problem with my external hard drive...i think
Started by
Pepper Jack
, Feb 15 2010 08:28 AM
#76
Posted 22 February 2010 - 11:40 AM
#77
Posted 22 February 2010 - 11:46 AM
only about 1.2gb that time but i couldn't even get away with that. i've had enough, i just wish this thing would end i'm sick to death of it. gonna run the chkdsk now and pray that it's not just more wasted time
#78
Posted 22 February 2010 - 11:48 AM
I realize it's frustrating but if I can offer a alternate approach to this. A Linux live CD would allow you to copy the data all over to your external without needing the windows explorer or even windows to do it. I'm not sure if we have tried this but i can give you the instructions if you would like to get this completed.
#79
Posted 22 February 2010 - 11:52 AM
copying the data doesn't really matter to me, it's the problem in general that i really wanna get solved. copying data is just a secondary problem related to the main one, i can wait to copy the stuff over but i wanna try and get the full problem dealt with asap because i dunno how much more i can take before i just smash up the computer lol
#80
Posted 22 February 2010 - 11:59 AM
i just tried the chkdsk /r command and i think it wants to run the chkdsk on the internet hard drive, how do i make it run on the external?
#81
Posted 22 February 2010 - 12:00 PM
oK it's just odd that it only happens when the external is hooked to it.
That in itself tells me there is a problem either with USB connection or external itself.
Lets look at the events again and see what is happening.
Either:
That in itself tells me there is a problem either with USB connection or external itself.
Lets look at the events again and see what is happening.
- Please download the Event Viewer Tool by Vino Rosso VEW and save it to your Desktop:
- Double-click VEW.exe
- Under 'Select log to query', select (as appropriate):
- Application
- System
- Under 'Select type to list', select (as appropriate):
- Error
- Information
- Warning
Either:
- Click the radio button for 'Number of events'
Type 3 in the 1 to 20 box (or any number from 1 to 20)
Then click the Run button.
Notepad will open with the output log.
- Click the radio button for 'Date of events'
In the From: boxes type today's date (presuming the crash happened today) 13 07 2009
In the To: boxes type today's date (presuming the crash happened today) 13 07 2009
Then click the Run button.
Notepad will open with the output log.
#82
Posted 22 February 2010 - 12:10 PM
i tried that before, i think you mentioned it on the first page, when i clicked 'run' it just kinda crashed, just did the same again
#83
Posted 22 February 2010 - 12:20 PM
ok then lets use the internal one Vista has already.
Please follow the steps below to enter the Event Viewer program in Vista. This will give me more information into what is causing your issue. You can get to Event viewer two ways and I will post both for you.
Method One
Go to
Start
In the Search box type in Event Viewer in the search box and press Enter
From this point you can follow from step four from the below method as they will be the same.
Method Two
Go to Start
Right click on the Computer Icon and select Manage
Navigate to the Event Viewer, You will be prompted to accept the action you are going to perform. Click continue
On the left window pane click on Local and then expand the Windows entry. This will allow you to see every error for the past 24 hours as well as the last 7 days in the right window pane.
Look for the ones that correspond to the times that your issue occurred.
If any are found please double click and expand the error. This will open and give you more information on the error.
Please include that in your next reply.
Please follow the steps below to enter the Event Viewer program in Vista. This will give me more information into what is causing your issue. You can get to Event viewer two ways and I will post both for you.
Method One
Go to
Start
In the Search box type in Event Viewer in the search box and press Enter
From this point you can follow from step four from the below method as they will be the same.
Method Two
Go to Start
Right click on the Computer Icon and select Manage
Navigate to the Event Viewer, You will be prompted to accept the action you are going to perform. Click continue
On the left window pane click on Local and then expand the Windows entry. This will allow you to see every error for the past 24 hours as well as the last 7 days in the right window pane.
Look for the ones that correspond to the times that your issue occurred.
If any are found please double click and expand the error. This will open and give you more information on the error.
Please include that in your next reply.
#84
Posted 22 February 2010 - 12:28 PM
i'm using windows 7 but i followed the instructions the best i could, there are a ton of errors, like hundreds of them and i have no idea when the problem started, all i know is it's been going on for about 2 weeks maybe
do you think i should just run the chkdsk /r for now until it comes back with no errors? i have no idea how to select which drive it should check though, i think it's gonna go to the internal one by default
do you think i should just run the chkdsk /r for now until it comes back with no errors? i have no idea how to select which drive it should check though, i think it's gonna go to the internal one by default
#85
Posted 22 February 2010 - 12:40 PM
or better yet, since i won't be using the external at all would it be ok to run the chkdsk in windows through the properties menu?
#86
Posted 22 February 2010 - 12:54 PM
I don't need all the events just the last 2 or 3 and hopefully they will be the same time as the crash.
To run chckdsk on a particular drive you would put chkdsk /d /r
I believe that is the correct format and if D is the external. Put the correct drive letter there if not.
To run chckdsk on a particular drive you would put chkdsk /d /r
I believe that is the correct format and if D is the external. Put the correct drive letter there if not.
#87
Posted 22 February 2010 - 01:02 PM
i'm not sure if i'm doing this right but i clicked on applications and i'm gathering info from the closest error to the last crash. i hope i'm giving the correct info here, let me know if it's wrong
- System
- Provider
[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-WMI
[ Guid] {1edeee53-0afe-4609-b846-d8c0b2075b1f}
[ EventSourceName] WinMgmt
- EventID 10
[ Qualifiers] 49152
Version 0
Level 2
Task 0
Opcode 0
Keywords 0x80000000000000
- TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2010-02-22T17:42:15.000000000Z
EventRecordID 5550
Correlation
- Execution
[ ProcessID] 0
[ ThreadID] 0
Channel Application
Computer Alex-PC
Security
- EventData
//./root/CIMV2
SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99
0x80041003
- System
- Provider
[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-WMI
[ Guid] {1edeee53-0afe-4609-b846-d8c0b2075b1f}
[ EventSourceName] WinMgmt
- EventID 10
[ Qualifiers] 49152
Version 0
Level 2
Task 0
Opcode 0
Keywords 0x80000000000000
- TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2010-02-22T17:42:15.000000000Z
EventRecordID 5550
Correlation
- Execution
[ ProcessID] 0
[ ThreadID] 0
Channel Application
Computer Alex-PC
Security
- EventData
//./root/CIMV2
SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99
0x80041003
#88
Posted 22 February 2010 - 01:08 PM
OK go ahead and run the chkdsk on the external and lets see what it shows.
#89
Posted 22 February 2010 - 01:08 PM
since i'm not using the external can i run it with windows running? or does it have to be in dos?
#90
Posted 22 February 2010 - 01:40 PM
I doubt it will run in windows unless you do the error checking from the properties on the hd itself
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