I just ran CHKDSK/R to try to deal with what appeared to be bad sectors on
my 6-year-old hard drive (WinXP SP3). When it finished running, I had the
following message: The system has recovered from a serious error. A log of
the error has been created.

I clicked to get more information and saw an error signature of BCC Code
with numbers following it, BCP1 and numbers, etc. (I printed the screen, so
I have all the letters and numbers if that's of any value.) I clicked on the
link to view technical information and got to this:

C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\Mini082009-01.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\sysdata.xml

I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me what this means. I ran CHKDSK
because I had gotten the blue screen of death (see earlier post) and
couldn't back up my hard drive with Acronis True Image, which reported bad
sectors.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

wrote:

> I just ran CHKDSK/R to try to deal with what appeared to be bad sectors on
> my 6-year-old hard drive (WinXP SP3). When it finished running, I had the
> following message: The system has recovered from a serious error. A log of
> the error has been created.
>
> I clicked to get more information and saw an error signature of BCC Code
> with numbers following it, BCP1 and numbers, etc. (I printed the screen,
> so I have all the letters and numbers if that's of any value.) I clicked
> on the link to view technical information and got to this:
>
> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\Mini082009-01.dmp
> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\sysdata.xml
>
> I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me what this means. I ran
> CHKDSK because I had gotten the blue screen of death (see earlier post)
> and couldn't back up my hard drive with Acronis True Image, which reported
> bad sectors.

The hard drive is dying. You can confirm this by running a diagnostic
utility. Either get one from the drive mftr. or you can use Seagate's
SeaTools For DOS. But probably you are just going to have to replace the
drive. Six years old is elderly for a hard drive.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

"Jo-Anne" wrote:

> I just ran CHKDSK/R to try to deal with what appeared to be bad sectors on
> my 6-year-old hard drive (WinXP SP3). When it finished running, I had the
> following message: The system has recovered from a serious error. A log of
> the error has been created.
>
> I clicked to get more information and saw an error signature of BCC Code
> with numbers following it, BCP1 and numbers, etc. (I printed the screen, so
> I have all the letters and numbers if that's of any value.) I clicked on the
> link to view technical information and got to this:
>
> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\Mini082009-01.dmp
> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\sysdata.xml
>
> I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me what this means. I ran CHKDSK
> because I had gotten the blue screen of death (see earlier post) and
> couldn't back up my hard drive with Acronis True Image, which reported bad
> sectors.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jo-Anne
>
>
>

In your earlier post it was determined that your hard drive was failing. You
said that you have a good Acronis image to restore from. Does it matter
exactly how the drive is failing? Just restore the image when the new drive
arrives and you'll be done.

"Mark Adams" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news97B75F8-7913-4B41-AE1C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
> "Jo-Anne" wrote:
>
>> I just ran CHKDSK/R to try to deal with what appeared to be bad sectors
>> on
>> my 6-year-old hard drive (WinXP SP3). When it finished running, I had the
>> following message: The system has recovered from a serious error. A log
>> of
>> the error has been created.
>>
>> I clicked to get more information and saw an error signature of BCC Code
>> with numbers following it, BCP1 and numbers, etc. (I printed the screen,
>> so
>> I have all the letters and numbers if that's of any value.) I clicked on
>> the
>> link to view technical information and got to this:
>>
>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\Mini082009-01.dmp
>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\sysdata.xml
>>
>> I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me what this means. I ran
>> CHKDSK
>> because I had gotten the blue screen of death (see earlier post) and
>> couldn't back up my hard drive with Acronis True Image, which reported
>> bad
>> sectors.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>>
>>
>
> In your earlier post it was determined that your hard drive was failing.
> You
> said that you have a good Acronis image to restore from. Does it matter
> exactly how the drive is failing? Just restore the image when the new
> drive
> arrives and you'll be done.

I just wanted to make sure that drive failure was indeed the issue. Now that
I know it is, I'll get another drive. Thank you!

Jo-Anne

"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
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> "Mark Adams" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>
>>
>> "Jo-Anne" wrote:
>>
>>> I just ran CHKDSK/R to try to deal with what appeared to be bad sectors
>>> on
>>> my 6-year-old hard drive (WinXP SP3). When it finished running, I had
>>> the
>>> following message: The system has recovered from a serious error. A log
>>> of
>>> the error has been created.
>>>
>>> I clicked to get more information and saw an error signature of BCC Code
>>> with numbers following it, BCP1 and numbers, etc. (I printed the screen,
>>> so
>>> I have all the letters and numbers if that's of any value.) I clicked on
>>> the
>>> link to view technical information and got to this:
>>>
>>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\Mini082009-01.dmp
>>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\sysdata.xml
>>>
>>> I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me what this means. I ran
>>> CHKDSK
>>> because I had gotten the blue screen of death (see earlier post) and
>>> couldn't back up my hard drive with Acronis True Image, which reported
>>> bad
>>> sectors.
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> Jo-Anne
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> In your earlier post it was determined that your hard drive was failing.
>> You
>> said that you have a good Acronis image to restore from. Does it matter
>> exactly how the drive is failing? Just restore the image when the new
>> drive
>> arrives and you'll be done.
>
> I just wanted to make sure that drive failure was indeed the issue. Now
> that I know it is, I'll get another drive. Thank you!
>
> Jo-Anne

Get a much bigger drive they are so cheap now.
Regards,

>
>

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>
> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>>
>>> "Jo-Anne" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just ran CHKDSK/R to try to deal with what appeared to be bad sectors
>>>> on
>>>> my 6-year-old hard drive (WinXP SP3). When it finished running, I had
>>>> the
>>>> following message: The system has recovered from a serious error. A log
>>>> of
>>>> the error has been created.
>>>>
>>>> I clicked to get more information and saw an error signature of BCC
>>>> Code
>>>> with numbers following it, BCP1 and numbers, etc. (I printed the
>>>> screen, so
>>>> I have all the letters and numbers if that's of any value.) I clicked
>>>> on the
>>>> link to view technical information and got to this:
>>>>
>>>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\Mini082009-01.dmp
>>>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\sysdata.xml
>>>>
>>>> I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me what this means. I ran
>>>> CHKDSK
>>>> because I had gotten the blue screen of death (see earlier post) and
>>>> couldn't back up my hard drive with Acronis True Image, which reported
>>>> bad
>>>> sectors.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> Jo-Anne
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> In your earlier post it was determined that your hard drive was failing.
>>> You
>>> said that you have a good Acronis image to restore from. Does it matter
>>> exactly how the drive is failing? Just restore the image when the new
>>> drive
>>> arrives and you'll be done.
>>
>> I just wanted to make sure that drive failure was indeed the issue. Now
>> that I know it is, I'll get another drive. Thank you!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>
> Get a much bigger drive they are so cheap now.
> Regards,
>
>>
I'd love to, but first I have to figure out if my computer will accept a
larger drive. I have a vague memory of some older computers being limited to
around 120GB or maybe less...

"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote:

>"msnews.microsoft.com" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> "Mark Adams" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news97B75F8-7913-4B41-AE1C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Jo-Anne" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just ran CHKDSK/R to try to deal with what appeared to be bad sectors
>>>>> on
>>>>> my 6-year-old hard drive (WinXP SP3). When it finished running, I had
>>>>> the
>>>>> following message: The system has recovered from a serious error. A log
>>>>> of
>>>>> the error has been created.
>>>>>
>>>>> I clicked to get more information and saw an error signature of BCC
>>>>> Code
>>>>> with numbers following it, BCP1 and numbers, etc. (I printed the
>>>>> screen, so
>>>>> I have all the letters and numbers if that's of any value.) I clicked
>>>>> on the
>>>>> link to view technical information and got to this:
>>>>>
>>>>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\Mini082009-01.dmp
>>>>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\sysdata.xml
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me what this means. I ran
>>>>> CHKDSK
>>>>> because I had gotten the blue screen of death (see earlier post) and
>>>>> couldn't back up my hard drive with Acronis True Image, which reported
>>>>> bad
>>>>> sectors.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jo-Anne
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In your earlier post it was determined that your hard drive was failing.
>>>> You
>>>> said that you have a good Acronis image to restore from. Does it matter
>>>> exactly how the drive is failing? Just restore the image when the new
>>>> drive
>>>> arrives and you'll be done.
>>>
>>> I just wanted to make sure that drive failure was indeed the issue. Now
>>> that I know it is, I'll get another drive. Thank you!
>>>
>>> Jo-Anne
>>
>> Get a much bigger drive they are so cheap now.
>> Regards,
>>
>>>
>I'd love to, but first I have to figure out if my computer will accept a
>larger drive. I have a vague memory of some older computers being limited to
>around 120GB or maybe less...

Maybe what you are remembering is the XP limit of 137GB that SP1
corrected. However, if your computer is quite old, that limit could
also be BIOS related. You might look and see if there is a BIOS
update that you can apply if that's the case.

Jo-Anne wrote:
> "msnews.microsoft.com" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> "Mark Adams" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news97B75F8-7913-4B41-AE1C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>
>>>> "Jo-Anne" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just ran CHKDSK/R to try to deal with what appeared to be bad sectors
>>>>> on
>>>>> my 6-year-old hard drive (WinXP SP3). When it finished running, I had
>>>>> the
>>>>> following message: The system has recovered from a serious error. A log
>>>>> of
>>>>> the error has been created.
>>>>>
>>>>> I clicked to get more information and saw an error signature of BCC
>>>>> Code
>>>>> with numbers following it, BCP1 and numbers, etc. (I printed the
>>>>> screen, so
>>>>> I have all the letters and numbers if that's of any value.) I clicked
>>>>> on the
>>>>> link to view technical information and got to this:
>>>>>
>>>>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\Mini082009-01.dmp
>>>>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\sysdata.xml
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me what this means. I ran
>>>>> CHKDSK
>>>>> because I had gotten the blue screen of death (see earlier post) and
>>>>> couldn't back up my hard drive with Acronis True Image, which reported
>>>>> bad
>>>>> sectors.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jo-Anne
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> In your earlier post it was determined that your hard drive was failing.
>>>> You
>>>> said that you have a good Acronis image to restore from. Does it matter
>>>> exactly how the drive is failing? Just restore the image when the new
>>>> drive
>>>> arrives and you'll be done.
>>> I just wanted to make sure that drive failure was indeed the issue. Now
>>> that I know it is, I'll get another drive. Thank you!
>>>
>>> Jo-Anne
>> Get a much bigger drive they are so cheap now.
>> Regards,
>>
> I'd love to, but first I have to figure out if my computer will accept a
> larger drive. I have a vague memory of some older computers being limited to
> around 120GB or maybe less...
>
>

There is a Seagate 80GB IDE for $37 here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148236

Be aware that IDE drives won't be offered forever. It is possible
that production has stopped, and what you're seeing at retail
is the remainder of inventory. (I was warned about waning supply,
by my local retailer.) So if you have an IDE computer, you
might consider buying a couple drives and put one away for a
rainy day (test it of course, then put it away).

If five years from now, you need an IDE, then you'll be looking for
a SATA drive to IDE host adapter. I bought one of these a couple weeks
ago, and the only thing I don't like about it, is it can be a bit
difficult to disconnect the motherboard IDE cable, from the 40 pin
header on the small PCB. This comes with the necessary power cable,
and some products don't include the power cable.

http://www.startech.com/item/IDE2SAT...d-Adapter.aspx

Paul

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> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote:
>
>>"msnews.microsoft.com" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jo-Anne" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I just ran CHKDSK/R to try to deal with what appeared to be bad
>>>>>> sectors
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> my 6-year-old hard drive (WinXP SP3). When it finished running, I had
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> following message: The system has recovered from a serious error. A
>>>>>> log
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> the error has been created.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I clicked to get more information and saw an error signature of BCC
>>>>>> Code
>>>>>> with numbers following it, BCP1 and numbers, etc. (I printed the
>>>>>> screen, so
>>>>>> I have all the letters and numbers if that's of any value.) I clicked
>>>>>> on the
>>>>>> link to view technical information and got to this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\Mini082009-01.dmp
>>>>>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\sysdata.xml
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me what this means. I ran
>>>>>> CHKDSK
>>>>>> because I had gotten the blue screen of death (see earlier post) and
>>>>>> couldn't back up my hard drive with Acronis True Image, which
>>>>>> reported
>>>>>> bad
>>>>>> sectors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jo-Anne
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In your earlier post it was determined that your hard drive was
>>>>> failing.
>>>>> You
>>>>> said that you have a good Acronis image to restore from. Does it
>>>>> matter
>>>>> exactly how the drive is failing? Just restore the image when the new
>>>>> drive
>>>>> arrives and you'll be done.
>>>>
>>>> I just wanted to make sure that drive failure was indeed the issue. Now
>>>> that I know it is, I'll get another drive. Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> Jo-Anne
>>>
>>> Get a much bigger drive they are so cheap now.
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>>
>>I'd love to, but first I have to figure out if my computer will accept a
>>larger drive. I have a vague memory of some older computers being limited
>>to
>>around 120GB or maybe less...
>
> Maybe what you are remembering is the XP limit of 137GB that SP1
> corrected. However, if your computer is quite old, that limit could
> also be BIOS related. You might look and see if there is a BIOS
> update that you can apply if that's the case.

Thank you! I've now been told that a 160GB drive should work, so I'll go
ahead with it.

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> Jo-Anne wrote:
>> "msnews.microsoft.com" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
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>>>>>
>>>>> "Jo-Anne" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I just ran CHKDSK/R to try to deal with what appeared to be bad
>>>>>> sectors on
>>>>>> my 6-year-old hard drive (WinXP SP3). When it finished running, I had
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> following message: The system has recovered from a serious error. A
>>>>>> log of
>>>>>> the error has been created.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I clicked to get more information and saw an error signature of BCC
>>>>>> Code
>>>>>> with numbers following it, BCP1 and numbers, etc. (I printed the
>>>>>> screen, so
>>>>>> I have all the letters and numbers if that's of any value.) I clicked
>>>>>> on the
>>>>>> link to view technical information and got to this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\Mini082009-01.dmp
>>>>>> C:\DOCUME~1\JO-ANN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa205.dir00\sysdata.xml
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me what this means. I ran
>>>>>> CHKDSK
>>>>>> because I had gotten the blue screen of death (see earlier post) and
>>>>>> couldn't back up my hard drive with Acronis True Image, which
>>>>>> reported bad
>>>>>> sectors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jo-Anne
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> In your earlier post it was determined that your hard drive was
>>>>> failing. You
>>>>> said that you have a good Acronis image to restore from. Does it
>>>>> matter
>>>>> exactly how the drive is failing? Just restore the image when the new
>>>>> drive
>>>>> arrives and you'll be done.
>>>> I just wanted to make sure that drive failure was indeed the issue. Now
>>>> that I know it is, I'll get another drive. Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> Jo-Anne
>>> Get a much bigger drive they are so cheap now.
>>> Regards,
>>>
>> I'd love to, but first I have to figure out if my computer will accept a
>> larger drive. I have a vague memory of some older computers being limited
>> to around 120GB or maybe less...
>
> There is a Seagate 80GB IDE for $37 here.
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148236
>
> Be aware that IDE drives won't be offered forever. It is possible
> that production has stopped, and what you're seeing at retail
> is the remainder of inventory. (I was warned about waning supply,
> by my local retailer.) So if you have an IDE computer, you
> might consider buying a couple drives and put one away for a
> rainy day (test it of course, then put it away).
>
> If five years from now, you need an IDE, then you'll be looking for
> a SATA drive to IDE host adapter. I bought one of these a couple weeks
> ago, and the only thing I don't like about it, is it can be a bit
> difficult to disconnect the motherboard IDE cable, from the 40 pin
> header on the small PCB. This comes with the necessary power cable,
> and some products don't include the power cable.
>
> http://www.startech.com/item/IDE2SAT...d-Adapter.aspx
>
> Paul

Thank you for the warning, Paul! I suspect my old computer won't last all
that long. (It's the longest I've held onto a computer since I started
buying them--in 1986.) I'm hoping to keep it going until I decide what I
want next.

Jo-Anne