daemon-possessed IBM 30GB HD

tjorissomak · 06-18-2005, 01:13 PM

cheers from a first timer!

problem: yesterday i was working in photoshop and jasc paint (trial version) when i tried to access a jpg file. the hard drive churned and churned and churned until i received a message similar to this: disk error 1 - ...this problem is irrepairable. i click on QUIT button and im returned to my work session. i attempt to access another file and get the same response. this time the hard drive won't stop its churning. because i have a slow pc (350mhz - don't laugh, it was free) i figured it was just pulling up the info. but after about five minutes, i tried to access task manager. nada. i try again. nada. so i shut down and reboot. the gateway info screen smiles at me (i don't recall if it beeped its acceptance or not) and then im greeted with by the windows xp screen. the screen goes blank and i position myself to login. however, a considerable portion of my life dissolves when i hear the hard drive doing that same repetitive churning. i wait to see what will happen, but after a few minutes i panic and shut down. i try again. same thing. again. same.

i am effectively locked out of my own system because the hard drive keeps going over a sector of the disk. rebooting offers me a chance to login in safe mode, but even thats hampered by the hard drive's search for its missing love or something.

this pc isnt online, but i do a lot of pulling files from the net and storing them on this pc. could this sudden death of me be a virus? or software problem? or hard drive screw up?

im considering piggy-backing the HD to another pc and running norton on it. smart?

please help restore my youth!

dai · 06-18-2005, 01:26 PM

d/l and run the h/d manufacturers diognostic utility on the h/d

**linderman** · 06-19-2005, 06:58 AM

Back-up Back-up Back-up & NO that dont mean Reverse!

post back with the results of your IBM diagnostic test / maybe you will be able to retrieve some data depending on what it states

regards

joe

06-18-2005, 01:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
tjorissomak Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1 OS: winxp	daemon-possessed IBM 30GB HD cheers from a first timer! problem: yesterday i was working in photoshop and jasc paint (trial version) when i tried to access a jpg file. the hard drive churned and churned and churned until i received a message similar to this: disk error 1 - ...this problem is irrepairable. i click on QUIT button and im returned to my work session. i attempt to access another file and get the same response. this time the hard drive won't stop its churning. because i have a slow pc (350mhz - don't laugh, it was free) i figured it was just pulling up the info. but after about five minutes, i tried to access task manager. nada. i try again. nada. so i shut down and reboot. the gateway info screen smiles at me (i don't recall if it beeped its acceptance or not) and then im greeted with by the windows xp screen. the screen goes blank and i position myself to login. however, a considerable portion of my life dissolves when i hear the hard drive doing that same repetitive churning. i wait to see what will happen, but after a few minutes i panic and shut down. i try again. same thing. again. same. i am effectively locked out of my own system because the hard drive keeps going over a sector of the disk. rebooting offers me a chance to login in safe mode, but even thats hampered by the hard drive's search for its missing love or something. this pc isnt online, but i do a lot of pulling files from the net and storing them on this pc. could this sudden death of me be a virus? or software problem? or hard drive screw up? im considering piggy-backing the HD to another pc and running norton on it. smart? please help restore my youth!

06-18-2005, 01:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,597 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	d/l and run the h/d manufacturers diognostic utility on the h/d __________________

06-19-2005, 06:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,437 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Back-up Back-up Back-up & NO that dont mean Reverse! post back with the results of your IBM diagnostic test / maybe you will be able to retrieve some data depending on what it states regards joe __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 06-19-2005 at 07:06 AM.