Hi,

The strangest thing happened last night, I was happily playing
Battlefield 2 on my PC when all of a sudden the computer crashed,
turned off and started to reboot. Upon re boot It gave a message
"System disk error". After playing around for a while I decided to
repair my XP installation.
Finally I finished this process updated XP with all the latest patches
and guess what, when I re booted the same error.
I don't get it if the hard drive was failing I shouldn't be able to
repair windows and re boot after the repair right?
I thinking that its some sort of malicious virus, I have been playing
around with emuleplus although when I do this its always in a sandboxed
environment.
Here is a challenge as the techies at work are even scratching their
heads.
Does anyone have any ideas to what may be causing this problem.

Cheers

First thing to do is run the hard drive mfg's diagnostics and rule out hard
drive failure. No sense troubleshooting software if the drive is bad.

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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> The strangest thing happened last night, I was happily playing
> Battlefield 2 on my PC when all of a sudden the computer crashed,
> turned off and started to reboot. Upon re boot It gave a message
> "System disk error". After playing around for a while I decided to
> repair my XP installation.
> Finally I finished this process updated XP with all the latest patches
> and guess what, when I re booted the same error.
> I don't get it if the hard drive was failing I shouldn't be able to
> repair windows and re boot after the repair right?
> I thinking that its some sort of malicious virus, I have been playing
> around with emuleplus although when I do this its always in a sandboxed
> environment.
> Here is a challenge as the techies at work are even scratching their
> heads.
> Does anyone have any ideas to what may be causing this problem.
>
> Cheers
>

Hi Dave, excuse my ignorance but where can I find this diagnostics
tool?
Dave B. wrote:
> First thing to do is run the hard drive mfg's diagnostics and rule out hard
> drive failure. No sense troubleshooting software if the drive is bad.
>
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> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > The strangest thing happened last night, I was happily playing
> > Battlefield 2 on my PC when all of a sudden the computer crashed,
> > turned off and started to reboot. Upon re boot It gave a message
> > "System disk error". After playing around for a while I decided to
> > repair my XP installation.
> > Finally I finished this process updated XP with all the latest patches
> > and guess what, when I re booted the same error.
> > I don't get it if the hard drive was failing I shouldn't be able to
> > repair windows and re boot after the repair right?
> > I thinking that its some sort of malicious virus, I have been playing
> > around with emuleplus although when I do this its always in a sandboxed
> > environment.
> > Here is a challenge as the techies at work are even scratching their
> > heads.
> > Does anyone have any ideas to what may be causing this problem.
> >
> > Cheers
> >

Ok I found them on the seagate website,

Does anyone have any idea why this error is occuring, just want an
opinion.

Cheers


mattv wrote:
> Hi Dave, excuse my ignorance but where can I find this diagnostics
> tool?
> Dave B. wrote:
> > First thing to do is run the hard drive mfg's diagnostics and rule out hard
> > drive failure. No sense troubleshooting software if the drive is bad.
> >
> > --
> > ----
> > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > The strangest thing happened last night, I was happily playing
> > > Battlefield 2 on my PC when all of a sudden the computer crashed,
> > > turned off and started to reboot. Upon re boot It gave a message
> > > "System disk error". After playing around for a while I decided to
> > > repair my XP installation.
> > > Finally I finished this process updated XP with all the latest patches
> > > and guess what, when I re booted the same error.
> > > I don't get it if the hard drive was failing I shouldn't be able to
> > > repair windows and re boot after the repair right?
> > > I thinking that its some sort of malicious virus, I have been playing
> > > around with emuleplus although when I do this its always in a sandboxed
> > > environment.
> > > Here is a challenge as the techies at work are even scratching their
> > > heads.
> > > Does anyone have any ideas to what may be causing this problem.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >

"mattv" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ok I found them on the seagate website,
>
> Does anyone have any idea why this error is occuring, just want an
> opinion.
>
> Cheers
>
Unreadable sectors will cause such a problem. Unless you ran chkdsk with
the correct switches, your system is still trying to use bad hardware.
Jim
>
> mattv wrote:
>> Hi Dave, excuse my ignorance but where can I find this diagnostics
>> tool?
>> Dave B. wrote:
>> > First thing to do is run the hard drive mfg's diagnostics and rule out
>> > hard
>> > drive failure. No sense troubleshooting software if the drive is bad.
>> >
>> > --
>> > ----
>> > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>> > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>> > How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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>> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > The strangest thing happened last night, I was happily playing
>> > > Battlefield 2 on my PC when all of a sudden the computer crashed,
>> > > turned off and started to reboot. Upon re boot It gave a message
>> > > "System disk error". After playing around for a while I decided to
>> > > repair my XP installation.
>> > > Finally I finished this process updated XP with all the latest
>> > > patches
>> > > and guess what, when I re booted the same error.
>> > > I don't get it if the hard drive was failing I shouldn't be able to
>> > > repair windows and re boot after the repair right?
>> > > I thinking that its some sort of malicious virus, I have been playing
>> > > around with emuleplus although when I do this its always in a
>> > > sandboxed
>> > > environment.
>> > > Here is a challenge as the techies at work are even scratching their
>> > > heads.
>> > > Does anyone have any ideas to what may be causing this problem.
>> > >
>> > > Cheers
>> > >
>

Thanks for that,

What would cause an unreadable sector, I just rebuilt my PC a few days
ago.

Matt


Jim wrote:
> "mattv" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Ok I found them on the seagate website,
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea why this error is occuring, just want an
> > opinion.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> Unreadable sectors will cause such a problem. Unless you ran chkdsk with
> the correct switches, your system is still trying to use bad hardware.
> Jim
> >
> > mattv wrote:
> >> Hi Dave, excuse my ignorance but where can I find this diagnostics
> >> tool?
> >> Dave B. wrote:
> >> > First thing to do is run the hard drive mfg's diagnostics and rule out
> >> > hard
> >> > drive failure. No sense troubleshooting software if the drive is bad.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > ----
> >> > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> >> > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
> >> > How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > > Hi,
> >> > >
> >> > > The strangest thing happened last night, I was happily playing
> >> > > Battlefield 2 on my PC when all of a sudden the computer crashed,
> >> > > turned off and started to reboot. Upon re boot It gave a message
> >> > > "System disk error". After playing around for a while I decided to
> >> > > repair my XP installation.
> >> > > Finally I finished this process updated XP with all the latest
> >> > > patches
> >> > > and guess what, when I re booted the same error.
> >> > > I don't get it if the hard drive was failing I shouldn't be able to
> >> > > repair windows and re boot after the repair right?
> >> > > I thinking that its some sort of malicious virus, I have been playing
> >> > > around with emuleplus although when I do this its always in a
> >> > > sandboxed
> >> > > environment.
> >> > > Here is a challenge as the techies at work are even scratching their
> >> > > heads.
> >> > > Does anyone have any ideas to what may be causing this problem.
> >> > >
> >> > > Cheers
> >> > >
> >

A failing hard drive, hence the suggestion to get and use the drive
diagnostic software. Be prepared to replace it.

mattv wrote:

> Thanks for that,
>
> What would cause an unreadable sector, I just rebuilt my PC a few days
> ago.
>
> Matt
>
>
> Jim wrote:
>
>>"mattv" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>Ok I found them on the seagate website,
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any idea why this error is occuring, just want an
>>>opinion.
>>>
>>>Cheers
>>>
>>
>>Unreadable sectors will cause such a problem. Unless you ran chkdsk with
>>the correct switches, your system is still trying to use bad hardware.
>>Jim
>>
>>>mattv wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi Dave, excuse my ignorance but where can I find this diagnostics
>>>>tool?
>>>>Dave B. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>First thing to do is run the hard drive mfg's diagnostics and rule out
>>>>>hard
>>>>>drive failure. No sense troubleshooting software if the drive is bad.
>>>>>
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>>>>>How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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>>>>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The strangest thing happened last night, I was happily playing
>>>>>>Battlefield 2 on my PC when all of a sudden the computer crashed,
>>>>>>turned off and started to reboot. Upon re boot It gave a message
>>>>>>"System disk error". After playing around for a while I decided to
>>>>>>repair my XP installation.
>>>>>>Finally I finished this process updated XP with all the latest
>>>>>>patches
>>>>>>and guess what, when I re booted the same error.
>>>>>>I don't get it if the hard drive was failing I shouldn't be able to
>>>>>>repair windows and re boot after the repair right?
>>>>>>I thinking that its some sort of malicious virus, I have been playing
>>>>>>around with emuleplus although when I do this its always in a
>>>>>>sandboxed
>>>>>>environment.
>>>>>>Here is a challenge as the techies at work are even scratching their
>>>>>>heads.
>>>>>>Does anyone have any ideas to what may be causing this problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Cheers
>>>>>>
>>>
>

mattv wrote:
> Thanks for that,
>
> What would cause an unreadable sector, I just rebuilt my PC a few days
> ago.
>

NTFS repairs minimal disk errors on the fly.