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More info?)
You may be just plain unlucky.. I had to replace a drive, and did so with a
new one that failed.. drives tend to run quite hot, some more so than
others, so the addition of extra case fans might be an idea..
Before replacing the motherboard, download the Seagate diagnostic program
from their site.. run the tests on the drive (they will probably tell you
that all is well).. as you appear to be quite adept at reloading the OS,
consider doing a low level format on the drive and starting over.. I had
(have) two Maxtor drives that have become infinitely more stable since doing
this.. it may be that the program calls it 'writing 0's to the drive..
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:291201c47077$ae362660$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi John,
>
> This is what happened to original HD: for about 2-4
> weeks, computer was acting very slow and through various
> means, I could not diagnose the problem. Then one day,
> windows refused to open so i ran the restore disks that
> came w/ the system. I told it to only restore "c" and it
> worked just fine until it got to 13% complete. I thought
> the disk was scratched and tried to repair it but it
> wouldn't go past 13%. Then slowly it wouldn't go that
> far. Soon it was telling me the disks needed partitioned
> but the restore disks wouldn't perform that funtion
> either. I tried to install Windows XP from CD-rom...a few
> times. It either told me there was no hard disk or got
> stuck during install, saying it couldn't go farther and
> computer would restart when i pushed "OK". Soon...the
> same day, upon starting the computer i would get a
> message saying SMART had detected an error and a hard
> disk failure was immenent...I should back up my files
> (after the horses left through the open barn door) and
> purchase a new hard drive. After recieving this good
> news we only tried to fix it 3 or 4 more times before
> abandonning it so hopefully we might recover files
> off "D" drive which I haven't tried yet. That HD was
> completely removed from the computer. I installed new
> HD, ran restore disks, and it worked like a champ! Until
> the other day, now its slow again even though I restored
> through windows restore to earlier days about 3 times. If
> it is the motherboard will you please DETAIL what has to
> be purchased and how to fix it. I think I could do it if
> the motherboard has mounting screws i can undo. I
> installed our DVD-RW and our new HD by myself, so maybe
> I'm savvy enough I hope. Also, if that is my problem,
> are my HDs ruined? Thanks so much for all your help.
>
> Rhonda
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Rhonda,
> >
> >Could you please repost the old post. Thanks.
> >
> >John
> ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:1f9901c46fda$966176e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hi John,
> >> Thanks for the reply. I have done every thing you
> >> suggested with nothing indicated wrong. Please read my
> >> post on 7-15 at 1:04pm as it has more info about my
> other
> >> HD crash and let me know if this still sounds like a
> >> motherboard problem & if so how I fix it. Thanks
> again!
> >> Rhonda
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>Hi Rhonda,
> >>>
> >>>Please do a scan disk and disk fragmentation. Also,
> >> please visit the
> >>>Seagate site at
> http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/
> >> and run Seatools
> >>>Online. For virus scan, please visit
> >>>http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_frame.as
> p
> >> or
> >>>http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_
> pr
> >> incipal.htm
> >>>(Pandasoftware's site is sometimes down though)..the
> >> online scanners will
> >>>scan your computer with the latest virus signatures.
> >>>
> >>>I have a nagging suspicious that your HDD maybe okay,
> >> but the HDD controller
> >>>on the Vaio motherboard may be shot.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>
> >>>John J
> >>>
> >>>"Rhonda" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message
> >>>news:1abe01c46f97$74203870$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >>>> My sony vaio is appx 2 yrs old. About 4-6 weeks ago,
> >> the
> >>>> hard drive crashed. it was a maxtor 80 gig. I
> replaced
> >> it
> >>>> with a Seagate 80 gig. Until today, its worked great.
> >>>> Suddenly its acting like the other HD did before it
> >>>> crashed. Programs open very slow, some dont respond
> at
> >>>> all. I ran a virus scan w/ PC cillan with no viruses
> >>>> reported. I also scanned for worms at the MS site.
> >>>> AOL "check my computer" found nothing. PLEASE help
> fast
> >>>> before this HD crashes too!!! Thanks! Rhonda I run
> >> XP.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>.
> >>>
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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