My System's Harddisk is developing new habits...!

Ali · July 18th, 2002

Whats the new Habit?
While the computer is running, the harddisk would shut down (it seems as the power to it has been cut), the computer would most definitly hang when harddisk data is required, and then it would start again, it would turn back on and everything would be fine. This happened today in the morning when I started the computer.

Can anyone tell me what should I do? I have some very very important data on it, if it is lost then I am so totally screwed.

Ali

Esturk · July 18th, 2002

My old Quantum 2Gb would do that occasionally. I think it was not getting enough power at some point. It would shut off and then start up again hanging my comp. I took out one of my high powered fans and that fixed the problem.

Ali · July 18th, 2002

I'v two CDroms installed, I think I should remove one of them...
Can this happen because of Bad Sectors.

Ali

Esturk · July 18th, 2002

Perhaps your computer is running low on power? I don't think bad sectors will do that. Or at worst your HD may be failing.

**cooliscool** · July 18th, 2002

HAH! this is odd.. just a few days ago my maxtor 2.6gb did that SAME thing, so i bought a new hard driv, it fixed the problem

sorry Ali but you may need a new hard drive

RF · July 18th, 2002

I highly doubt the 2 cdroms. I have three. A normal, a cdwriter, and a dvd drive. I found that in my system it was over heating. Check your bios for the auto/emergency shut down/restart. Check the temps too. On the internet you can find your cpu's normal temp. If its too hot. replace the heatsink/fan. Add a fan. Or run it with its side off. Thats what i do, and dust isnt a problem.

**Demigod** · July 18th, 2002

Windows has an option to turn off the hard drive after a couple of minutes of inactivity. This is to save wear and tear on the drive and to ensure it's longetivity (kinda like the CD-ROM spinning down, or the monitor turning itself off). The drive will automatically turn itself back on (it will hang for a second or two while doing so) when data is needed so there's no need to worry. My secondary drive regularly turns itself off and spins back up when I need it. If you want to turn this feature off go into power options in the control panel (in Windows XP, I don't know about 98) and you can turn it off there.

Ali · July 18th, 2002

Check over heating, checked power options ins control Panel. I changed my PSU a few days ago, but hey I got the more powerful one, so whats the deal with that. It has been three hours and its running fine. Maybe I should arrange for a new one.

Ali

**Betamax** · July 18th, 2002

One more thing is to check that there are no loose cables on the power connection to the HDD

**Demigod** · July 19th, 2002

I wouldn't be too worried about it. When your hard drive abnormally shuts down the OS usually reboots along with it. I've had it happen on me before when I was overclocking and stuff. The hard drive powering down is pretty normal, and as long as it starts back up when you request it there shouldn't be a problem. Now if the hard drive shuts down while you're in the middle of doing something with it then you should consider backing up your stuff and getting a new drive.

**Prafull** · July 19th, 2002

Faced a similar thing some time ago.
Reformat and reinstall solved it. so dont worry, harddisk isnt dieing as yet.

GuardianAli · July 24th, 2002

tell it not to stay out so late...the Cuervo ccan get to anyone

GuardianAli · July 24th, 2002

also make sure that the system harddisk idle time is not on..my friend pulled a joke and set it like super low numbr and it kept powering down my drive till the bastard told me

July 18th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
Ali CoLD InSiDE Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,613	My System's Harddisk is developing new habits...! Whats the new Habit? While the computer is running, the harddisk would shut down (it seems as the power to it has been cut), the computer would most definitly hang when harddisk data is required, and then it would start again, it would turn back on and everything would be fine. This happened today in the morning when I started the computer. Can anyone tell me what should I do? I have some very very important data on it, if it is lost then I am so totally screwed. Ali __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2100 @ 1.75 Ghz Gigabyte GA-7VA.XP VIA K400 1.25GB PC3200 System Ram ChainTech GeForCe4 TI 4200 128MB Creative SB Live! 5.1 2x WD Caviar 120GBs and -Rom1 Maxtor 40GB LiteON 16x DVD-Rw WindowsXP Professional-SP2 & Mandrake Linux

July 18th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	My old Quantum 2Gb would do that occasionally. I think it was not getting enough power at some point. It would shut off and then start up again hanging my comp. I took out one of my high powered fans and that fixed the problem. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

July 18th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Ali CoLD InSiDE Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,613	I'v two CDroms installed, I think I should remove one of them... Can this happen because of Bad Sectors. Ali __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2100 @ 1.75 Ghz Gigabyte GA-7VA.XP VIA K400 1.25GB PC3200 System Ram ChainTech GeForCe4 TI 4200 128MB Creative SB Live! 5.1 2x WD Caviar 120GBs and -Rom1 Maxtor 40GB LiteON 16x DVD-Rw WindowsXP Professional-SP2 & Mandrake Linux

July 18th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	Perhaps your computer is running low on power? I don't think bad sectors will do that. Or at worst your HD may be failing. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

July 18th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
cooliscool Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hyda IV Posts: 6,063	HAH! this is odd.. just a few days ago my maxtor 2.6gb did that SAME thing, so i bought a new hard driv, it fixed the problem sorry Ali but you may need a new hard drive __________________ Fayt: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz @ 3.0GHz [Allendale] (1333MHz FSB), 2GB Crucial DDR2-800 Dual Channel kit @ 800MHz 4-3-3-10, 512MB BFG nVidia GeForce 7950GT OC (650/1600), Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, MSI P6N-SLi nVidia 650i mobo, 200GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 (NCQ), 80GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 (NCQ), Lite-On DVD+-RW 16x w/ Lightscribe, Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM, Aspire X-Dreamer II case, Logitech MX518 GG Optical Mouse, Asetek Waterchill kit (distilled water + Red Line Watter Wetter), T.I.M - Arctic Silver Ceramique

July 18th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,583	I highly doubt the 2 cdroms. I have three. A normal, a cdwriter, and a dvd drive. I found that in my system it was over heating. Check your bios for the auto/emergency shut down/restart. Check the temps too. On the internet you can find your cpu's normal temp. If its too hot. replace the heatsink/fan. Add a fan. Or run it with its side off. Thats what i do, and dust isnt a problem. __________________

July 18th, 2002	#7 (permalink)
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	Windows has an option to turn off the hard drive after a couple of minutes of inactivity. This is to save wear and tear on the drive and to ensure it's longetivity (kinda like the CD-ROM spinning down, or the monitor turning itself off). The drive will automatically turn itself back on (it will hang for a second or two while doing so) when data is needed so there's no need to worry. My secondary drive regularly turns itself off and spins back up when I need it. If you want to turn this feature off go into power options in the control panel (in Windows XP, I don't know about 98) and you can turn it off there. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

July 18th, 2002	#8 (permalink)
Ali CoLD InSiDE Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,613	Check over heating, checked power options ins control Panel. I changed my PSU a few days ago, but hey I got the more powerful one, so whats the deal with that. It has been three hours and its running fine. Maybe I should arrange for a new one. Ali __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2100 @ 1.75 Ghz Gigabyte GA-7VA.XP VIA K400 1.25GB PC3200 System Ram ChainTech GeForCe4 TI 4200 128MB Creative SB Live! 5.1 2x WD Caviar 120GBs and -Rom1 Maxtor 40GB LiteON 16x DVD-Rw WindowsXP Professional-SP2 & Mandrake Linux

July 18th, 2002	#9 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	One more thing is to check that there are no loose cables on the power connection to the HDD __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

July 19th, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	I wouldn't be too worried about it. When your hard drive abnormally shuts down the OS usually reboots along with it. I've had it happen on me before when I was overclocking and stuff. The hard drive powering down is pretty normal, and as long as it starts back up when you request it there shouldn't be a problem. Now if the hard drive shuts down while you're in the middle of doing something with it then you should consider backing up your stuff and getting a new drive. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

July 19th, 2002	#11 (permalink)
Prafull Administrator, PCSX2 tester Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: India Posts: 677	Faced a similar thing some time ago. Reformat and reinstall solved it. so dont worry, harddisk isnt dieing as yet. __________________ E6750, Abit ip35E, XFX 8600GT 256 MB DDR3, Transcend 2GB DDR2 800 RAM

July 24th, 2002	#12 (permalink)
GuardianAli Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 120	tell it not to stay out so late...the Cuervo ccan get to anyone __________________

July 24th, 2002	#13 (permalink)
GuardianAli Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 120	also make sure that the system harddisk idle time is not on..my friend pulled a joke and set it like super low numbr and it kept powering down my drive till the bastard told me __________________

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