Uh-Oh, my HD is failing :-( - DPChallenge Forums

Olympus 12-45mm f/4.0 Pro

07/20/2006 01:38:16 PM · #1

Hard... drive... failing... must... ghost... recover... ugh... hourglasses... progress... bars... slit... my... wrists... feeling... faint... must... roll... naked... on... floor...

hopper

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM

07/20/2006 01:38:58 PM · #2

naked?

OdysseyF22

Panasonic DC-G9

07/20/2006 01:40:11 PM · #3

If you do, we'll take your word on it. No need for pictures ;-)

sabphoto

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

07/20/2006 01:43:01 PM · #4

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Hard... drive... failing... must... ghost... recover... ugh... hourglasses... progress... bars... slit... my... wrists... feeling... faint... must... roll... naked... on... floor...

You are talking about your computer's "hard drive" aren't you? Just curious about the rolling on the floor naked thing.

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

07/20/2006 01:49:02 PM · #5

Failing in what kind of way? Crunchy Noises or Lots of activity and slowing?

Win9x/WinXP:

Start > My Computer > Right-Click on your disk > Choose Properties > Tools tab > Check Now... button > Select both Check Boxes > Start...

It will tell you that it can't perform the action and ask if you would like to schedule checkdisk at the next reboot... Select Yes

Reboot

It will go through a low level check before launching Windows that will fix indexes and mark bad blocks as unusable etc. Depending on the Size of your disk and problems encountered this could take from 20 minutes to an hour.

FocusPoint

XIAOMI Redmi Note 8 Pro

07/20/2006 01:50:34 PM · #6

That supposed to be...

Uh-Oh, my HD is faili......

07/20/2006 01:53:22 PM · #7

Luckily it's my work PC, which I keep fairly religiuosly backed up, so it's just a bummer. I'll have a new hd duplicated shortly. The failing drive has the C partition on it, pfft.

I hope I'm right & it's the hd failing, rather than some esoteric software problem. But hey, I'm never wrong. [ Still waiting for DPC to fix that router ;-) ]

I should probably do a backup of my laptop sometime.

07/20/2006 01:54:24 PM · #8

Originally posted by focuspoint:

That supposed to be...

Uh-Oh, my HD is faili......

hehe, I've got another PC running right behind me.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

07/20/2006 01:55:45 PM · #9

Originally posted by awpollard:

Thanks, done that a few times already. I get more concerned when it decides to chkdsk on its own after reboots. :-)

_eug

Nikon D50

07/20/2006 01:59:56 PM · #10

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Luckily it's my work PC, which I keep fairly religiuosly backed up, so it's just a bummer. I'll have a new hd duplicated shortly. The failing drive has the C partition on it, pfft.

So you're now telling us that you are rolling around on the floor naked AT WORK?

Anyoneone thinking what I'm thnking? (Blackmail photos... Woohoo!)

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF for Pentax

07/20/2006 02:15:09 PM · #11

Originally posted by _eug:

Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Luckily it's my work PC, which I keep fairly religiuosly backed up, so it's just a bummer. I'll have a new hd duplicated shortly. The failing drive has the C partition on it, pfft.

So you're now telling us that you are rolling around on the floor naked AT WORK?

Anyoneone thinking what I'm thnking? (Blackmail photos... Woohoo!)

Isn't that a normal part of everyone's workday?

Nobody

Pentax K-S2

07/20/2006 02:15:17 PM · #12

Originally posted by focuspoint:

That supposed to be...

Uh-Oh, my HD is faili......

Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer do!
I'm half crazy,
All for the love of you!
It won't be a stylish marriage,
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle made for two.

(for all you 2001 / Kubrick fans out there)..

_eug

Nikon D50

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

07/20/2006 02:26:33 PM · #13

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Originally posted by _eug:
So you're now telling us that you are rolling around on the floor naked AT WORK? Anyone thinking what I'm thnking? (Blackmail photos... Woohoo!)

Isn't that a normal part of everyone's workday?

"rolling around on the floor naked" or "blackmail"?

puzzled

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/20/2006 03:44:20 PM · #14

You know, it might not be the hard drive at all. Have you checked the router?

07/20/2006 08:23:34 PM · #15

Originally posted by puzzled:

You know, it might not be the hard drive at all. Have you checked the router?

LOL! Of course, the router is always the first thing I check. In fact, the refridgerator stopped working the other day. I fixed it by rebooting the router. :-P

07/20/2006 08:26:17 PM · #16

Note to self:

After imaging a new hard drive for a store-bought PC, it may not boot because the freaks put an extra, hidden system partition on their hard drive to save money printing CDs. So you have to edit the boot.ini to boot from partition 1, not 2 as the freaks made it. Grrrr.