Hard drive doesnt seem to commit some changes

[thefunkeymonkey]

My newest hard drive (Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM), doesnt seem to commit some changes. For example, If i select a range of rar files and delete them, they still appear within that directory and do not appear in the recycle bin. However after a reboot, the files have been removed from the directory and have been sent to the recycle bin.

I am running it on Sata I, I wouldn't think that would make any difference apart from the transfer rate. Not sure if its related (my os is on another drive) but explorer.exe keeps crashing, Ive tried to run a system scan with avg and was warned about a partition table (MBR) change.

Time to RMA it or is there an explanation?

 

[dokk2]

Where is your recycle bin located ,or is it system wide?? don't use recycle myself ,,delete is delete,,waste of space keeping old junk around..
checked you recycle bin settings??
having os on another hdd is a none issue
right click on the hdd do properties and do the file and surface check
And dnld the manufactures software check the drive with same....???

 

[Hawkeye22]

That issue has nothing to do with the hard drive. The OS tells the drive when to commit changes. Have you tried hitting F5 to refresh explorer, or closing the file explorer and re-opening it?

 

[thefunkeymonkey]

Cheers for the replies. I set my usenet client to download to another hdd, and exactly the same thing happened. Closing and re-opening the file explorer just locked up explorer (was using 99% of resources). However hitting F5 did refresh the directory. So its not my new drive that's the issue, its explorer.exe eating up 99% of the cpu that's the problem.

It doesn't do it all the time, only when I'm navigating folders or downloading.

 

[thefunkeymonkey]

running sfc /scannow sorted it.

 

[ZOldDude]

running sfc /scannow sorted it.

Your problem is software not the HD.

 

[thefunkeymonkey]

aye m8. Problems back again now, think its just going to have to be a good ole format. Going to ghost it this time though, fed up of doing it.