Files corrupting periodically

Hiroz · 09-27-2009, 12:37 AM

Hi, my computer files keep getting corrupted randomly. I got this problem ever since I bought my desktop computer but since it mostly affected one of my online games I didn't make a big deal out of it. But now I has been getting worse like some of my programs like matlab and office stop working because some random file gets corrupted and i have to reinstall all them again.
Lets say I install heavy game like world of warcraft from scratch free original discs, randomly the installation will be canceled because some file was corrupted in the process. Same goes with some heavy programs like Matlab.
Also periodically, like every 4-5 days, If i run chckdsk i will get a lot of orphan files and corrupted data like this:

Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.

A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x3 is cross linked
starting at 0x16fed30 for possibly 0x7 clusters.
Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x3 is cross linked
starting at 0x16fed30 for possibly 0x7 clusters.
Some clusters occupied by attribute of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x3
in file 0x5924 is already in use.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, "")
from file record segment 22820.
Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 is cross linked
starting at 0x1490ca6 for possibly 0x9bf clusters.
Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 is cross linked
starting at 0x1490ca6 for possibly 0x9bf clusters.
Some clusters occupied by attribute of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4
in file 0x6ba8 is already in use.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, "")
from file record segment 27560.
Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 is cross linked
starting at 0x13f1430 for possibly 0x5 clusters.
Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 is cross linked
starting at 0x13f1430 for possibly 0x5 clusters.
Some clusters occupied by attribute of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4
in file 0x7ceb is already in use.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, "")
from file record segment 31979.
Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 is cross linked
starting at 0x8e003 for possibly 0x260 clusters.
Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 is cross linked
starting at 0x8e003 for possibly 0x260 clusters.
Some clusters occupied by attribute of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4
in file 0xf5d4 is already in use.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, "")
from file record segment 62932.
Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.
Cleaning up 6 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 6 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 6 unused security descriptors.
Inserting data attribute into file 22820.
Inserting data attribute into file 27560.
Inserting data attribute into file 31979.
Inserting data attribute into file 62932.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the volume bitmap.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.

156280288 KB total disk space.
29055176 KB in 51737 files.
16184 KB in 5210 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
138096 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
127070832 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
39070072 total allocation units on disk.
31767708 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
90 00 01 00 82 de 00 00 7e 2c 01 00 00 00 00 00 ........~,......
0a 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 c5 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 b4 c4 04 00 00 00 00 5a 89 bb 29 00 00 00 00 ........Z..)....
e6 f6 70 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..p.............
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9c db 72 3d 00 00 00 00 ..........r=....
b0 52 fc 6e 00 00 00 00 e0 3c 07 00 19 ca 00 00 .R.n.....<......
00 00 00 00 00 20 63 ed 06 00 00 00 5a 14 00 00 ..... c.....Z...

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.

The files that get corrupted are random. This week was one of my games, last week was a file from office excel, and the other time it was a torrent file. So my first thought was HD or ram problem.

What I have tried:
-Memtest 86+ for 20 hours, no ram errors
-My HD is a WD1600JB Western Digital, got the updated diagnostic tool and ran many tests also done many chckdsks and all clear
-Clean install of windows, no virus/spywares etc etc.
-All bios/devices drivers are updated, all windows updates applied.

COMPUTER SPECS:
Processor(s)
Number of processors 1
Number of cores 2 per processor
Number of threads 2 per processor
Name Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Code Name Conroe
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz
Package Socket 775 LGA
Family/Model/Stepping 6.F.2
Extended Family/Model 6.F
Core Stepping L2
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 1596.0 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed 6.0 x 266.0 MHz
Rated Bus speed 1064.0 MHz
Stock frequency 1866 MHz
Instruction sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache (per processor) 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache (per processor) 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache (per processor) 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Chipset & Memory
Northbridge VIA P4M890 rev. 00
Southbridge VIA VT8237A rev. 00
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Ram 1 Stick only
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 1024 MBytes
Memory Frequency 266.0 MHz (1:1)
DRAM Interleave 4-way
CAS# Latency (tCL) 4.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# (tRCD) 4 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 4 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 12 clocks
Command Rate (CR) 2T

Mainboard Vendor ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Mainboard Model P5VD2-MX
BIOS Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Version ASUS P5VD2-MX ACPI BIOS Revision 1017
BIOS Date 04/30/2007
Memory SPD
Module 1 DDR2, PC2-5300 (333 MHz), 1024 MBytes, unknown brand
Software
Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c

I'm not sure what is wrong with this I have tried and researched everything possible, I'm ok with replacing parts but first I need to know which part is faulty since I have tested all the parts related to memory and found no problems. I have to add too that my PSU is 300 W only not sure if that affects my computer. But thanks in advance if you can shed some light here.

Regards.

dai · 09-27-2009, 01:49 AM

upgrade the psu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...corsair%2b550w

Hiroz · 09-27-2009, 03:13 AM

I dont think its the psu because some computers run with 300w psus and with more devices than my computer has and they dont have memory problems or corrupted files.
But if that is the only think you can suggest then i will give it a shot.

dai · 09-27-2009, 04:31 AM

you have a pcie system the min i use for pcie is a quality 550w

continual corruptions point to insufficient power

**greenbrucelee** · 09-27-2009, 06:31 AM

I agree with dai strange continuous corruptions point to a power supply issue.

Hiroz · 09-27-2009, 07:43 AM

Thanks for the quick replies, going to buy a new psu and keep you guys updated.

FlashMyBIOS · 09-29-2009, 05:22 PM

I recently repaired a PC that had a failing PSU and it damaged the hard drive over time.
started at first with your exact issue and eventually BSOD at boot.

Hiroz · 10-01-2009, 06:57 PM

Great news I changed my old psu to a 550w psu and im still getting random corrupted files help please.

dai · 10-01-2009, 08:32 PM

run

chkdsk /r

the power could have caused corruption of the file system

FlashMyBIOS · 10-02-2009, 04:36 AM

Ya the old psu could have already messed things up on that drive.
hopefully not.

09-27-2009, 12:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Hiroz Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp sp3	Files corrupting periodically Hi, my computer files keep getting corrupted randomly. I got this problem ever since I bought my desktop computer but since it mostly affected one of my online games I didn't make a big deal out of it. But now I has been getting worse like some of my programs like matlab and office stop working because some random file gets corrupted and i have to reinstall all them again. Lets say I install heavy game like world of warcraft from scratch free original discs, randomly the installation will be canceled because some file was corrupted in the process. Same goes with some heavy programs like Matlab. Also periodically, like every 4-5 days, If i run chckdsk i will get a lot of orphan files and corrupted data like this: Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS. A disk check has been scheduled. Windows will now check the disk. Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x3 is cross linked starting at 0x16fed30 for possibly 0x7 clusters. Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x3 is cross linked starting at 0x16fed30 for possibly 0x7 clusters. Some clusters occupied by attribute of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x3 in file 0x5924 is already in use. Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, "") from file record segment 22820. Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 is cross linked starting at 0x1490ca6 for possibly 0x9bf clusters. Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 is cross linked starting at 0x1490ca6 for possibly 0x9bf clusters. Some clusters occupied by attribute of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 in file 0x6ba8 is already in use. Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, "") from file record segment 27560. Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 is cross linked starting at 0x13f1430 for possibly 0x5 clusters. Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 is cross linked starting at 0x13f1430 for possibly 0x5 clusters. Some clusters occupied by attribute of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 in file 0x7ceb is already in use. Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, "") from file record segment 31979. Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 is cross linked starting at 0x8e003 for possibly 0x260 clusters. Attribute record of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 is cross linked starting at 0x8e003 for possibly 0x260 clusters. Some clusters occupied by attribute of type 0x80 and instance tag 0x4 in file 0xf5d4 is already in use. Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, "") from file record segment 62932. Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive. Cleaning up 6 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9. Cleaning up 6 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9. Cleaning up 6 unused security descriptors. Inserting data attribute into file 22820. Inserting data attribute into file 27560. Inserting data attribute into file 31979. Inserting data attribute into file 62932. CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the volume bitmap. Windows has made corrections to the file system. 156280288 KB total disk space. 29055176 KB in 51737 files. 16184 KB in 5210 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 138096 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 127070832 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 39070072 total allocation units on disk. 31767708 allocation units available on disk. Internal Info: 90 00 01 00 82 de 00 00 7e 2c 01 00 00 00 00 00 ........~,...... 0a 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 c5 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 b4 c4 04 00 00 00 00 5a 89 bb 29 00 00 00 00 ........Z..).... e6 f6 70 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..p............. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9c db 72 3d 00 00 00 00 ..........r=.... b0 52 fc 6e 00 00 00 00 e0 3c 07 00 19 ca 00 00 .R.n.....<...... 00 00 00 00 00 20 63 ed 06 00 00 00 5a 14 00 00 ..... c.....Z... Windows has finished checking your disk. Please wait while your computer restarts. The files that get corrupted are random. This week was one of my games, last week was a file from office excel, and the other time it was a torrent file. So my first thought was HD or ram problem. What I have tried: -Memtest 86+ for 20 hours, no ram errors -My HD is a WD1600JB Western Digital, got the updated diagnostic tool and ran many tests also done many chckdsks and all clear -Clean install of windows, no virus/spywares etc etc. -All bios/devices drivers are updated, all windows updates applied. COMPUTER SPECS: Processor(s) Number of processors 1 Number of cores 2 per processor Number of threads 2 per processor Name Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Code Name Conroe Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz Package Socket 775 LGA Family/Model/Stepping 6.F.2 Extended Family/Model 6.F Core Stepping L2 Technology 65 nm Core Speed 1596.0 MHz Multiplier x Bus speed 6.0 x 266.0 MHz Rated Bus speed 1064.0 MHz Stock frequency 1866 MHz Instruction sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T L1 Data cache (per processor) 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L1 Instruction cache (per processor) 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L2 cache (per processor) 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size Chipset & Memory Northbridge VIA P4M890 rev. 00 Southbridge VIA VT8237A rev. 00 Graphic Interface PCI-Express PCI-E Link Width x16 PCI-E Max Link Width x16 Ram 1 Stick only Memory Type DDR2 Memory Size 1024 MBytes Memory Frequency 266.0 MHz (1:1) DRAM Interleave 4-way CAS# Latency (tCL) 4.0 clocks RAS# to CAS# (tRCD) 4 clocks RAS# Precharge (tRP) 4 clocks Cycle Time (tRAS) 12 clocks Command Rate (CR) 2T Mainboard Vendor ASUSTeK Computer INC. Mainboard Model P5VD2-MX BIOS Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD BIOS Version ASUS P5VD2-MX ACPI BIOS Revision 1017 BIOS Date 04/30/2007 Memory SPD Module 1 DDR2, PC2-5300 (333 MHz), 1024 MBytes, unknown brand Software Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (Build 2600) DirectX Version 9.0c I'm not sure what is wrong with this I have tried and researched everything possible, I'm ok with replacing parts but first I need to know which part is faulty since I have tested all the parts related to memory and found no problems. I have to add too that my PSU is 300 W only not sure if that affects my computer. But thanks in advance if you can shed some light here. Regards. Last edited by Hiroz; 09-27-2009 at 12:38 AM.

09-27-2009, 01:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,569 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Files corrupting periodically upgrade the psu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...corsair%2b550w __________________ Last edited by dai; 09-27-2009 at 01:51 AM.

09-27-2009, 03:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
Hiroz Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp sp3	Re: Files corrupting periodically I dont think its the psu because some computers run with 300w psus and with more devices than my computer has and they dont have memory problems or corrupted files. But if that is the only think you can suggest then i will give it a shot.

09-27-2009, 04:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,569 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Files corrupting periodically you have a pcie system the min i use for pcie is a quality 550w continual corruptions point to insufficient power __________________

09-27-2009, 06:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
greenbrucelee Mentor Hardware team Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,829 OS: XP SP3 My System	Re: Files corrupting periodically I agree with dai strange continuous corruptions point to a power supply issue. __________________ Microsoft certified professional, Network +, A+ certified

09-27-2009, 07:43 AM	#6 (permalink)
Hiroz Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp sp3	Re: Files corrupting periodically Thanks for the quick replies, going to buy a new psu and keep you guys updated.

09-29-2009, 05:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
FlashMyBIOS Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: OH Posts: 89 OS: Vista 64 sp2 My System	Re: Files corrupting periodically I recently repaired a PC that had a failing PSU and it damaged the hard drive over time. started at first with your exact issue and eventually BSOD at boot.

10-01-2009, 06:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
Hiroz Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp sp3	Re: Files corrupting periodically Great news I changed my old psu to a 550w psu and im still getting random corrupted files help please.

10-01-2009, 08:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,569 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Files corrupting periodically run chkdsk /r the power could have caused corruption of the file system __________________

10-02-2009, 04:36 AM	#10 (permalink)
FlashMyBIOS Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: OH Posts: 89 OS: Vista 64 sp2 My System	Re: Files corrupting periodically Ya the old psu could have already messed things up on that drive. hopefully not. __________________ I do not have OCD I have CDO, Its like OCD but in Alphabetical order AS IT SHOULD BE!