3 of 4 FAT32 partitions corrupt

C

Clyde

ShuttleX mini system
Windows 2K SP4
WD Caviar SATA 200GB

C: FAT32
D: NTFS (OS)
E: FAT32
F: NTFS
G: FAT32
H: FAT32

System was running overnight. Clicked on a program icon and got the
"This application is not a Win32 app" message. Rebooted box then got
the NON SYSTEM DISK error.

Running Win98 boot disk, scandisk shows C, E, and G drives came up as
bad.

So many errors on C that I had to reformat C. Reinstalled Win2K
(install did not see the existing Win2K installation).

Ran Western Digital diag software -- reports no errors on disk.

My question: is this indicative of a problem with the hard drive or
something far more sinister.
 
D

David H. Lipman

Go to the hard disk manufacturer's web site and download their diagnostic software
respective to your hard disk. After the test, you will know if the hard disk is bad or
not..

Quantum/Maxtor - PowerMax
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm

Western Digital - Data LifeGuard Tools (DLGDiag)
http://support.wdc.com/download/

Hitachi/IBM - Drive Fitness Test (DFT)
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Seagate - SeaTools
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/

Fujitsu - Diagnostic Tool
http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/

Samsung - Disk manager
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm



--
Dave







| ShuttleX mini system
| Windows 2K SP4
| WD Caviar SATA 200GB
|
| C: FAT32
| D: NTFS (OS)
| E: FAT32
| F: NTFS
| G: FAT32
| H: FAT32
|
| System was running overnight. Clicked on a program icon and got the
| "This application is not a Win32 app" message. Rebooted box then got
| the NON SYSTEM DISK error.
|
| Running Win98 boot disk, scandisk shows C, E, and G drives came up as
| bad.
|
| So many errors on C that I had to reformat C. Reinstalled Win2K
| (install did not see the existing Win2K installation).
|
| Ran Western Digital diag software -- reports no errors on disk.
|
| My question: is this indicative of a problem with the hard drive or
| something far more sinister.
|
 

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