;3224564']The maker of your hard disk has diagnostics that you can plac
on a
diskette or CD. (Do it from another computer.) Those diagnostics will
tell you if you need to replace your hard disk.
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Leonard Grey
Packin' the 'K'
RIphil wrote:-
'Leonard Grey[_3_ Wrote: -
;3222275']You realize your computer could be infected, right?
Do you have the same experience if you start your computer in Safe
Mode?
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Leonard Grey
Errare Humanum Est
Security Tips for Everyone, from PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2334856,00.asp
RIphil wrote:-
After operating without problems for several years my home-built
computer now boots normally, but freezes immediately after the first
command or mouse click is made. I am running WIN XP Home Edition,
SP3,
on an Asus board, CPU Intel Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz), 512 Crucial RAM,
Radeon 9600 128 MB AGP card.
I have checked connections inside the case. No hardware or software
has
been recently installed. How to troubleshoot? Ideas/suggestions
gladly
accepted.
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Thanks for the response. I have continued to have the same proble
and
have taken the following steps: Booted into Safe Mode an
encountered
the same freeze when I tried to run eventvwr.msc. Booted into safe
mode again and used the System Restore option, restoring successfully
to an earlier stable system. Was then able to run eventvwr.msc and
got the following info: Warning message Event ID: 51 "An error was
detected on device \Device\Harddisk 3\D during a paging operation."
Scrolling down I counted nearly 100 identical warnings going back to
10/7/08 [the bottom of the listings].
Microsoft response to Event ID: 51 is vague (like most of their help)
"Explanation:
An input/output (I/O) request to a memory-mapped file failed and the
operation was retried.
User Action:
If these events are logged regularly on a primary system drive
replace
the device. Otherwise, no user action is required."
My question: Does this mean that I need to replace the HD?
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