Frequent file corruption in the documents and setting area

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Since a month or so, I have frequent messages 'corrupted file, run chkdsk'
after booting.

The files concerned are ALWAYS in the 'documents and setting' directory,
often temp files, or
Norton 360 files.

I am quite positive that the disk itself is sane (only 1 raw sector is
reallocated in SMART).

Any idea from what area could the problem come ? I do have units up to K (2
physical units), and only this
directory ever get corrupted on G (system XP pro)

Thanks
 
Jean-Paulo said:
Since a month or so, I have frequent messages 'corrupted file, run chkdsk'
after booting.

The files concerned are ALWAYS in the 'documents and setting' directory,
often temp files, or
Norton 360 files.

I am quite positive that the disk itself is sane (only 1 raw sector is
reallocated in SMART).

Any idea from what area could the problem come ? I do have units up to K
(2 physical units), and only this
directory ever get corrupted on G (system XP pro)

Thanks
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Being positive about the disk is not sufficient. I recommend you find out
what brand your disk is, then download and run the diagnostic tool that its
manufacturer makes available on his home site.
 
Thanks for the idea. It's a Maxtor, I'll try
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Well, I did change my disk... To nothing. Norton was no help at all...

I got rid of it, and got Avira... No more troubles in 3 weeks!
 
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