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Posted by Quaoar on May 9, 2006, 11:55 am
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bsd_mike wrote:
> I have a gateway laptop, model W322. It is running windows xp pro and
> I have the automatic updates turned on.
>
> The laptop seems to run fine, except for one pain in the butt problem.
> Files disappear or become corrupted from time to time.
>
> I am running antivirus software and a firewall.
>
> When a file or directory gets corrupted, I get a message saying to
> please run chkdsk.
>
> I run chkdsk /f to have it run when the system reboots, and chkdsk
> does
> not run during reboot.
>
> Gateway gave me a couple hoops to restore some system files.
>
> If I go through the hoops chkdsk runs properly and I get a
> zillion little errors that get fixed and then the system is stable for
> a while.
> (However, all the files or directories are still gone or corrupted.)
>
> I have talked to gateway many times and their solution is always to
> reformat the hard drive. That works for a while until it happens
> again.
>
> I was wondering if anybody else has seen this problem or any idea what
> it is? My anti virus software is up to date. I have done recent scans.
>
> I have also run gateways harddrive test tool to detect harddrive
> errors.
> There are no errors when this tool is run.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
Try running chkdsk /r instead of /f to map bad sectors. Your disk is
likely failing. In Device Manager, first ide channel, is the disk still
running in DMA (UDMA Mode X) mode?
Q
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