Hi There, I still get problems with Windows 2000 Professional but have learnt to accept it. My hammering hard drive problems have now turned into...
HI Again Newt, Have run all sorts of tests on drive D. Will just have to put down the missing 68mb as reserved space for NTFS system. Thanks for...
Hi Again Newt, I think that I have found out what the missing 68mb on drive D is. I ahave another computer that I installed Windows XP on today....
Hi Again, Have downloaded those two utilities. NTFS DOS returned the following: Microsoft(R) Windows DOS (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp...
Hi, Thanks again for your input. Below are the results of chkdsk. D:\>chkdsk /r /v The type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current...
Hi There Newt, Thanks for that info. Have run NTFSinfo on drive D and below are the results. Do they mean anything significant? Microsoft(R)...
Thanks Newt for those links. I have run NTFSinfo but don't really understand what the results mean that I am getting. As for contig I do not...
Thanks Newt for those links. I have run NTFSinfo but do not really understand what the results mean that I am getting. As for contig, do not quite...
Hi Newt, Thanks again for getting back to me. Yes I have show all files set to show but there is nothing showing. When I go into disk utilities...
Thanks everyone who gave their suggestions for my "hammering hardrive." I think that I have found the problem and solution. When the hardrive was...
Thanks Again Newt for your input. I will probably end up throwing the machine out the window. Hey got another problem if you can help. Windows2000...
Hello Mr. B Thanks very much for your input. Have done what you suggested and turned off the indexing service. Only time will tell. Cheers, Chalkie
Hi Again, I have found the event viewer in conrol panel/administrative tools. I have seven different error messages about the hard drive which...
Hi Again Newt, Today have changed my hard drive for another one that I had and have re-installed Windows 2000 Professional. So far, and it's...
Hi Newt, The hammering does'nt usually begin at start up. The computer can be in action for various amounts of time before this problem surfaces....
I have installed Windows 2000 Professional using NTFS file system. After a few days the hard drive is constantly hammered by the operating system...
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