Please Help - Really weird File System or Chkdsk problem

[No.Such.Address]

I have one hard drive partitioned into volumes C, D, E, and F
Running chkdsk on any volume exceot C always shows no errors.

If I run chkdsk on C I get different results every time I run it even
running it back to back with no other apps running. On rare occasions it
will show no errors but almost all of the time in will show one or more of
a large variety of errors.

If I run chkdsk C: /F, it of course wants to schedule chkdsk on the next
re-boot. If I allow it to do that and reboot chkdsk will run and find no
errors. It NEVER finds errors when booting just when windows is already
running.

I have been having occasional other problems that make it look like data
read from the disk is incorrect but if it were simple a disk or driver
problem, then I would thing that it would occur during boot as well, but it
doesn't.

ANY help will be VERY MUCH appreciated.

Thanks!!!

 

[Malke]

I have one hard drive partitioned into volumes C, D, E, and F
Running chkdsk on any volume exceot C always shows no errors.

If I run chkdsk on C I get different results every time I run it even
running it back to back with no other apps running. On rare occasions it
will show no errors but almost all of the time in will show one or more of
a large variety of errors.

If I run chkdsk C: /F, it of course wants to schedule chkdsk on the next
re-boot. If I allow it to do that and reboot chkdsk will run and find no
errors. It NEVER finds errors when booting just when windows is already
running.

I have been having occasional other problems that make it look like data
read from the disk is incorrect but if it were simple a disk or driver
problem, then I would thing that it would occur during boot as well, but it
doesn't.

Test the hard drive with a diagnostic utility downloaded from the drive
mftr.'s website. You will create a bootable CD with the file you
download. You will need third-party burning software to do this such as
Roxio, Nero, or the free CDBurnerXP Pro.

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

Boot with the CD you made and do a thorough test of the drive. If it
fails any physical tests, replace it.


Malke

 

[Bob I]

Anti-malware software installed, or maybe Zone-Alarm? Perhaps some
"roll-back" software?

 

[NoSuchAddress]

Thanks for your reply. Zone Alarm (not pro) and WebRoot Spy Sweeper with
anti-virus are installed and up-to-date. All windows updates are installed
except some of those relating to Outlook which I do not use.

 

[NoSuchAddress]

Thanks for your reply! I will run the hardware tests you suggest. However
I expect it to pass since it always works fine when Windows is not running.
I have run other "Boot non-windows software from CD" and there has never
been any problem.

However, if the test does fail, how can I tell if it is the hard drive or
hardware on the motherboard detween the disk and memory (bus, DMA, etc.)
that handles the data between the disk and the hardware. I suppose that if
the test reliably fails, I could try the same test with another hard drive.

 

[Bob I]

Disable ZA and SpySweeper and THEN run the chkdsk.