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I have been having some problems recently with my 2nd harddrive. today it stopped responding. I use it for storage (music, pictures, and other files).

I was listening to some music today on the comp and the music decided to stop. i was trying figure out why and my drive seemed to "disappear". it wasnt listed in my computer anymore... so i restarted. then it wouldnt start up. once it froze on the windows load screen, once it froze before windows loading, once it froze where you choose to boot in safe mode or regular etc.

so i unplugged the second drive, restarted, and it worked fine. so i turned off, plugged the drive back in and turned it back on. now it works fine. i dont understand.

I checked the event viewer and there is a lot of events. These events are repeated a bunch of times. here are some:

Source: Disk
Event ID: 51
"An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation."

Source: atapi
Event ID: 9
The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort3, did not respond within the timeout period.


Source: sr
Event ID: 1
The System Restore filter encountered the unexpected error '0xC0000185' while processing the file '~WRL0005.tmp' on the volume 'HarddiskVolume4'. It has stopped monitoring the volume.

yup, sounds like it to me. I would get the info off pronto just to be safe. If its still fairly new I would send it in on warenty.

If you can get it back working by chance pull your data off ASAP

Ditto

Mike

Damn helpful aint I ;)

I will sometime get good results by pulling it and putting in an external enclosure!! I got a couple hard drives data off that way when the computer would not find them...wierd, but it worked

ya, i am getting all the goodies off of it. I havent had it that long. (maybe year, maybe a little more). I got all the important stuff off last night. now i am just getting all my music. (though it is important, it is replaceable.) It is a Maxtor 6B250S0. what type of warranty they have for these?

Its a good thing have that extra SATA harddrive i won here a while back!!

Is it typical that the drive would work, then not then work then not... it did this a little bit a while back but i reformatted it and it worked since (up to a couple days ago.)

yes it is typical for it to do the symptoms you described. Get the data off ASAP like said, and then look to see if the drive is still under warranty

will i need the receipt for warranty?

AFAIK Maxtor only has a 1yr warranty, and yes most places require a warranty........unless you bought it from a local store.

hmmm...i dont remember where i bought that thing, or when. i guess i get to dig through receipts tonight. JOY!!!

no reciept, just hope on maxtors website punch in the serial and it'll tell you

is there a way to get the serial # without looking at the drive itself?

Sandra XI will detect it. Not sure if its right, I'm checking now.


Edit not right for Hitachi, checking my WD

Edit2 works for Western Digital

Serial Number B60QBX6H

Seagate Part Number L01S250-S6B6

Warranty Status Expiration 19-Mar-2006

"Out of Warranty
This drive is out of warranty with Seagate. Repair service for out of warranty products is available only to contracted customers."

Well, that sucks...guess i have to get me a new one. any suggestions? ~250 gigs.

what can i do with the old one? shoot it with the shot gun?

you could, just watch out for shrapnel.


Depends on what you want to spend. Huge fan of Hitachi's here. Best drives out there right now.

shooting it is fun, but your range may have issues with it.

Got a friend with at drill press? Have'em drill a hole in it.

I say hitachi I love mine. Hated all maxtors and WD drives I've had.

I'd go with a beefy Seagate HD myself... and avoid anything Maxtor ;) Good luck!

you realize Maxtor is Seagate now right?

ha... thats funny. I think i am going to hold off on buying a new drive. i need to save some cash. something hopes on sale, i might grab it, but i am in no real need for a new drive.

Thanks for the help guys!!!

bigblockmatt wrote:

Serial Number B60QBX6H

Seagate Part Number L01S250-S6B6

Warranty Status Expiration 19-Mar-2006

"Out of Warranty
This drive is out of warranty with Seagate. Repair service for out of warranty products is available only to contracted customers."

Well, that sucks...guess i have to get me a new one. any suggestions? ~250 gigs.

what can i do with the old one? shoot it with the shot gun?

Don't do that... a shotgun will just bounce stuff off and it will come back at you. A local car club guy got an AR-15 for X-Mas and about a week later shot himself in the head.... NO BS... He was using armor piercing rounds at a steel target 25 yards... To make a long story short it bounced back and hit him right above the eye and the bullet tumbled along his skull and ended up above his ear...

Before:

After:


awww he took the after down... I asked him to put it back up...

Anywho if you shoot it be careful and do it from a safe distance. I've had stuff come back at me from 100 yards and by the time it hit my clothes it hardly hurt. Advice from a guy that does this.