter if i use winrar or windows to look into the zip files...but i just get odd corruption errors. These are legit files by the way. Fonts, themes, bootscreens etc.. itd be my luck for it to die... Any ideas? its only this drive mind you __________________ Mian rig 2 x Dual G5 1.8ghz @ 29C :eek: 3gb ram 2x160GB Sata 1x250GB IDE ATI 9600, dual monitors - 19" AOC LCD's, 42" RCA Plasma! OC'ed Super Drive (8x SL to 16x DL, i heart firmware flash) Backup Rig: 4 x Dell Optiplex G270 2.8ghz HT 1Gb ram iPod Touch 3.1.2 Jailbroken! OSX 5.8
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06-12-04, 09:15 AM	#2
Xaotic Very kind Senior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greensboro NC	Run the manufacturer's diagnostics on the drive, Check the event viewer and you may want to try Speedfan or another utility that reads SMART data. Needless to say, back everything up.
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