A 160 GB drive with 25-45 MB free is 99% full. No wonder it
is crashing, without free space at least equal to the system
RAM, there are data transfer bottlenecks that will cause the
system to crash and loss data.
Do a disk clean up, reduce the size of the system restore
file, it defaults to a percentage that is wasting space.
Copy data to CD-R. You need at least 15% free space in
order to run defrag.
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| | > Eddie wrote:
| > > Please, help me soon, I bought a new Maxtor 160 GB
/8MB
| > > cache/, I have reinstalled WIN XP /first edition/,
| > > everything seemed OK- for few weeks, suddenly crash,
| > > restart, and random data loss, I had to reinstall all,
but
| > > the problem is still here: when my disk becomes full
/25-
| > > 45 Mbytes free/ it crashes again! On two different
| > > computers!
| > > I tried reformatting with 80/80 GB volumes, but no
effect.
| > > I have now this machine: ASUS A7n8X-X MB, 512MB RAM
| > > Apacer, Athlon 2500 XP, before I had ASUS a7m266/1900
XP.
| > > All Maxtor diagnostic SW says: all Ok.
| > > I have installed the newest SW and BIOS /v9/.
| > >
| > >
| > > Please, help, or the disk will land on somebody´s
head!!!
| > >
| > > Eduard
| >
| > 1) There is no such thing as XP First Edition - just
as there's no such
| > thing as XP Second Edition. The later release has SP1
already included,
| but
| > it isn't to be regarded as a 'second edition'.
| >
| > 2) You should have done your homework before
purchasing that drive.
| > Maxtors are notorious for failing - and yours,
obviously, is.
|
| Wrong! Maxtors work just fine, if installed in the
correect running
| enviroments. Just because you have an inability to use
them, doesn't mean
| they don't function properly. Of course, since you're you
lacking any
| logic, I will point out that if your statement were true,
and as long as
| Maxtor has been around, one would think that such validity
would mean they
| would no longer be in business, or producing hard drives!!
|
| >
| > By the way, this is OT here. This group is for people
having problems
| > installing devices under XP or for compatibility issues.
|
| No, not true, hard drives are hardware, and this is a
hardware NG, hence the
| query is pertinent! Only you feel what should be posted to
groups in
| particular! Fortunately, for the rest of the world, things
don't revolve
| around your overly bloated state of mind, and especially
your being.
|
| >
| > By the way, what on earth are you filling a 160GB drive
with?! I have one
| > and it's only 40% full.
|
| What does it matter to you anyway? And what question does
this have to do
| with hardware issues, oh pedantic one? This person didn't
ask you what you
| have, and what usage you have of it, so you are way off
topic! Are you the
| only one that has a valid use for large hard drives?
|
| Why don't you get a job?
|
