hi all, well i keep getting a message saying that c: is corrupt and to run the checkdisk utility, then eveything on c driv disapears and most of my icons disapear as well, this has been happening for about 1 week now, i run the check disk and then everything is ok for a day sometimes the problem happens soon affter, anywho i have run NAV04 with the latest updates, ran adaware, spybot search and destroy, and all came up with nothing.

i have got Windows XP SP2 umm not really sure what to do can someone please help.

also using Linux wont fix my problem so dont try to be smart asses for those thinking about saying that.

also i was going to post a pic but cant get into anything :(

virus?

anywho i have run NAV04 with the latest updates

my bad

any ideas anyone?

Reformat?

i did a format like 1 month ago...i want to leave that as a last resort.

also FireFox wont load anymore

same sort of thing happened to me, but not on my dose drive..

except the files were there, i just couldnt access them, or copy them, so i did a drive scan.etc, kept failing, format (lost 150~gb of stuff).. still wouldnt work

so i took it back on warrenty, and i get to go pickup my brand new replacment tommorrow

just getting at, maybe your drive is buggered, bad sectors.etc.. do a full surface scan by getting the software off the manufactors site and see how it results

yeah thats what i was thinking as well, but i downloaded the Western Digital Diag tool and ran that passed all the tests, i didnt run the "write 1's and 0's" test

damn edit button....

also i have got a fan attached to the bottum of the drive been there for about 4~5 months....think that could be causing the problem?

mine was a western digital aswell

anything is possible, try removing it and see what happens, possible short or somthing

yeah i will im gonna disconect the fan and see how it goes, one thing im worried about is mabey the fan has damaged my HDD in wich case ill have to get a new one :S i really ope its still under warrentee

wd should have 3 years warranty, how old is urs?

about 3

yeah thats what i was thinking as well, but i downloaded the Western Digital Diag tool and ran that passed all the tests, i didnt run the "write 1's and 0's" test
yeah my IBM drive is like that, it won't hold an installation, makes funny clicky noises, yet it passes the drive fitness test program. I'd say the drive is about to die, back your stuff up if at all possible, maybe put it someone elses computer.

^^^ will do thanks...have already backed everything up...thank god i got a DVD burner :) but yeah gonna let it run for a bit longer if i keep geting these errors just gonna get a new one

i had a similar problem using a linux distro, everything i downloaded and saved to the local drive was corrupt. so i installed xp, and the same thing happens. i can however download stuff on that machine and save it to a network drive without it corrupting. i imagine its the local drive itself probably dieing. i put in some brand new cables and put the dvd drive on the other ide and repartioned and formatted to see if there was any difference, but it still does the same thing.
might be time to get a new hdd.