Disappearing hard drive

Viper007Bond · November 21st, 2007, 01:35 PM

Was playing NFS and mid-save, it "froze". After a while, I could alt+tab and this ballon was showing:

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6320/diskerrorva3.png

The drive wasn't being listed in My Computer or anything.

So, I turned off my computer and turned it back on. Was showing up fine in BIOS and then in My Computer. So I went "whatever" and back to NFS. Then it did it again a minute or two later.

What gives?

jensked · November 21st, 2007, 01:38 PM

Yes, you definitely need a new pc!

Maybe the drive is dying? Try a diagnostic tool on it to see what it says? SMART or how do they call that?

jensked · November 21st, 2007, 01:43 PM

Ah, i found something: it could be corrupt sectors on your hd...

chkdsk?

/edit: the guy who had the same problem, his hdd died a couple of hours later. I'd prepare for the worst.

/edit2: http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/22061/
This guy had the same and it's about the video driver...

Hidden_Hunter · November 21st, 2007, 03:16 PM

give it a scan with a program called hdtune

epp_b · November 21st, 2007, 04:50 PM

It's because you're playing Need For Speed images/smilies/tongue.gif

petarkb · November 21st, 2007, 05:57 PM

Bad HDD interface or power supply cable?

MadCow809 · November 21st, 2007, 07:14 PM

sounds like ur hdd is packing up, try a full scandisk and take it from there.
Also check ur IDE/SATA cable, maybe its loose or something. If not, then its either 1) HDD problem or 2) PSU problem (less likely to happen)

Viper007Bond · November 22nd, 2007, 05:09 AM

Ran a quick ScanDisc, no errors. Ran the long ass one, again, no errors.

Been fine for the past couple hours after I fiddled around with it's SATA cable, so I'm just gonna write it off as a loose cable. I did take the opportunity though to backup the really important stuff off that drive. images/smilies/smile.gif

Thanks all.

jensked · November 22nd, 2007, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

I did take the opportunity though to backup the really important stuff off that drive. images/smilies/smile.gif

Oh, there's no need for that. I backup all the boobies on the internet here at work. Shout if you want a copy of the floppy. images/smilies/tongue.gif

kyoru · November 22nd, 2007, 07:41 AM

i'd back up as a precaution!!! better safe then sorry.

Viper007Bond · November 22nd, 2007, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jensked

Oh, there's no need for that. I backup all the boobies on the internet here at work. Shout if you want a copy of the floppy. images/smilies/tongue.gif

lol, damn right, the first thing I backed up was my porn.

MadCow809 · November 22nd, 2007, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

lol, damn right, the first thing I backed up was my porn.

lol, how much do you have?

Viper007Bond · November 22nd, 2007, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadCow809

lol, how much do you have?

Not much. It's all images and and I don't save much these days. Too easy to just find new stuff on the web instead.

Quiky · November 22nd, 2007, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Not much. It's all images and and I don't save much these days. Too easy to just find new stuff on the web instead.

Keeping it fresh!

AnGuRuSO · November 24th, 2007, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quiky

Keeping it fresh!

LOL!

ESPNSTI · November 24th, 2007, 05:39 PM

I've had a similar problem before (sporadically for several years actually), and in the end it turned out to be a slowly dying hard disk.

monkeymax · November 24th, 2007, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ESPNSTI

I've had a similar problem before (sporadically for several years actually), and in the end it turned out to be a slowly dying hard disk.

Aye - same here. I've had it happen to me twice, so backing up is definitely a good move, and putting a few pennies aside for a replacement is a good idea (after all, it can be moved to the new computer when it comes... images/smilies/wink.gif

).

niccce · November 24th, 2007, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

lol, damn right, the first thing I backed up was my porn.

Shit, the first thing i backed up was my dnb collection :/ Am i a pervert or something ? images/smilies/lol.gif

Anyway, i had a hard drive failure quite some time ago, i recall some similar symptoms. Before "disconnecting" and causing delayed write errors mine used to click loudly (probably was shuffling its actuator arm around) and somewhat spin-up and spin-down. Otherwise it worked perfectly fine, exactly like yours. One day after going through it's nutcracking procedure it decided to fall back to forced PIO forever. Copying the data was jolly fun images/smilies/dry.gif

Later it died completely.

Ok i feel better now that you've listened to my story images/smilies/lol.gif

so i can give some advice. Run HD Tune and check the Spin Retry Count and Reallocated Sector Count SMART fields (under "health" tab). On seagate hdds both values (current and worst) should be 100. Actually while you're at it, check other values aswell images/smilies/wink.gif

Before failing alltogether my drive showed a negative tendency in this department. Also, unscrew the drive and put it somwhere out of the case, so that you could hear it. May help to identify the problem better.
edit:
by unscrewing i meant detaching it from the tower, not disassembling the drive itself images/smilies/biggrin.gif

November 21st, 2007, 01:35 PM	#1
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 237	Disappearing hard drive Was playing NFS and mid-save, it "froze". After a while, I could alt+tab and this ballon was showing: The drive wasn't being listed in My Computer or anything. So, I turned off my computer and turned it back on. Was showing up fine in BIOS and then in My Computer. So I went "whatever" and back to NFS. Then it did it again a minute or two later. What gives? __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

November 21st, 2007, 01:38 PM	#2
jensked Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: Flanders, Belgium Age: 25 Posts: 4,007 Car: RIP Opel Astra -> 2006 Toyota Corolla Wagon Rep Power: 43	Yes, you definitely need a new pc! Maybe the drive is dying? Try a diagnostic tool on it to see what it says? SMART or how do they call that? __________________

November 21st, 2007, 01:43 PM	#3
jensked Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: Flanders, Belgium Age: 25 Posts: 4,007 Car: RIP Opel Astra -> 2006 Toyota Corolla Wagon Rep Power: 43	Ah, i found something: it could be corrupt sectors on your hd... chkdsk? /edit: the guy who had the same problem, his hdd died a couple of hours later. I'd prepare for the worst. /edit2: http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/22061/ This guy had the same and it's about the video driver... __________________

November 21st, 2007, 03:16 PM	#4
Hidden_Hunter D: Joined: Oct 7th, 2006 Last Online: 03:24 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 4,500 Car: '08 Honda Accord Euro Rep Power: 49	give it a scan with a program called hdtune __________________ My car is dark grey not black!

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MadCow809 Joined: Feb 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 02:20 AM Location: Durban, South Africa / Los Angeles, California Age: 23 Posts: 3,117 Car: 2007 E87 BMW 130i LFS Status: Rep Power: 32	sounds like ur hdd is packing up, try a full scandisk and take it from there. Also check ur IDE/SATA cable, maybe its loose or something. If not, then its either 1) HDD problem or 2) PSU problem (less likely to happen) __________________ Supporting : A.Priaulx, Kimi Räikkönen, J.Button, R.Kubica, P.Solberg, M.Hirvonen, J.Plato & M.Jackson FinalGear's Car/Bike Register 08/09 Currently looking for a car, got any suggestions? 08 Honda Civic Coupe 06 BMW 130i 05 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 05 Ford Bantam 1.3i 95 Mercedes Benz E320 Sportline Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3Ghz (333 X 9 @ 1.44v ~ 35°c with ZEROtherm BTF90/92mm Cooler) \| DFI INFINITY P965-S \| Corsair XMS DDR II 800 6 Gb \| GeCube ATi HD3850 512mb @ 800/1000Mhz \| Seagate 500Gb + 500Gb + 750Gb + 1000Gb\| LITE-ON 20X DVDRW \| XION 600W PSU \| Logitech Z-2300 \| Logitech MX1000 \| Logitech G25 \| Dual 22" LCD Display @ 3360 x 1050 + Toshiba 40" HDTV @ 1920 x 1080 \| CoolerMaster Centurion 590 \| Vista 64 Ultimate \|

November 22nd, 2007, 05:09 AM	#8
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 237	Ran a quick ScanDisc, no errors. Ran the long ass one, again, no errors. Been fine for the past couple hours after I fiddled around with it's SATA cable, so I'm just gonna write it off as a loose cable. I did take the opportunity though to backup the really important stuff off that drive. Thanks all. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

November 22nd, 2007, 07:41 AM	#10
kyoru Joined: Oct 31st, 2007 Last Online: December 30th, 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 102 Car: G35 Sedan Rep Power: 9	i'd back up as a precaution!!! better safe then sorry. __________________

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