Problem with hard drive; I/O Error?

ZackZ · 11-13-2007, 02:18 PM

Ok, I just got an old HP Pavilion 8670C, Pentium 3, unknown RAM, 30GB Hard Drive, Dvd Drive, and a CD-R/CD-RW drive. I formatted the hard drive then tried to install Windows XP. It transfers the setup files, restarts then goes back to the setup, where it says some files are missing. I click Ok until it comes up with an error saying that setup cannot continue. So I look at the log and I see some I/O error. I thought maybe it was my XP disk, so I tried my Ubuntu Linux disk. During startup I get these two errors "huh? expected NULL handler on exit" and "Buffer I/O error on device hdd, logical block 357566"

Is it my hard drive? Do I have to replace it or is there a fix for this problem?

hansoy · 11-13-2007, 03:02 PM

hi ZackZ,

was it working b4 you reformated? if so y not try a low level format. findout the hd's manufacturer and download the dos utility that does a lowlevel formating.

11-13-2007, 02:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
ZackZ Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 12 OS: Windows XP Home SP2	Problem with hard drive; I/O Error? Ok, I just got an old HP Pavilion 8670C, Pentium 3, unknown RAM, 30GB Hard Drive, Dvd Drive, and a CD-R/CD-RW drive. I formatted the hard drive then tried to install Windows XP. It transfers the setup files, restarts then goes back to the setup, where it says some files are missing. I click Ok until it comes up with an error saying that setup cannot continue. So I look at the log and I see some I/O error. I thought maybe it was my XP disk, so I tried my Ubuntu Linux disk. During startup I get these two errors "huh? expected NULL handler on exit" and "Buffer I/O error on device hdd, logical block 357566" Is it my hard drive? Do I have to replace it or is there a fix for this problem?

11-13-2007, 03:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
hansoy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 8 OS: XP, VISTA, WINDOWS 2003	Re: Problem with hard drive; I/O Error? hi ZackZ, was it working b4 you reformated? if so y not try a low level format. findout the hd's manufacturer and download the dos utility that does a lowlevel formating.