Computer crashed

[Shibathedog]

if you where talking about my hard drive its sitting on a shelf with half the casing missing and bullet holes in it

 

it would have been too boring to just throw it out

[Robert]

The saga continues.. now the hard drive crashed

 

I can use the computer for a while but if it tries to access certain parts of the disk, it starts making a clanking noise and the computer freezes or blue screens.

 

I copied as many files as I could to other drives but unfortunately if I try to use ghost it hangs on the bad part of the disk.

 

So I will have to find another drive and rebuild the computer from scratch. It will take a long time.

[Alpha]

Yikes, sorry to read about that. What's the make of your hard drive? Seagate, Maxtor, Western Digital?

[Robert]

Western Digital 6 gig drive, made 8 years ago.

It's done pretty well, considering it's been on continuously for the last 3 years.

[Robert]

OK, using the new hard drive now.

 

Some things are working and hopefully should be all ready by tomorrow

[Robert]

Finished fixing everything, got all the latest windows updates from microsoft and it all works fine. This is a replacement 6 gig drive. I made a ghost image for next time.

 

Now, my boss brought in a spare 80 gig drive and this has now been installed to replace the 6 gig. The image was ghosted down, and in less than 5 minutes it was ready to go.

 

As it's late I won't do anything tonight, but tomorrow (in 17 hours to be exact) i'll be able to start posting news again.

 

I am very thankful that this ordeal is finally over.

[OverlordMondo]

You know, my computer's been crashing often recently, too. I can't determine the cause, though. Generally happens while running full screen games, but it doesn't seem to be overheating (my first concern, since it's so hot right now), and I've had no problems running these things in the past.

[Haldrie]

Sounds like your video card may be giving out on you or there could be an instability in the Windows system itself causing the crash. Although if it has been hot it could also be a problem. The system itself may not seem hot but the ambiant heat around it might be part of the problem.