Please Help Me With My Computer!?!?!
OK. So I went to defragment my hard drive. I get this error message:
[QUOTE]Defragmentation of (C:) has been aborted due to inconsistancies that were dectected in the filesystem. Please run CHKDSK or SCAN DISK on (C:) to repair these inconsistancies, then run Disk Defragmenter again.[/QUOTE]
I have Windows XP. So anyway, I ran CHKDSK and it looked like it did something, deleted some files, but when I ran the defragmenter again I got the same error message.
I tried to run SCAN DISK, but I don't know the correct way to type it in to make it work. I kinda think that CHKDSK was in some kind of safe mode, but I really don't know a lot about this.
If anyone can help me I will be eternally grateful and you will earn my respect and admiration. Please, somebody, anybody, help me!
My intuition says either your computer has a cooling problem, or the hard drive could be getting ready to go, not definite, just gut feeling from dealing with hundreds of computers. Another possibility is the hard drive isn't getting enough juice, either because the power supply is getting ready to go, or you added too much hardware and the PS can't support it all. Or maybe everything is really fine and this is just a fluke, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.
1. back that shit up. If you have the budget, get yourself an external USB hard drive, then download the 30-day demo of SyncBackSE, it's pretty thorough and easy to work with (no adware or spyware) has some capability to backup locked / in use files, and the backup is not in some weird format that can only be read by the same software. A simple Copy or Windows Backup will die if it hits a file that it can't read for some reason, then you have to try to pick up where it left off. SyncBackSE will let you know the copy of that file failed, but move on to the next file. JFileSync is also pretty good, but can't copy locked files, and is a bit slower.
[url]http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbse.html[/url]
[url]http://jfilesync.sourceforge.net/[/url]
2. clean the dust out of any "vents" in the front / back / sides of the computer. The most efficient way to do that is to take it outside and use compressed air, but not in the rain LOL. Vacuum is next best, but be extra careful about static electricity, keep one hand touching a metal part of the computer case, and touch the wand to the external metal periodically to ground it. Observe fans to make sure they are sucking or blowing adequately. If the hard drive seems really hot to touch after the computer has been on for awhile, you might want to add some extra fan(s) to cool the hard drive better.
3. You backed up your computer already, right? Use a better defrag method. First, you need a good amount of free space to be able to defrag efficiently. I use JDiskReport (free and legit) to help look for old junk that is wasting space then follow that up with CCleaner, you may want to un-check the option to delete Cookies so you don't have to "login" again to every web site that you visit, then follow with Disk Cleanup. Then I like to defrag with Auslogics Disk Defrag, it's not as thorough, but is very efficient, then follow that up with the Windows defrag which will run a lot faster once Auslogics has done most of the dirty work.
[url]http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/[/url]
[url]http://www.ccleaner.com/[/url] * See note!
[url]http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/[/url]
* CCleaner will install Yahoo! Toolbar by default, you should un-check that option if you don't want it, or just remove it later after the install in Add / Remove Programs.
This is a really good idea.
[QUOTE=monkeywright;1034396]Here ya go...
[QUOTE]Windows 2000/XP
You can use the Error-checking tool to check for file system errors and bad sectors on your hard disk.
* Restart Windows in Safe Mode. Click here for a guide on how to do this.
* Open My Computer by double-clicking on the My Computer icon on your desktop.
* Right click on the disk drive you want to check.
* On the drop down menu, left click Properties.
* Select the Tools tab.
* In the Error-Checking section, click the Check Now button.
* In the Check Disk Options section, tick the Automatically Fix File System Errors and the Scan for and Attempt Recovery of Bad Sectors check box[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]
That did it! Its fixed! Thank you so very very much! :dance:
Here ya go...
You can use the Error-checking tool to check for file system errors and bad sectors on your hard disk.
* Restart Windows in Safe Mode. Click [URL=http://xtra.co.nz/help/0,,6156-1377929,00.html]here [/URL]for a guide on how to do this.
* Open My Computer by double-clicking on the My Computer icon on your desktop.
* Right click on the disk drive you want to check.
* On the drop down menu, left click Properties.
* Select the Tools tab.
* In the Error-Checking section, click the Check Now button.
* In the Check Disk Options section, tick the Automatically Fix File System Errors and the Scan for and Attempt Recovery of Bad Sectors check box.