Computer problems

The ice packs are in the fridge so I can always replace them if I see hazardous heat.
Will post temps when I get new desktop board (damaged mine.....with water - last one didn't work, used solder instead of heat sealant and the thin points gave way, this works, tried it on the laptop).
Just had to make it - am a bit persistent.

what did you use for smart monitor?
I used Ubuntu's native disk utility to monitor SMART.
Click to expand...

I would try another just to be sure,
The link to the disc I sent you is bootable and works in dos - os independent,
I have managed to save a few dead hdd's with hdat2 after getting detailed spin up history and sector details with hard disk sentinel, I'm sure it can help
It also has live graphical mini Xp in it so you can have disk management and command lines etc for windows pcs
 
HDSentinel output...
Code: 
  -- General Information --

    Application Information
    -----------------------
    Installed Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Hard Disk Sentinel 0.03
    Current Date And Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26-11-11 00:23:45

    Computer Information
    --------------------
    Computer Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  abdulmajid-desktop
    MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  00:14:85:9A:F8:34

    System Information
    ------------------
    OS Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Linux : 2.6.35-31-generic (#62-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 8 14:00:30 UTC 2011)
    Process ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5343
    Uptime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17522 sec (0 days, 4 hours, 52 min, 2 sec)



  -- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #0: ST31000524AS --

    Hard Disk Summary
    -----------------
    Hard Disk Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  0
    Hard Disk Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  /dev/sda
    Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  S-ATA II
    Hard Disk Model ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ST31000524AS
    Hard Disk Revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  JC45
    Hard Disk Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9VPBWARK
    Hard Disk Total Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  953870 MB
    Current Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43 °C (109 °F)
    Power On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  148 days, 8 hours
    Estimated Remaining Lifetime. . . . . . . . . . .  more than 1000 days
    Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  #################### 100 % (Excellent)
    Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  #################### 100 % (Excellent)

    The hard disk status is PERFECT. Problematic or weak sectors not found and there are no spin up or data transfer errors. 
      No actions needed.

    ATA Information
    ---------------
    Hard Disk Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1938021
    Hard Disk Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
    Hard Disk Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
    Total Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1953525168
    ATA Revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
    Bytes Per Sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  512
    Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  0 KB
    Multiple Sectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
    Error Correction Bytes. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
    Unformatted Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  953870 MB
    Maximum PIO Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
    Maximum Multiword DMA Mode. . . . . . . . . . . .  2
    Maximum UDMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  150 MB/s (6)
    Active UDMA Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  150 MB/s (6)
    Minimum Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . . . .  120 ns
    Recommended Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . .  120 ns
    Minimum PIO Transfer Time Without IORDY . . . . .  120 ns
    Minimum PIO Transfer Time With IORDY. . . . . . .  120 ns
    ATA Control Byte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Valid
    ATA Checksum Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Valid

    Acoustic Management Configuration
    ---------------------------------
    Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Enabled
    Current Acoustic Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Balanced performance and volume (D0h)
    Recommended Acoustic Level. . . . . . . . . . . .  Balanced performance and volume (D0h)

    EIDE Properties
    ---------------
    Read Ahead Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Ultra DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    S.M.A.R.T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Power Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Host Protected Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Power Up In Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    48-bit LBA Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Device Configuration Overlay. . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    IORDY Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Read/Write DMA Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    NOP Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Trusted Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    64-bit World Wide ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  005000C5E82D70C2
    Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Media Card Pass Through . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    General Purpose Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Error Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    CFA Feature Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Long Physical Sectors (1) . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Long Logical Sectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Write-Read-Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported, Disabled
    NV Cache Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    NV Cache Power Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    NV Cache Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Free-fall Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Free-fall Control Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Nominal Media Rotation Rate . . . . . . . . . . .  7200 RPM

    SSD Features
    ------------
    Data Set Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    TRIM Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Deterministic Read After TRIM . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported

    S.M.A.R.T. Details
    ------------------
    Off-line Data Collection Status . . . . . . . . .  Successfully Completed
    Self Test Execution Status. . . . . . . . . . . .  Successfully Completed
    Total Time To Complete Off-line Data Collection .  600 seconds
    Execute Off-line Immediate. . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Abort/restart Off-line By Host. . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Off-line Read Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Short Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Extended Self-test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Conveyance Self-test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Selective Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Save Data Before/After Power Saving Mode. . . . .  Supported
    Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Error Logging Capability. . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Short Self-test Estimated Time. . . . . . . . . .  1 minutes
    Extended Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . .  178 minutes
    Conveyance Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . .  2 minutes

    Security Mode
    -------------
    Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Security Erase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Security Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  85 minutes
    Security Enhanced Erase Feature . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Security Enhanced Erase Time. . . . . . . . . . .  85 minutes
    Security Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  No
    Security Locked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  No
    Security Frozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  No
    Security Counter Expired. . . . . . . . . . . . .  No
    Security Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  High

    Serial ATA Features
    -------------------
    S-ATA Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Yes
    S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps) . . . . . . . .  Supported
    S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps). . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Receipt Of Power Management Requests From Host. .  Not supported
    PHY Event Counters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS. . . . .  Not supported
    DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization. . . . . . .  Not supported
    Device Initiating Interface Power Management. . .  Supported, Disabled
    In-Order Data Delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Asynchronous Notification . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Software Settings Preservation. . . . . . . . . .  Supported, Enabled
    Native Command Queuing (NCQ). . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Queue Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32

    S.M.A.R.T.
    ----------
No.  Attribute                Thre.. Value  Worst  Data                Status                   Flags                                                  
1    Raw Read Error Rate      6      116    99     000006D905BD        OK                       Error-Rate, Performance, Statistical, Critical         
3    Spin Up Time             0      100    100    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Statistical, Critical                                  
4    Start/Stop Count         20     100    100    0000000003AC        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
5    Reallocated Sectors Co.. 36     100    100    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical    
7    Seek Error Rate          30     74     60     000001BE5CF0        OK                       Error-Rate, Performance, Statistical, Critical         
9    Power-On Time Count      0      96     96     000000000DE8        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
10   Spin Retry Count         97     100    100    000000000000        OK                       Event Count, Statistical, Critical                     
12   Drive Power Cycle Count  20     100    100    0000000003DC        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
183  Vendor-specific          0      100    100    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
184  Vendor-specific          99     100    100    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
187  Vendor-specific          0      88     88     00000000000C        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
188  Vendor-specific          0      100    97     000000000022        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
189  Vendor-specific          0      100    100    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Error-Rate, Statistical  
190  Airflow Temperature      45     57     42     02912C2B002B        OK                       Self Preserving, Statistical                           
194  HDD Temperature          0      43     58     00180000002B        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Statistical                           
195  Hardware ECC Recovered   0      37     26     000006D905BD        OK (Always passing)      Event Count, Error-Rate, Statistical                   
197  Current Pending Sector.. 0      100    100    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Event Count, Statistical                               
198  Off-Line Uncorrectable.. 0      100    100    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Event Count                                            
199  Ultra ATA CRC Error Co.. 0      200    200    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Error-Rate, Performanc.. 
240  Head Flying Hours        0      100    253    32B000001825        OK (Always passing)                                                             
241  Vendor-specific          0      100    253    0000FB31DBF9        OK (Always passing)                                                             
242  Vendor-specific          0      100    253    00009B6A434D        OK (Always passing)                                                             



  -- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #1: Maxtor 6V080E0 --

    Hard Disk Summary
    -----------------
    Hard Disk Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
    Hard Disk Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  /dev/sdb
    Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  S-ATA II
    Hard Disk Model ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Maxtor 6V080E0
    Hard Disk Revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  VA111900
    Hard Disk Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . .  V22XT9LG
    Hard Disk Total Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78167 MB
    Current Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  48 °C (118 °F)
    Power On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  924 days, 19 hours, 13 minutes
    Estimated Remaining Lifetime. . . . . . . . . . .  more than 812 days
    Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ###################- 95 % (Excellent)
    Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  #################### 100 % (Excellent)

    The drive found 4 bad sectors during its self test.
    There are 1 weak sectors found on the disk surface. They may be remapped any time in the later use of the disk.
      No actions needed.

    ATA Information
    ---------------
    Hard Disk Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  158816
    Hard Disk Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
    Hard Disk Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
    Total Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  160086528
    ATA Revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
    Bytes Per Sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  512
    Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8192 KB
    Multiple Sectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
    Error Correction Bytes. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
    Unformatted Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78167 MB
    Maximum PIO Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
    Maximum Multiword DMA Mode. . . . . . . . . . . .  2
    Maximum UDMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  150 MB/s (6)
    Active UDMA Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  150 MB/s (6)
    Minimum Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . . . .  120 ns
    Recommended Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . .  120 ns
    Minimum PIO Transfer Time Without IORDY . . . . .  120 ns
    Minimum PIO Transfer Time With IORDY. . . . . . .  120 ns
    ATA Control Byte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Valid
    ATA Checksum Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Valid

    Acoustic Management Configuration
    ---------------------------------
    Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Enabled
    Current Acoustic Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Max performance and volume (FEh)
    Recommended Acoustic Level. . . . . . . . . . . .  Balanced performance and volume (C0h)

    EIDE Properties
    ---------------
    Read Ahead Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Ultra DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    S.M.A.R.T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Power Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Host Protected Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Power Up In Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    48-bit LBA Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Device Configuration Overlay. . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    IORDY Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Read/Write DMA Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    NOP Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Trusted Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    64-bit World Wide ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50010750801BE7C1
    Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Media Card Pass Through . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    General Purpose Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Error Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    CFA Feature Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Long Physical Sectors (1) . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Long Logical Sectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Write-Read-Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    NV Cache Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    NV Cache Power Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    NV Cache Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Free-fall Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Free-fall Control Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported

    SSD Features
    ------------
    Data Set Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    TRIM Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Deterministic Read After TRIM . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported

    S.M.A.R.T. Details
    ------------------
    Off-line Data Collection Status . . . . . . . . .  Successfully Completed
    Self Test Execution Status. . . . . . . . . . . .  Test Failed By Read Element
    Total Time To Complete Off-line Data Collection .  901 seconds
    Execute Off-line Immediate. . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Abort/restart Off-line By Host. . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Off-line Read Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Short Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Extended Self-test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Conveyance Self-test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Selective Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Save Data Before/After Power Saving Mode. . . . .  Supported
    Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Error Logging Capability. . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Short Self-test Estimated Time. . . . . . . . . .  2 minutes
    Extended Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . .  35 minutes

    Security Mode
    -------------
    Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Security Erase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Security Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Security Enhanced Erase Feature . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Security Enhanced Erase Time. . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Security Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  No
    Security Locked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  No
    Security Frozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  No
    Security Counter Expired. . . . . . . . . . . . .  No
    Security Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  High

    Serial ATA Features
    -------------------
    S-ATA Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Yes
    S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps) . . . . . . . .  Supported
    S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps). . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Receipt Of Power Management Requests From Host. .  Supported
    PHY Event Counters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS. . . . .  Not supported
    DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization. . . . . . .  Not supported
    Device Initiating Interface Power Management. . .  Not supported
    In-Order Data Delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Asynchronous Notification . . . . . . . . . . . .  Not supported
    Software Settings Preservation. . . . . . . . . .  Supported, Enabled
    Native Command Queuing (NCQ). . . . . . . . . . .  Supported
    Queue Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32

    S.M.A.R.T.
    ----------
No.  Attribute                Thre.. Value  Worst  Data                Status                   Flags                                                  
3    Spin Up Time             63     222    219    000000002866        OK                       Self Preserving, Performance, Statistical, Critical    
4    Start/Stop Count         0      250    250    000000001ECC        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
5    Reallocated Sectors Co.. 63     253    253    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical    
7    Seek Error Rate          0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                                
8    Seek Time Performance    187    248    238    00000000AC10        OK                       Self Preserving, Performance, Statistical, Critical    
9    Power-On Time Count      0      193    193    000000005201        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
10   Spin Retry Count         157    253    252    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Statistical, Critical     
11   Drive Calibration Retr.. 223    253    252    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Statistical, Critical     
12   Drive Power Cycle Count  0      228    228    000000002698        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
189  Vendor-specific          0      100    100    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Error-Rate, Statistical  
190  Airflow Temperature      0      52     40     0000312F0030        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Statistical                           
192  Power off Retract Cycle  0      253    253    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
193  Load/Unload Cycle Count  0      253    253    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
194  HDD Temperature          0      45     253    000000000030        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
195  Hardware ECC Recovered   0      253    252    000000000467        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                                
196  Reallocation Event Count 0      253    253    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate                                             
197  Current Pending Sector.. 0      253    253    000000000001        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate                                             
198  Off-Line Uncorrectable.. 0      249    244    000000000004        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate                                             
199  Ultra ATA CRC Error Co.. 0      1      1      000000000DED        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate                                             
200  Write Error Rate         0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                                
201  Soft Read Error Rate     0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                                
202  Data Address Mark Errors 0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                                
203  Run Out Cancel           180    253    252    000000000000        OK                       Error-Rate, Statistical, Critical                      
204  Soft ECC Correction      0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                                
205  Thermal Asperity Rate    0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                                
207  Spin High Current        0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Statistical               
208  Spin Buzz                0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Statistical               
210  Vendor-specific          0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
211  Vendor-specific          0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
212  Vendor-specific          0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
 
the boot cd works with ext4, dunno how hard disk sentinel works with it though as i've never seen that sort of display - this is the usual dos diagnostic on a fault:

harddisksentinel-1.jpg


hdsdos1005-1.gif


if you're getting a clean bill of health then i would assume it's the file structure and layout, what happens if you rar your files?
 
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I dont know what you mean by 'what happens to my rar files?' i have some game images and movies in rar archive. :p
 
oops - just noticed - you're getting 4 bad sectors on the maxtor 6V080E0,
i'm pretty certain hdat2 can back them up and isolate them automatically in an efficient manner (better than the likes of chkdsk anyway)
you have to be patient with it though, i made the mistake of wondering why it's taking so long on the first few and damaged them beyond repair by pulling out in the middle of repair,
now i use a separate pc and leave it overnight if necessary, no user input is required once the process has started, but a fan is strongly recommended.
they can get hot.
 
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'Abd Al-Maajid said:
I dont know what you mean by 'what happens to my rar files?' i have some game images and movies in rar archive.
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if you split them up into rar and delete/move the main files that you use least to an external - do you get the same screeching sound?
(those new large 8gb files you mentioned)
 
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Abz2000 said:
if you split them up into rar and delete/move the main files that you use least to an external -, do you get the same screeching sound?
(those new large files you mentioned)
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No, I havent tried that. Those large files i mentioned, are now purged, I deleted them. I was using them for some testing purpose. Those iso images and rar files were there before the hard disk started making sound, so i am now confused.

tell me one thing, bro, the SMART status says that the HD is healthy and now should i stop worrying for my HD is making sound? I am least worried about Maxtor whihc has 4 bad sectors because i dont have any important data in it. :hmm:
 
if both the tests are showing 100% there shouldn't be any cause of worry,
but if my disk was sounding like you described i would still have my hair on end,
have you scanned it for spyware/bots etc?
i also found this quite useful for feeling familiar with what's taking up what:
http://www.diskanalyzerpro.com/

again - if they say they're healthy, i'd believe they were but still be concerned about longevity,
why not backup onto different smaller drives and dban the thing and write complete zeros?

dban is also on that iso disc along with other wiping tools
 
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^ Well, i dont use windows on my 1tb hd, so there is no chance of spyware or bots. also i cannot run certain disk utilities on my linux hd. i will try diskanalyserpro and hdat2 on my maxtor hd.
 
dban is a linux environment program.

http://www.dban.org/about

with or without dban, wiping the drive on a low level or even on a simple format would probably tell you if the scratching was file based
 
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dban is a linux environment program.

http://www.dban.org/about

with or without dban, wiping the drive on a low level or even on a simple format would probably tell you if the scratching was file based
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To give an opposite view; I think you should either leave it or run a program like spinrite for a few days on the drive. You already know there are no bad sectors, and those you have on the other drive cannot be repaired by dban - if it see's a bad sector it won't even touch it; you'll just get an error after like 30 hrs or however long your option takes.
 
^ but if after he backs up the one with no errors (the 1tb) and formats it, he can be assured that that it's a folder organisation issue and it should stop grinding, then he can put his files back on in a more organised structure (coz i know how stressful it is to hear your drive grind away - it feels like your heart's being torn out. ;D
the maxtor can be repaired with hdat2 though and there'll probably be no need for wiping

we had a customer come in the other day and her xp had failed, instead of backing up and making her buy a new drive and then reinstalling os + drivers, i repaired it with hdat2 unattended in 1 and a half hours (80gb) it fixed 2 bad sectors, and it booted into her o.s perfectly. she's happy, i'm happy.
 
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coz i know how stressful it is to hear your drive grind away - it feels like your heart's being torn out.
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:lol: that's how i feel, my heart pounds every time i hear that sound...

Anyways I'll try backing up the files and formatting the HD again and repair the 80gb with hdat2.
 
let us know how it goes, i like to hear success stories.
(remember to be patient with hdat2, it can take time on bad sectors.
choose the first option (the top one), "check and repair bad sectors".
 
Guys I'm sick with your whatever it is, to me its next to my Chinese.
I need at least one complaint to issue warnings to all culprits.:raging:

Why don't you take it to garbage section.... I mean Brothers' Section?:skeleton:

Someone please move these post there as a new thread.

What? I'm sick, I have already told :exhausted
 
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Tilmeez said:
Guys I'm sick with your whatever it is, too me its next to my Chinese.
I need at least one complaint to issue warnings to all culprits.:raging:

Why don't you take it to garbage section.... I mean Brothers' Section?:skeleton:

Someone please move these post there as a new thread.

What? I'm sick, I have already told :exhausted
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It's computer language and nerdy geeky stuff, look I can translate the last line for you:

You Said: "Why don't you take it to garbage section.... I mean Brothers' Section?" the computer said:

01010111 01101000 01111001 00100000 01100100 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100111 01100001 01110010 01100010 01100001 01100111 01100101 00100000 01110011 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00101110 00101110 00101110 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01101101 01100101 01100001 01101110 00100000 01000010 01110010 01101111 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01110011 00100111 00100000 01010011 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00111111]
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^o)^o):exhausted
 
What are pros and cons of creating a swap partition in an extended file system rather than creating it as a primary partition?
 
:sl:

when I try to shut down computer , a dialog box comes with this message : Ending Programme , Pl. wait.:heated:
 
you have a program running in the background,
you can stop unnecessary programs from starting up by using msconfig

xp:
start
run
msconfig
startup programs.
UNCHECK THE PROGRAMS YOU DON'T NEED (DO NOT STOP ANYTHING YOU DON'T RECOGNISE AND DO NOT STOP YOUR ANTIVIRUS)
click apply/ok
a reboot is required


VISTA/win 7:
start
msconfig (in the search box)
continue with same as above

(depending on what you use)
i normally stop programs like win live messenger, real player etc,

removing startup programs won't prevent them from working, it'll just prevent them from starting with windows and slowing down your pc unnecessarily, you can click on their respective icons on the desktop / start menu to access them normally.
 

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