Do I have to reformat ?

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Sam

I had my power supply fail on me last week. My system rebooted a few
times then I realized what had happened. I replaced my PSU unit and XP
loaded [almost] completely. Then my system rebooted again, one more
time.

This time, the system ran chkdsk and spent a great deal of time "fixing"
the hard drive. There were no File Tructuations, I didnt record the
actual repair (is there a chkdsk log?). I see no FILE 0000 anywhere,
but my system is running now quite slow. I ran several powerful
anti-virus tools including Panda and Kaspersky, no malware was found.

I have also used SFC to repair any damaged files and then reloaded XP
SP2 but my performance is still slow. Is there a utility that can go
deeper and see what the file structure is like, if it is damaged in
anyway? Partition Magic doesn't tell me anything.

Just wondering if I have to kill my partition and reload Windows?
 
Sam said:
I had my power supply fail on me last week. My system rebooted a few
times then I realized what had happened. I replaced my PSU unit and XP
loaded [almost] completely. Then my system rebooted again, one more
time.

This time, the system ran chkdsk and spent a great deal of time "fixing"
the hard drive. There were no File Tructuations, I didnt record the
actual repair (is there a chkdsk log?). I see no FILE 0000 anywhere,
but my system is running now quite slow. I ran several powerful
anti-virus tools including Panda and Kaspersky, no malware was found.
Click to expand...

Have you tried defrag?

Yousuf Khan
 
Sam said:
I had my power supply fail on me last week. My system rebooted a few
times then I realized what had happened. I replaced my PSU unit and XP
loaded [almost] completely. Then my system rebooted again, one more
time.

This time, the system ran chkdsk and spent a great deal of time "fixing"
the hard drive. There were no File Tructuations, I didnt record the
actual repair (is there a chkdsk log?). I see no FILE 0000 anywhere,
but my system is running now quite slow. I ran several powerful
anti-virus tools including Panda and Kaspersky, no malware was found.
Click to expand...

Have you tried defrag?
Click to expand...

Yes, that's EXACTLY what you should do on an error-prone drive - NOT!.

I think I would first save off any crucial data such as email address
books, etc. Next, check the SMART status of the drive and run the HDD
manufacturer's diagnostic tools on it. Then, if it's not dying and you're
certain that the PSU you got as a replacement is sufficient and reputable,
I'd just do a format and reinstall of XP. You could do a repair install
and possibly keep your data intact, but you'd potentially be leaving other
damaged files on the drive.
 
Michael Cecil said:
Sam said:
I had my power supply fail on me last week. My system rebooted a few
times then I realized what had happened. I replaced my PSU unit and XP
loaded [almost] completely. Then my system rebooted again, one more
time.

This time, the system ran chkdsk and spent a great deal of time "fixing"
the hard drive. There were no File Tructuations, I didnt record the
actual repair (is there a chkdsk log?). I see no FILE 0000 anywhere,
but my system is running now quite slow. I ran several powerful
anti-virus tools including Panda and Kaspersky, no malware was found.
Click to expand...

Have you tried defrag?
Click to expand...

Yes, that's EXACTLY what you should do on an error-prone drive - NOT!.

I think I would first save off any crucial data such as email address
books, etc. Next, check the SMART status of the drive and run the HDD
manufacturer's diagnostic tools on it.
Click to expand...
Then, if it's not dying
Click to expand...

Which you can't be sure of if you don't do destructive tests.
and you're certain that the PSU you got as a replacement is sufficient and
reputable,
Click to expand...
I'd just do a format and reinstall of XP.
Click to expand...

And a restore of your data, obviously.
You could do a repair install and possibly keep your data intact, but you'd
potentially be leaving other damaged files on the drive.
Click to expand...

A surface scan should catch them.
 
Michael said:
Yes, that's EXACTLY what you should do on an error-prone drive - NOT!.
Click to expand...


He hasn't said that the drive is necessarily bad. He just said his power
supply failed, and then when he replaced it, the drive came back with
errors which were fixed by chkdsk. Those sort of errors are
understandable if the computer had shutdown suddenly. It doesn't
indicate a bad drive, just a problem that occurred because of a problem
elsewhere.

Yousuf Khan
 
Yousuf Khan said:
Michael Cecil wrote
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He hasn't said that the drive is necessarily bad. He just said his power supply failed, and then
when he replaced it, the drive came back with errors which were fixed by chkdsk. Those sort of
errors are understandable if the computer had shutdown suddenly. It doesn't indicate a bad drive,
just a problem that occurred because of a problem elsewhere.
Click to expand...

Its still a stupid thing to do when there is a real possibility
of the PSU failure damaging the drive. In spades when the
slowdown is very unlikely indeed to be due to fragmentation.

Its MUCH more likely that the slowdown is due to retrying
on bads and that possibility needs to be eliminated before
doing anything as aggressive as a defrag.
 
Yousuf Khan said:
He hasn't said that the drive is necessarily bad. He just said his power
supply failed, and then when he replaced it, the drive came back with
errors which were fixed by chkdsk. Those sort of errors are under-
standable if the computer had shutdown suddenly. It doesn't indicate a
bad drive, just a problem that occurred because of a problem elsewhere.
Click to expand...

Right, obviously the power supply massively fragmented the drive.
 
Rod Speed said:
Its still a stupid thing to do when there is a real possibility
of the PSU failure damaging the drive. In spades when the
slowdown is very unlikely indeed to be due to fragmentation.

Its MUCH more likely that the slowdown is due to retrying
on bads and that possibility needs to be eliminated before
doing anything as aggressive as a defrag.
Click to expand...
If chkdsk found/fixed lots of errors you need to keep running it until
you get a clear run. Chkdsk does not fix all errors on one pass. If you keep
getting a small number of errors, that would suggest that the drive is
failing.
Mike.
 
Michael Hawes said:
If chkdsk found/fixed lots of errors you need to keep running it until
you get a clear run. Chkdsk does not fix all errors on one pass. If you keep
getting a small number of errors,
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that would suggest that the drive is failing.
Click to expand...

Not if the drive has badly written sectors with missing/wrong ECC.
 
I am running chkdisk again as I write using Partition Magic. I am
getting the same errors again while checking the Indexes (stage 2/3):
Deleting an Index Entry from $0 of file 25 (and it's still doing it
after quite some time). It finally rested deleting the same files $0 of
file 25 .Then, I got another error: "An unspecified error occurred".
Remember, this is a chkdsk through full XP, not in Dos mode but within
the CMD shell.

I think maybe I should start backing up my stuff and reformat the
partition? But, if I copy any bad files back then when I copy them back
to the reformatted drive then they may still be bad? Or if I do a
chkdsk of the other drive where I back the files up to then it should be
ok?
 
: Its still a stupid thing to do when there is a real possibility
: of the PSU failure damaging the drive. In spades when the
: slowdown is very unlikely indeed to be due to fragmentation.
:
: Its MUCH more likely that the slowdown is due to retrying
: on bads and that possibility needs to be eliminated before
: doing anything as aggressive as a defrag.


I have the log from my EVENTVIEWER. I seen that from several weeks ago
that I had some issues unknown to me....makes me think if my drive is
going bad or if these errors are normal. This is my current log:

Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is MX XP.

A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
Cleaning up 5 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 5 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 5 unused security descriptors.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
Usn Journal verification completed.
122993636 KB total disk space.
72676428 KB in 170437 files.
76028 KB in 9720 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
295948 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
49945232 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
30748409 total allocation units on disk.
12486308 allocation units available on disk.
Internal Info:
e0 4a 03 00 c9 bf 02 00 b3 35 04 00 00 00 00 00 .J.......5......
98 28 01 00 01 00 00 00 7a 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 .(......z.......
30 ba 1c 37 00 00 00 00 a0 66 4b 18 01 00 00 00 0..7.....fK.....
c0 98 0e 3f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...?............
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 86 b2 aa 01 00 00 00 ........p.......
99 9e 36 00 00 00 00 00 f0 3e 07 00 c5 99 02 00 ..6......>......
00 00 00 00 00 30 d1 53 11 00 00 00 f8 25 00 00 .....0.S.....%..
 
Sam said:
I have the log from my EVENTVIEWER. I seen that from several weeks
ago that I had some issues unknown to me....makes me think if my
drive is going bad or if these errors are normal. This is my current
log:

Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is MX XP.

A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
Cleaning up 5 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 5 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 5 unused security descriptors.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
Usn Journal verification completed.
122993636 KB total disk space.
72676428 KB in 170437 files.
76028 KB in 9720 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
295948 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
49945232 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
30748409 total allocation units on disk.
12486308 allocation units available on disk.
Internal Info:
e0 4a 03 00 c9 bf 02 00 b3 35 04 00 00 00 00 00 .J.......5......
98 28 01 00 01 00 00 00 7a 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 .(......z.......
30 ba 1c 37 00 00 00 00 a0 66 4b 18 01 00 00 00 0..7.....fK.....
c0 98 0e 3f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...?............
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 86 b2 aa 01 00 00 00 ........p.......
99 9e 36 00 00 00 00 00 f0 3e 07 00 c5 99 02 00 ..6......>......
00 00 00 00 00 30 d1 53 11 00 00 00 f8 25 00 00 .....0.S.....%..
Click to expand...

Post the Everest SMART report for the drive.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181
 
Sam said:
I am running chkdisk again as I write using Partition Magic. I am
getting the same errors again while checking the Indexes (stage 2/3):
Deleting an Index Entry from $0 of file 25 (and it's still doing it
after quite some time). It finally rested deleting the same files $0 of
file 25 .Then, I got another error: "An unspecified error occurred".
Remember, this is a chkdsk through full XP, not in Dos mode but within
the CMD shell.

I think maybe I should start backing up my stuff and reformat the
partition? But, if I copy any bad files back then when I copy them back
to the reformatted drive then they may still be bad? Or if I do a
chkdsk of the other drive where I back the files up to then it should be
ok?
Click to expand...
You need to run chkdsk <drive>: /f to fix errors, or better, chkdsk
<drive>: /r to check the entire drive at boot. Chkdsk only runs in read-only
mode, which reports, but does NOT fix!
Mike.
 
:
: : You need to run chkdsk <drive>: /f to fix errors, or better,
chkdsk
: <drive>: /r to check the entire drive at boot. Chkdsk only runs in
read-only
: mode, which reports, but does NOT fix!


I ran it again, a few times. It appears to have fixed them. I also ran
it on my notebook too. I was surprised I found some errors there as
well. However, in running chkdsk 2 on my desktop where I am having
problems, chkdsk is taking a LONG time, unlike my notebook or any other
partition that I check. So, it seems that that partition is in fact
slower than what it should be.

I will take Ron's advice and run EverSMART and post my results within a
few days.

Thanks
 
: :
: Post the Everest SMART report for the drive.
: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181


Boy...that was fast. Here is the log:

--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys,
Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------

Version EVEREST v2.20.405
Homepage
http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Report Wizard
Computer ECS
Generator Sam Operating
System Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2006-11-22
Time 20:20


--------[
SMART ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ Maxtor 6L250R0 (L598P9BG) ]

03 Spin Up Time 63 178 178 23707
OK: Value is normal
04 Start/Stop Count 0 253 253 477
OK: Always passing
05 Reallocated Sector Count 63 253 253 0
OK: Value is normal
06 Read Channel Margin 100 253 253 0
OK: Value is normal
07 Seek Error Rate 0 253 252 0
OK: Always passing
08 Seek Time Performance 187 248 238 36076
OK: Value is normal
09 Power-On Time Count 0 248 248 42758
OK: Always passing
0A Spin Retry Count 157 253 252 0
OK: Value is normal
0B Calibration Retry Count 223 253 252 0
OK: Value is normal
0C Power Cycle Count 0 252 252 473
OK: Always passing
C0 Power-Off Retract Count 0 253 253 0
OK: Always passing
C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 0 253 253 0
OK: Always passing
C2 Temperature 0 32 253 33
OK: Always passing
C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 253 252 1760
OK: Always passing
C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 253 253 0
OK: Always passing
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 253 253 0
OK: Always passing
C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 253 253 0
OK: Always passing
C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 1 1 48594
OK: Always passing
C8 Write Error Rate 0 253 252 0
OK: Always passing
C9 <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0
OK: Always passing
CA <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0
OK: Always passing
CB <vendor-specific> 180 253 252 0
OK: Value is normal
CC <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0
OK: Always passing
CD <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0
OK: Always passing
CF <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0
OK: Always passing
D0 <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0
OK: Always passing
D1 <vendor-specific> 0 235 235 224
OK: Always passing
D2 <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0
OK: Always passing
D3 <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0
OK: Always passing
D4 <vendor-specific> 0 253 249 0
OK: Always passing

[ WDC WD2000JB-00GVA0 (WD-WCAL81550730) ]

01 Raw Read Error Rate 51 200 200 0
OK: Value is normal
03 Spin Up Time 21 123 112 6350
OK: Value is normal
04 Start/Stop Count 40 99 99 1283
OK: Value is normal
05 Reallocated Sector Count 140 200 200 0
OK: Value is normal
07 Seek Error Rate 51 200 200 0
OK: Value is normal
09 Power-On Time Count 0 95 95 4168
OK: Always passing
0A Spin Retry Count 51 100 100 0
OK: Value is normal
0B Calibration Retry Count 51 100 100 0
OK: Value is normal
0C Power Cycle Count 0 99 99 1234
OK: Always passing
C2 Temperature 0 117 99 33
OK: Always passing
C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 200 200 0
OK: Always passing
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 200 200 0
OK: Always passing
C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 200 200 0
OK: Always passing
C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 253 2
OK: Always passing
C8 Write Error Rate 51 200 200 0
OK: Value is normal


--------[ Debug -
PCI ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B00 D00 F00: VIA VT8751(A) ProSavage P4M266(A) Chipset - System
Controller

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B00 D01 F00: VIA AGP Controller

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B00 D09 F00: Rockwell/Conexant SoftK56 Voice/Data/Fax/SpeakerPhone
Modem

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B00 D0B F00: Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 OHCI-Lynx IEEE1394 Host
Controller

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B00 D10 F00: VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller

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B00 D10 F01: VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller

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B00 D11 F00: VIA VT8233A/VT8235 PCI-ISA Bridge

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B00 D11 F01: VIA VT82C571 IDE Controller

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Offset 20: 01 FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 11 71 05
Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 01 00 00
Offset 40: 0B F2 09 35 18 1C C0 00 11 20 20 20 FF 00 B6 B6
Offset 50: 07 E6 F1 17 0C 00 00 00 A8 A8 A8 A8 00 00 00 00
Offset 60: 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 70: 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 80: F8 DE B3 03 00 00 00 00 08 95 BA 03 00 00 00 00
Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset C0: 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset D0: 06 00 71 05 06 11 71 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

B00 D11 F05: VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Offset 00: 06 11 59 30 01 00 10 02 50 00 01 04 00 00 00 00
Offset 10: 01 DC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 19 10 83 0A
Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 03 00 00
Offset 40: 01 CC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset C0: 01 00 02 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset D0: 01 00 02 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

B00 D12 F00: VIA 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter

Offset 00: 06 11 65 30 17 01 10 02 74 00 00 02 08 20 00 00
Offset 10: 01 D8 00 00 00 F6 FE DF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 11 02 01
Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 01 03 08
Offset 40: 01 00 02 FE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 50: 00 00 80 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02
Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

B01 D00 F00: nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Video Adapter

Offset 00: DE 10 22 03 07 00 B0 02 A1 00 00 03 00 F8 00 00
Offset 10: 00 00 00 DE 08 00 00 D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 01 05 01
Offset 40: 00 00 00 00 02 00 30 00 17 02 00 1F 04 03 00 1F
Offset 50: 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 CE D6 23 00 0F 00 00 00
Offset 60: 01 44 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


--------[ Debug - Video
BIOS ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

C000:0000 U.z.K7400.L.w.VIDEO ..........IBM VGA
Compatible........03/26/03
C000:0040 ........................?.0~.
...........".........PMIDl.o.......
C000:0080 .....3...........NV..&..x.
4...................P..N..~>.>.F.E.E
C000:00C0 ^...Rx...........X.`...0W..:p.p.q
qPqPq.p.......................
C000:0100 ...Jy............................x.x.x.w.zend
bmp.....h.Z......h
C000:0140
.......J...................f.~.......f.PF...U..................PF
C000:0180
....U..................PF...U..................PF...U............
C000:01C0
................`m......`m......`m......`m......`m......`m.......
C000:0200
.................................k.r.....`m......`m......`m......
C000:0240
`m......`m......`m...........................................k.r
C000:0280 q...PCIR..".........z.......GeForce FX 5200
BIOS................
C000:02C0 .............................................Version
4.34.20.18.
C000:0300 07 ...Copyright (C) 1996-2003 NVIDIA
Corp.......................
C000:0340 ..............................NV34 Board -
p162-1nz.............
C000:0380 .Chip Rev
.....................1...=.........M.....I...L.`...a.
C000:03C0
.../..me.................n.Z.$.q.....t.N.Y...x.....z.f`...:p.....
 
I just ran Hardware Tune on the C Partition and I am getting 2.5 MB/sec
while on my other Maxtor Partition I am getting around 56 MB/sec. My
DMA is enabled to 5 on my Primary IDE channel. Something is definitely
not right.
 
Sam said:
I just ran Hardware Tune on the C Partition and I am getting 2.5 MB/sec
while on my other Maxtor Partition I am getting around 56 MB/sec.
Click to expand...

So your C: partiton on the Maxtor is slow but your D: on the Maxtor is fine.
Yeah, that makes sense.
 
Sam said:
Boy...that was fast.
Click to expand...

Yeah, and as usual you broke it as you couldn't be bothered to setup
your newclient to show it properly.
Here is the log:

--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------

Version EVEREST v2.20.405 Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Report Wizard
Computer ECS
Generator Sam
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2006-11-22
Time 20:20


--------[ SMART ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ Maxtor 6L250R0 (L598P9BG) ]

03 Spin Up Time 63 178 178 23707 OK: Value is normal
04 Start/Stop Count 0 253 253 477 OK: Always passing
05 Reallocated Sector Count 63 253 253 0 OK: Value is normal
06 Read Channel Margin 100 253 253 0 OK: Value is normal
07 Seek Error Rate 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passing
08 Seek Time Performance 187 248 238 36076 OK: Value is normal
09 Power-On Time Count 0 248 248 42758 OK: Always passing
0A Spin Retry Count 157 253 252 0 OK: Value is normal
0B Calibration Retry Count 223 253 252 0 OK: Value is normal
0C Power Cycle Count 0 252 252 473 OK: Always passing
C0 Power-Off Retract Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passing
C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passing
C2 Temperature 0 32 253 33 OK: Always passing
C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 253 252 1760 OK: Always passing
C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passing
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passing
C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passing
C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 1 1 48594 OK: Always passing
C8 Write Error Rate 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passing
C9 <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passing
CA <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passing
CB <vendor-specific> 180 253 252 0 OK: Value is normal
CC <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passing
CD <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passing
CF <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passing
D0 <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passing
D1 <vendor-specific> 0 235 235 224 OK: Always passing
D2 <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passing
D3 <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passing
D4 <vendor-specific> 0 253 249 0 OK: Always passing
Click to expand...

Apart from the somewhat high (at least the drive thinks it is) CRC error rate, it is fine.
There are also some ECC recovered errors but that didn't even make a dent in the normalized values.
You could check it's power supply and data cable.
[ WDC WD2000JB-00GVA0 (WD-WCAL81550730) ]

01 Raw Read Error Rate 51 200 200 0 OK: Value is normal
03 Spin Up Time 21 123 112 6350 OK: Value is normal
04 Start/Stop Count 40 99 99 1283 OK: Value is normal
05 Reallocated Sector Count 140 200 200 0 OK: Value is normal
07 Seek Error Rate 51 200 200 0 OK: Value is normal
09 Power-On Time Count 0 95 95 4168 OK: Always passing
0A Spin Retry Count 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
0B Calibration Retry Count 51 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal
0C Power Cycle Count 0 99 99 1234 OK: Always passing
C2 Temperature 0 117 99 33 OK: Always passing
C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passing
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passing
C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passing
C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 253 2 OK: Always passing
C8 Write Error Rate 51 200 200 0 OK: Value is normal
Click to expand...

This one is absolutely fine according to S.M.A.R.T.
[snip rest of bullshit]
 
Just wondering if I have to kill my partition and reload Windows?
Click to expand...

Have you first tried "chkdsk c: /r"? It will detect and fence off bad
sectors if there are any.
 
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