Corrupt files?

[Guest]

Lately i have been getting alot of fragmented files come up when i use the
defrag utility. It seems as if I can run the defrag, clean everything up,
and come back five minutes later and i'll have a ton of fragmented files
again. I play an online game alot, and after a while the game will just
crash. Ill get an error from the game and it will say one of its files have
become corrupt. Ill run defrag and sure enough that file is listed. I got
the new Soundblaster X-fi in november, so i though it was because of its
drivers, but i took the card out, along with the drivers, but it still
happens. All the rest of my drivers seem to be up to date. It also doesnt
matter if my cable modem is on or not. I just reformated my computer the
other day hoping it would take care of it, but it didnt help at all. I have
a pentium 4 3g.. ATI radeon 9800 XT... 1gb of ram.. Please help me! Any
help would be greatly appreciated...

 

[Gerry Cornell]

The amount of free space is very important when running Disk Defragmenter. A
minimum of 15% is required but sometimes 20% is desirable if the drive /
partition
contains one or more large files. You can run Disk Defragmenter a second and
third
time if files are still fragmented after the first run. You can put files
more prone to
fragment in their own partitions.

If you use Outlook Express regularly compacting Outlook Express before
running
Disk Defragmenter is helpful.

Disk Defragmenter provides a "Most fragmented files" list. When a fragmented
file is
larger than the largest pocket of free space available then the files is not
fragmented.
Running Disk Defragmenter a second or third time does move files around and
can
reduce / eliminate the contents of the "Most fragmented files" list. The
more free
space on the drive / partition, the more likely it is that all fragments
will be
eliminated.

Free space cannot be defragmented with the Windows XP Disk Defragmenter.
Neither can your pagefile cannot be defragmented because the file is in use
whilst
Disk Defragmenter is running. You can purchase other Defragmenting Utilities
e.g.
Perfect Disk, which will defragment your pagefile and free space. Another
option is to
place your pagefile in it's own partition. A pagefile partition is best
located as the first
partition on a second hard drive. You should leave a small page file at the
original
location.
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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
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[Guest]

Some times it causes the whole computer to crash, and reboot. Im not really
concerned about the defragmenting of the files, i just want to know what is
causing this to happen, I suspect it is a driver problem, but windows just
tells me its an unknown device after the crash.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Please check Event Viewer for Warning / Error Report in the System and
Application over the last 2 days and post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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[Guest]

Here are the 2 errors in the system category. There are a couple warnings
and the rest all say information.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 1/4/2006
Time: 2:34:53 AM
User: N/A
Computer: COMPUTERROOM
Description:
Error code 10000050, parameter1 c0868004, parameter2 00000000, parameter3
804ebbb0, parameter4 00000002.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 35 1000005
0020: 30 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d 0 Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 63 30 eters c0
0030: 38 36 38 30 30 34 2c 20 868004,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 00000000
0040: 2c 20 38 30 34 65 62 62 , 804ebb
0048: 62 30 2c 20 30 30 30 30 b0, 0000
0050: 30 30 30 32 0002


Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 1/4/2006
Time: 2:35:31 AM
User: N/A


Computer: COMPUTERROOM
Description:
Error code 100000d1, parameter1 00f7f6d4, parameter2 00000002, parameter3
00000001, parameter4 ba8dc5f7.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 64 100000d
0020: 31 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d 1 Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 30 30 eters 00
0030: 66 37 66 36 64 34 2c 20 f7f6d4,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 00000002
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 31 2c 20 62 61 38 64 01, ba8d
0050: 63 35 66 37 c5f7

There is 4 under application. I hope this is what u meant to paste here

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: (101)
Event ID: 1002
Date: 1/4/2006
Time: 12:20:51 PM
User: N/A
Computer: COMPUTERROOM
Description:
Hanging application mmc.exe, version 5.1.2600.2180, hang module hungapp,
version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 48 61 6e 67 ion Hang
0010: 20 20 6d 6d 63 2e 65 78 mmc.ex
0018: 65 20 35 2e 31 2e 32 36 e 5.1.26
0020: 30 30 2e 32 31 38 30 20 00.2180
0028: 69 6e 20 68 75 6e 67 61 in hunga
0030: 70 70 20 30 2e 30 2e 30 pp 0.0.0
0038: 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 66 .0 at of
0040: 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 30 fset 000
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 00000

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 1/4/2006
Time: 12:20:51 PM
User: N/A
Computer: COMPUTERROOM
Description:
Fault bucket 126818269.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 32 36 38 31 38 32 36 12681826
0010: 39 0d 0a 9..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: (101)
Event ID: 1002
Date: 1/4/2006
Time: 12:20:49 PM
User: N/A
Computer: COMPUTERROOM
Description:
Hanging application mmc.exe, version 5.1.2600.2180, hang module hungapp,
version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 48 61 6e 67 ion Hang
0010: 20 20 6d 6d 63 2e 65 78 mmc.ex
0018: 65 20 35 2e 31 2e 32 36 e 5.1.26
0020: 30 30 2e 32 31 38 30 20 00.2180
0028: 69 6e 20 68 75 6e 67 61 in hunga
0030: 70 70 20 30 2e 30 2e 30 pp 0.0.0
0038: 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 66 .0 at of
0040: 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 30 fset 000
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 00000


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 1/4/2006
Time: 12:20:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: COMPUTERROOM
Description:
Fault bucket 126818269.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 32 36 38 31 38 32 36 12681826
0010: 39 0d 0a 9..

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties. Hardware,
Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

Try Start, Run, type "sigverif.exe" without quotes and hit OK. What drivers
are listed as unsigned? Disregard those which are not checked.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Guest]

After seeing that this is a reoccuring event for you and files that were
fragmented either get an error or continue to be fragmented after running
defrag. If you reformat and you still getting the same problem. What has most
likely happened is your hard drive has bad sectors. The drive is deviced into
millions of sectors. Sections of the physical platter of the hard drive where
files get stored. Upon reformatting you prob. OK until you start installing
programs and games. eventually files are trying to be stored in a part of the
hard drive that has bad sectors. This will make whatever files stored there
corrupted and totally unuseable to you at all. And yes the continued crashing
even on a fresh system will explain that, that is what's happening. Best
thing for you to do. Is (A) look in Device Manager (>Control Panel > System,
click Hardware @ top, then Device Manager) and look under hard drives to see
who makes your hard drive, i.e. "Maxtor, IBM, Hitachi, Seagate, Toshiba, or
WDC (which is Western Digital) Then goto the manufac. website for your drive.
For example (www.wdc.com) and goto either Support or Downloads, and download
the Hard Drive Diagnosics software. Now, you'll wanna get the diagnostics
program that'll work from a floppy disk (if u have one of those). Usually the
diagnostic program will download as a single .EXE file, like PowerMax.exe
when u goto open the file it should ask for a blank floppy disk. Go ahead and
insert blank disk and that single .EXE file you downloaded will now extract
all of that program's files onto the blank floppy. Now you can reboot with
the floppy inserted and it'll boot from it. It should load right up into the
actual diagnostics program and ask you to select which hard drive to
diagnose. Don't bother doing a quick scan, do a full scan. Will prob. take
about 20 - 60 mins. depending on the size of your hard drive.
20, 40 & 80GB shouldn't take but maybe 30 - 40 mins. Now he diagnostics
program will run a scan of your drive, sector by sector, and if any sectors
are bad it'll let you know @ the end of the scan. If it says disk needs to be
replaced - please backup all data, etc. OK now if this is the case, then yes
your hard drive is bad. The program will give you a specific CODE # based on
whatever is wrong with your drive. Be sure to write this down. Now your
existing data is still on the drive, so don't worry. Now once you have the
code. Also what you wanna do is now after writing down the error code. Go
back to the main screen where you select your hard drive to scan and do so
again. Now it should says specifically what Model # and Serial # is on that
particular drive. Just write down both of these. As you'll need the serial#
and the Error Code # that the diagnostics gave you. Now once you've written
these down. Simply remove the floppy disk and save for later on. Reboot the
machine and just go back into windows. Go back to the hard drive manufac.
site and go to Support, or Tech Support. From here it should have an "RMA"
return option. Now you are not yet sending your drive back. But follow the
RMA process to check and see if your drive is still udner warranty. Alot of
10, 20, 40, 80, 120GB hard drives from Maxtor or WDC only have 1 year
warranty. If yours is Seagate, should be either 3 year or 5 year warranty
depending on how old the drive is. Now by going through the RMA process and
entering in the drives Serial# that you wrote down. The website can tell from
the drives serial # how old it is, what size and whether it's currently under
warranty. If it's still under warranty, send it back for a replacment. After
which you'll have to pay shipping for and also reinstall window, once you get
your replacment back. If it's not under warranty, then buy yourself a new
hard drive.

Hope this helps. Lots of info here. Good luck. If not familiar with this
process, take your time and just think it through and should do fine. Sending
a drive back isn't the worst thing. Least if it's still under warranty, just
have to wait about 2 - 4 weeks for a new one (less you want it right away
then choose Cross-Ship option in RMA form) and then you still need to go
through the whole Windows install, and drivers etc.

Again hope this helps out.