Hard drive error

Oh dear. I’ve been having a lot of fun with the computer this morning, as I have for the past week or so… it’s near breaking completely, I’m pretty sure of this. It takes a looooooooong time to load up, because it keeps restarting itself before it gets to the login page, and sometimes it asks me “Do you want to go into safe mode?” and sometimes it says “CMOS BAD. Press F1 to fuck about with the settings, or F2 to load defaults and continue.” Being CMOS illiterate, I don’t know what the hell that means. So I press F2, and after afew more restarting attempts, I can access the computer again. Today was different though, it came up with this:

Problem caused by a hard disk drive error

Windows was temporarily unable to read your hard disk drive. This problem is general in nature and we are unable to determine the specific cause of the problem from the error report. In most cases this problem is temporary and can be ignored.

Common causes of this problem include:

• Large file transfers from secondary media, such as an external hard drive, to a local hard drive.
• The loss of power to a hard disk drive that causes inconsistent data sectors.
• Problems entering Hibernation or Standby Mode.
• Hard drive lag caused by filter drivers, such as virus scanners.

Troubleshooting

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The following steps are provided as general troubleshooting steps that might or might not prevent the problem from recurring. If you cannot resolve the problem using the following steps or are uncomfortable performing them, we recommend you contact your computer manufacturer for assistance.

1. Back up your files and folders immediately to prevent potential data loss. Go online to read the article How to Use the Backup Utility to Back Up Files and Folders in Windows XP Home Edition to learn how to backup your data.
2. Run a hard disk drive error checking tool. Go online to read the article How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP to learn how to run a hard disk drive error checking utility.
3. Make sure the drive cables are plugged in. If they are plugged in and you’re still receiving errors, consider replacing the drive cables.

Note: As a general rule, we recommend you backup your files on a regular basis in case of any unexpected hardware problems.

So erm… I’m going to follow it’s instructions, and hope for the best. I’m backing up my files at the moment, first will back up anime, then will backup photos, music, documents etc… then I’m going to run that hard disk drive error checking tool, as I’m pretty goddamn sure there’s errors causing it not to want to start first thing when you want it to.

~ by Vicki on May 16, 2007.