On the hard drive (ST340014A = Seagate Barracuda 7200 7) of
a Dell Dimension DIM 2400 (WinXP Home Dell OED)
/ Manage / Storage / Disk Mgt. reports the HD healthy (C: drive NTFS
and hidden 32 Mb FAT32 drive as well, also healthy)
but ChkDsk will not run (craps out in Phase 1).

Problem is that my friend's system runs slowly and EXPLORER
frequently hangs. I suspect disk damage is the cause. But
what can I do next?
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"Don Phillipson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> On the hard drive (ST340014A = Seagate Barracuda 7200 7) of
> a Dell Dimension DIM 2400 (WinXP Home Dell OED)
> / Manage / Storage / Disk Mgt. reports the HD healthy (C: drive NTFS
> and hidden 32 Mb FAT32 drive as well, also healthy)
> but ChkDsk will not run (craps out in Phase 1).
>
> Problem is that my friend's system runs slowly and EXPLORER
> frequently hangs. I suspect disk damage is the cause. But
> what can I do next?
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)

What size is the disk?

"Don Phillipson" wrote:

> On the hard drive (ST340014A = Seagate Barracuda 7200 7) of
> a Dell Dimension DIM 2400 (WinXP Home Dell OED)
> / Manage / Storage / Disk Mgt. reports the HD healthy (C: drive NTFS
> and hidden 32 Mb FAT32 drive as well, also healthy)
> but ChkDsk will not run (craps out in Phase 1).
>
> Problem is that my friend's system runs slowly and EXPLORER
> frequently hangs. I suspect disk damage is the cause. But
> what can I do next?
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
>
>
Download Seagate's drive checking tools and check the drive. If the drive
fails the test, replace it. Use Seagate's free cloning tool to clone to the
new drive while the old drive is still working.

"Don Phillipson" wrote:

> On the hard drive (ST340014A = Seagate Barracuda 7200 7) of
> a Dell Dimension DIM 2400 (WinXP Home Dell OED)
> / Manage / Storage / Disk Mgt. reports the HD healthy (C: drive NTFS
> and hidden 32 Mb FAT32 drive as well, also healthy)
> but ChkDsk will not run (craps out in Phase 1).
>
> Problem is that my friend's system runs slowly and EXPLORER
> frequently hangs. I suspect disk damage is the cause. But
> what can I do next?
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>

Did you checked the HDD space?
If the disk space not a problem try to run the Diagnostic tools (Fitness
Test) to check the HDD health.
Drive Fitness Test
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
Windows XP chkdsk
http://www.updatexp.com/windows-xp-chkdsk.html

Try System Restore on this machine, my guess this machine laden with
malware/viruse which causing this issue, if the HDD was okay!

Don Phillipson wrote:
> On the hard drive (ST340014A = Seagate Barracuda 7200 7) of
> a Dell Dimension DIM 2400 (WinXP Home Dell OED)
> / Manage / Storage / Disk Mgt. reports the HD healthy (C: drive NTFS
> and hidden 32 Mb FAT32 drive as well, also healthy)
> but ChkDsk will not run (craps out in Phase 1).
>
> Problem is that my friend's system runs slowly and EXPLORER
> frequently hangs. I suspect disk damage is the cause. But
> what can I do next?

The chances of disk damage being the cause of the symptoms you report are
vanishingly small. Much more likely is a malware infestation.

Try using chkdsk.exe 1). in a command prompt (chkdsk c: /f) and 2). in
recovery console (if not installed to hard-drive as startup-option then run
XP Installation disk and select "Repair with Recovery Console" option) and
type "chkdsk c: /p" (without quotes) at the recovery console prompt.
To install recovery console as a startup option in XP Boot Menu - insert XP
Installation cd and type "x:\i386\winnt.exe /cmdcons" in the Run box on the
Start Menu, where x: is your cd-rom/dvd drive.

"HeyBub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Don Phillipson wrote:
>> On the hard drive (ST340014A = Seagate Barracuda 7200 7) of
>> a Dell Dimension DIM 2400 (WinXP Home Dell OED)
>> / Manage / Storage / Disk Mgt. reports the HD healthy (C: drive NTFS
>> and hidden 32 Mb FAT32 drive as well, also healthy)
>> but ChkDsk will not run (craps out in Phase 1).
>>
>> Problem is that my friend's system runs slowly and EXPLORER
>> frequently hangs. I suspect disk damage is the cause. But
>> what can I do next?
>
> The chances of disk damage being the cause of the symptoms you report are
> vanishingly small. Much more likely is a malware infestation.
>

Pegasus [MVP] wrote:
> "Don Phillipson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On the hard drive (ST340014A = Seagate Barracuda 7200 7) of
>> a Dell Dimension DIM 2400 (WinXP Home Dell OED)
>> / Manage / Storage / Disk Mgt. reports the HD healthy (C: drive NTFS
>> and hidden 32 Mb FAT32 drive as well, also healthy)
>> but ChkDsk will not run (craps out in Phase 1).
>>
>> Problem is that my friend's system runs slowly and EXPLORER
>> frequently hangs. I suspect disk damage is the cause. But
>> what can I do next?
>> --
>> Don Phillipson
>> Carlsbad Springs
>> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
> What size is the disk?
>
>

ST340014A = 40GB

Alister

Remove the drive and attach to another system via USB or as a slave drive to
run chkdsk or any other utilities on it. Malware removal is really tough to
remove on the computer that it is bogging down in the first place...

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"Don Phillipson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> On the hard drive (ST340014A = Seagate Barracuda 7200 7) of
> a Dell Dimension DIM 2400 (WinXP Home Dell OED)
> / Manage / Storage / Disk Mgt. reports the HD healthy (C: drive NTFS
> and hidden 32 Mb FAT32 drive as well, also healthy)
> but ChkDsk will not run (craps out in Phase 1).
>
> Problem is that my friend's system runs slowly and EXPLORER
> frequently hangs. I suspect disk damage is the cause. But
> what can I do next?
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>

Remove the drive and attach to another system via USB or as a slave drive to
run chkdsk or any other utilities on it. Malware removal is really tough to
remove on the computer that it is bogging down in the first place...

--
Randem Systems
Your Installation Specialist
The Top Inno Setup Script Generator
http://www.randem.com/innoscript.html
Disk Read Error Press Ctl+Alt+Del to Restart
http://www.randem.com/discus/message...tml?1236319938



"Don Phillipson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> On the hard drive (ST340014A = Seagate Barracuda 7200 7) of
> a Dell Dimension DIM 2400 (WinXP Home Dell OED)
> / Manage / Storage / Disk Mgt. reports the HD healthy (C: drive NTFS
> and hidden 32 Mb FAT32 drive as well, also healthy)
> but ChkDsk will not run (craps out in Phase 1).
>
> Problem is that my friend's system runs slowly and EXPLORER
> frequently hangs. I suspect disk damage is the cause. But
> what can I do next?
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>

You can also test the disk for errors better using testdisk or another disk
testing utility.

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"Randem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Remove the drive and attach to another system via USB or as a slave drive
> to
> run chkdsk or any other utilities on it. Malware removal is really tough
> to
> remove on the computer that it is bogging down in the first place...
>
> --
> Randem Systems
> Your Installation Specialist
> The Top Inno Setup Script Generator
> http://www.randem.com/innoscript.html
> Disk Read Error Press Ctl+Alt+Del to Restart
> http://www.randem.com/discus/message...tml?1236319938
>
>
>
> "Don Phillipson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On the hard drive (ST340014A = Seagate Barracuda 7200 7) of
>> a Dell Dimension DIM 2400 (WinXP Home Dell OED)
>> / Manage / Storage / Disk Mgt. reports the HD healthy (C: drive NTFS
>> and hidden 32 Mb FAT32 drive as well, also healthy)
>> but ChkDsk will not run (craps out in Phase 1).
>>
>> Problem is that my friend's system runs slowly and EXPLORER
>> frequently hangs. I suspect disk damage is the cause. But
>> what can I do next?
>> --
>> Don Phillipson
>> Carlsbad Springs
>> (Ottawa, Canada)
>>
>
>
>