Do you depend on your computer every day to make money? Or do you just
use it for recreation?
Corse you can for a TEST.
In order to test the new install, I would have to run it full time for
several days. What am I supposed to do about all the apps I normally
run in the course of a day? I can't just abandon my routine for a test
- I need to run the apps every weekday.
I'm talking about a TEST, not a new config.
If I do not install enough apps then I can't run the things I need to
run.
You dont need another machine, just another hard drive for the test.
How am I going to run two versions of Win2K on two separate partitions
at the same time?
Even you should be able to install just a couple of apps for the TEST.
You don't realize that I would have to install more than just a couple
apps.
Unlikely since few apps directly manipulate the MFT, they leave that to the OS.
What about those that don't? I did say "rogue applocation".
I am just guessing so let's assume you are right and that is not the
problem.
That is however why I suggested not using Perfect Disk
for a while, in case it that thats corrupting the MFT.
PerfectDisk is very new - only a month or two old. This problem has
been going on for a year.
You dont need to have a stable baseline to do that.
Without a stable baseline, I can't be sure that any one variable is
contibuting.
Yes, but it would be worth trying the boot drive directly connected
instead of in the removable drive bay to eliminate that possibility since
we do know that you can get that result with removable drive bays.
If I connect it directly, then I have to mount it inside the machine.
Then when it gets corrupt I can't make it the D: drive without taking
it out.
Actually that is not quite true. My BIOS allows me to choose which
disk is the boot disk, so if I wanted the hard mount to be D:, I make
the disk in the tray the C:.
I may do just what you suggest - make one of the disks a hard mount
bypassing the tray. I may have a cabling problem because of the
location of the internal vs removable bay. However I have some
brackets to turn a 5 1/4: iinto a 3 1/2" so I could keep the disk in
the same position in the case.
You dont know that you dont get it at times other than a reboot.
U check EV all the time and have never seen it. However it may be that
it is not being detected except at boot. I can't run chkdsk whenever I
want - it must be run at boot. Is there some other diagnostic that can
detect a corrupt NTFS volume that I could schedule to run periodically
while Win2K is running?
And even if it does only happen on a reboot, that proves nothing
about what is doing that. If it only happens on a reboot, it cant be
an app doing it, it has to be the OS or the hardware.
Good point, if it is only happening at boot.
Anyone with a clue would try the boot drive directly connected and see if
the corruption still occurs.
I had a good reason not to for which I found a good workaround.
Bet you'll find a reason not to do that obvious test.
Your lost your bet. If I don't want to do something it is not because
I am lazy or obstinate - it's because I believe I have a good reason
not to. Of course I could be wrong, but until I realize that, I am not
going to go off into the weeds.
--
"Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverence. Talent
will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education
will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and
determination alone are omnipotent."
--Calvin Coolidge