Harddisk LED on all the time

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Martin Schoch

Hello

System: Windows 2000 SP4 on a DELL Percision 330.

No big problems quite along time. But now the following problem: Win2k
starts normally - all desktop and tray icons are displayed correctly.

After one or two minutes after startup the LED on the harddisk is on all
the time and I am not able to start a program. Task manager doesn't
start neigther.

CPU is not hardly used - but the HD.

- Index service is disabled.
- mobsync is disabled.
- HD is checked for viruses

Startup in protected mode: no problem

Any ideas?
 
Check Event Viewer for errors. Check Device Manager for error codes and or
non-starting devices.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hello
|
| System: Windows 2000 SP4 on a DELL Percision 330.
|
| No big problems quite along time. But now the following problem: Win2k
| starts normally - all desktop and tray icons are displayed correctly.
|
| After one or two minutes after startup the LED on the harddisk is on all
| the time and I am not able to start a program. Task manager doesn't
| start neigther.
|
| CPU is not hardly used - but the HD.
|
| - Index service is disabled.
| - mobsync is disabled.
| - HD is checked for viruses
|
| Startup in protected mode: no problem
|
| Any ideas?
| --
| ms
 
* Dave Patrick said:
Check Event Viewer for errors. Check Device Manager for error codes and or
non-starting devices.
Click to expand...

After checking all software and hardware it turns out that the
S.M.A.R.T. values of the harddisk are quite bad - so it seems to be
hardware problem and I have to replace the HD as soon as possible.
 
Thanks for letting us know.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| After checking all software and hardware it turns out that the
| S.M.A.R.T. values of the harddisk are quite bad - so it seems to be
| hardware problem and I have to replace the HD as soon as possible.
|
| --
| ms
 
* Dave Patrick said:
Thanks for letting us know.
Click to expand...

I replaced the Harddisk - and everythings PC turns normally now.

What I learned: To check now and then the HD SMART values - they are can
announce problems...
 
* Dave Patrick said:
Thanks for letting us know.
Click to expand...

I replaced the Harddisk - and everythings PC turns normally now.

What I learned: To check now and then the HD SMART values - they can
announce problems...
 
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