Event ID:51 - during paging operation.

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On a high-end games machine, XP pro. During a chkdsk on drive C I found the
following event view entries relating to drive D. I can't make any sense of
MS' 'explanation' for this kind of gobbledegook. Can anyone interpret it? And
at least, what are the chances drive D has a hardware fault?

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 51
Date: 10/04/2007
Time: 00:53:53
User: N/A
Computer: xxxxx-PC
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..€
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 20 20 01 00 00 00 00 00 ......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: 00 20 0a 12 40 03 20 40 . ..@. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 f0 82 5f 89 ....ð‚_‰
0058: 00 00 00 00 70 7e 5f 89 ....p~_‰
0060: 00 00 00 00 79 72 64 1d ....yrd.
0068: 28 00 1d 64 72 79 00 00 (..dry..
0070: 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 @.......
0078: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

-------------------------------
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 51
Date: 10/04/2007
Time: 00:54:13
User: N/A
Computer: xxxxx-PC
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 04 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..€
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 17 25 01 00 00 00 00 00 .%......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: 00 20 0a 12 80 01 20 40 . ..€. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 c0 bb 89 18 c3 5f 89 .À»‰.Ã_‰
0058: 00 00 00 00 70 be 5f 89 ....p¾_‰
0060: 00 00 00 00 97 0a 5d 1d ....—.].
0068: 2a 00 1d 5d 0a 97 00 00 *..].—..
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

---------------------------
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 51
Date: 10/04/2007
Time: 00:54:13
User: N/A
Computer: xxxxx-PC
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 04 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..€
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 17 25 01 00 00 00 00 00 .%......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: 00 20 0a 12 80 03 20 40 . ..€. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 80 cd 5f 89 ....€Ã_‰
0058: 00 00 00 00 50 cb 5f 89 ....PË_‰
0060: 00 00 00 00 57 06 09 00 ....W...
0068: 2a 00 00 09 06 57 00 00 *....W..
0070: 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3.......
0078: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

---------------------------------------------------------

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 51
Date: 10/04/2007
Time: 00:54:13
User: N/A
Computer: xxxxx-PC
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 04 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..€
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 17 25 01 00 00 00 00 00 .%......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: 00 20 0a 12 80 01 20 40 . ..€. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 d0 34 87 90 75 5f 89 .Ã4‡‰
0058: 00 00 00 00 60 73 5f 89 ....`s_‰
0060: 00 00 00 00 b7 86 5e 00 ....·†^.
0068: 2a 00 00 5e 86 b7 00 00 *..^†·..
0070: 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Thanks.
 
Wesley Vogel said:
ID: 51
Source: disk
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/su...em&ProdVer=5.2&EvtID=51&EvtSrc=disk&LCID=1033

Information about Event ID 51
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244780
Click to expand...

Well, thanks for trying, but no, really. That's the link I'd read, which
purports to explain how to interpret all that (presumably) non-base10
numerology I've posted. I don't understand it! The only thing I can glean is
that were it my C: (system) drive I ought to be more worried. My paging file
is on D (I've 2 x 500g drives), so want to know if this is some routine thing
that happens, or a symptom of a hardware fault. Since it's a newish computer
(Dec), it'd be nice to know.
 
User Action
If these events are logged regularly on a primary system drive, replace the
device. Otherwise, no user action is required.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
It may be a symptom of a future hardware failure. It means it had a bad read or write operation. I
would download a diagnostic disk for your drive from the manufacturer to test the drive.
--
Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+

Flummoxed07 said:
On a high-end games machine, XP pro. During a chkdsk on drive C I found the
following event view entries relating to drive D. I can't make any sense of
MS' 'explanation' for this kind of gobbledegook. Can anyone interpret it? And
at least, what are the chances drive D has a hardware fault?

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 51
Date: 10/04/2007
Time: 00:53:53
User: N/A
Computer: xxxxx-PC
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..€
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 20 20 01 00 00 00 00 00 ......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: 00 20 0a 12 40 03 20 40 . ..@. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 f0 82 5f 89 ....ð‚_‰
0058: 00 00 00 00 70 7e 5f 89 ....p~_‰
0060: 00 00 00 00 79 72 64 1d ....yrd.
0068: 28 00 1d 64 72 79 00 00 (..dry..
0070: 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 @.......
0078: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

-------------------------------
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 51
Date: 10/04/2007
Time: 00:54:13
User: N/A
Computer: xxxxx-PC
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 04 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..€
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 17 25 01 00 00 00 00 00 .%......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: 00 20 0a 12 80 01 20 40 . ..€. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 c0 bb 89 18 c3 5f 89 .À»‰.Ã_‰
0058: 00 00 00 00 70 be 5f 89 ....p¾_‰
0060: 00 00 00 00 97 0a 5d 1d ....—.].
0068: 2a 00 1d 5d 0a 97 00 00 *..].—..
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

---------------------------
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 51
Date: 10/04/2007
Time: 00:54:13
User: N/A
Computer: xxxxx-PC
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 04 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..€
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 17 25 01 00 00 00 00 00 .%......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: 00 20 0a 12 80 03 20 40 . ..€. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 80 cd 5f 89 ....€Í_‰
0058: 00 00 00 00 50 cb 5f 89 ....PË_‰
0060: 00 00 00 00 57 06 09 00 ....W...
0068: 2a 00 00 09 06 57 00 00 *....W..
0070: 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3.......
0078: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

---------------------------------------------------------

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 51
Date: 10/04/2007
Time: 00:54:13
User: N/A
Computer: xxxxx-PC
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 04 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..€
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 17 25 01 00 00 00 00 00 .%......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: 00 20 0a 12 80 01 20 40 . ..€. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 d0 34 87 90 75 5f 89 .Ð4‡‰
0058: 00 00 00 00 60 73 5f 89 ....`s_‰
0060: 00 00 00 00 b7 86 5e 00 ....·†^.
0068: 2a 00 00 5e 86 b7 00 00 *..^†·..
0070: 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Thanks.
Click to expand...
 
Wesley wrote:

User Action
If these events are logged regularly on a primary system drive, replace the
device. Otherwise, no user action is required.

OK, thanks for that, Wesley. Sounds reassuring anyway!


David Vair said:
It may be a symptom of a future hardware failure. It means it had a bad read or write operation. I
would download a diagnostic disk for your drive from the manufacturer to test the drive.
Click to expand...

OK, downloaded the Seagate's disk checker (had to install Microsoft .net
Framework 2 for it to work). Both drives passed the short checks. So fingers
crossed.

Thanks Dave (and Wesley).
 
Hello,

I had the same problem with my WD 500GB external drive... I tested the hdd with all the utilities possible... FINALLY.... I changed the USB CABLE with a better insulated(stiffer) and shorter cable... never had a problem since.

I wouldn't be surprised if bad SATA or IDE cables proved to be a big problem too.

May i add that i used the supplied cable that came with the hdd to find out that it is unsuitable. Gave me quite a fright ... losing 500GB of data.
 
Mircea said:
I had the same problem with my WD 500GB external drive... I tested
the hdd with all the utilities possible... FINALLY.... I changed
the USB CABLE with a better insulated(stiffer) and shorter cable...
never had a problem since.

I wouldn't be surprised if bad SATA or IDE cables proved to be a
big problem too.

May i add that i used the supplied cable that came with the hdd to
find out that it is unsuitable. Gave me quite a fright ... losing
500GB of data.
Click to expand...

*Hint*

When replying to someone - do not change the subject line and/or actually
reply to the post you intend to reply to.
 
Cameron said:
I had error 51...Turns out I too had a bad USB cable...Drive showed
filenames but would not access data, was slow, intermittent
problems...

Once I replaced the cable, all problems (that I can see so far) are
gone.
Click to expand...

Thanks for sharing your troubleshooting methods...
 
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