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thisistoto
2006-02-12, 02:17 AM
I just formatted my PC, XP Pro SP2.

I have 4 drives, 2 connected to a Raid Controller.

My OS sits on its own drive.

So, whenever I restart I get that lovely blue screen saying it wants to check a drive, a drive that has nothing to do with my OS or the Programs on my machine?

Any ideas?
AAR.oner
2006-02-12, 08:07 AM
throw yer PC from the highest roof possible, miking from the ground below [5.1 yo!], and offer it up as an audio torrent here...

i'd d/l it :D :wave:

[oh, and no toto...i'd don't know what would cause that]
TheMamba
2006-02-12, 08:09 AM
I just formatted my PC, XP Pro SP2.

I have 4 drives, 2 connected to a Raid Controller.

My OS sits on its own drive.

So, whenever I restart I get that lovely blue screen saying it wants to check a drive, a drive that has nothing to do with my OS or the Programs on my machine?

Any ideas?

Fuck it...you just formatted...if it were me, I'd format them all again and start from scratch.
diggrd
2006-02-12, 08:29 AM
The dirty bit for that drive for some reason is not being reset, usually a file is still open when the system shuts down. A FAT32 formatted drive has done this to me before I just reformatted NTFS to stop it. Some program might be accessing the drive, like anti-virus or even a virus. check here for other reasons, http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1046108376
Cornelious Jerome Garcia Oppenheimer
2006-02-12, 01:27 PM
Is it an external drive that it wants to check?
thisistoto
2006-02-12, 04:37 PM
internal. I just formatted it and it seems to be better.


But i sware since i formatted this machine im running into more problems than I did before I formatted it.
thisistoto
2006-02-12, 04:43 PM
And I keep on hearing this clicking drive coming from my PC...... :wtf:
TheMamba
2006-02-12, 06:00 PM
And I keep on hearing this clicking drive coming from my PC...... :wtf:


That, my friend, coupled with what you were originally asking about, leads me to believe that your drive has officially shit the bed.
thisistoto
2006-02-12, 08:04 PM
That, my friend, coupled with what you were originally asking about, leads me to believe that your drive has officially shit the bed.


Shit.
TheMamba
2006-02-12, 08:12 PM
What's happening is the reader is actually hitting the disc platter.

Think of it like a turntable with a vinyl record...

The reader is the needle and it sits on an arm that is springloaded to stay OFF the platter by some distance. When that spring wears out over time, the readers will drop onto the platter. Then when the platter is spinning, the reader basically bounces off and on the platter repeatedly. That's the clicking sound you're hearing.
thisistoto
2006-02-12, 08:27 PM
So is this a good excuse just to buy a Dual G5 with a 30" Cinema Display?


Cuz I mean, one of my hard drives is dieing.....
thisistoto
2006-02-12, 08:28 PM
BTW thanks for the help Mamba
lostboy
2006-02-12, 08:34 PM
So is this a good excuse just to be a Dual G5 with a 30" Cinema Display?


Cuz I mean, one of my hard drives is dieing.....
Sounds like a great reason, go for it!!
thisistoto
2006-02-12, 10:21 PM
Another quick ?

Is there a way to get the music from my iPod back onto my HD without having to buy that one program?