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hard drive having problems writing files

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by ravenjy, Sep 19, 2004.

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  1. ravenjy Newcomer, in training

    something is wrong with my drive lately. it all started one day when i got this message while booting my pc. "drive 1 on primary eide controller is operating outside of normal specifications". now i dont see this message anymore but when i write new files to that drive, they become corrupt.

    i am using windows xp pro sp1 and its a wd 180 gig hdd.
  2. RealBlackStuff Newcomer, in training

    Check in your BIOS for the settings of that drive. It should have LBA enabled.
    Also, your BIOS might not be able to handle such a big drive (might go over the 1024 sector boundary), look for a BIOS-update from the motherboards manufacturer that may deal with this problem.
  3. Nic TechSpot Paladin

  4. ravenjy Newcomer, in training

    nic i dl'ed that tool and it says pass
  5. RealBlackStuff Newcomer, in training

    Please give us the make and exact model of your harddisk, its jumper-settings (master or slave or cable-select), as well as all the entries you find in your BIOS for that disk.
  6. Nic TechSpot Paladin

    Also, check all hard drive cables (remove/refit).
  7. ravenjy Newcomer, in training

    realblackstuff, model is WDC WD1800JB, its on cable select and ill check what the bios has to say.

    nic, i already did that.
  8. ravenjy Newcomer, in training

    this is what the bios says

    primary drive 1 .... hard drive

    drive type ... auto
    capacity ... 180 gb

    realblackstuff, to answer your question. ive had this drive for over a year and it worked without any problems so its not the bios not being able to handle it. so instead of auto, it should be LBA?
  9. Shiney Newcomer, in training

    You say drive 1 is giving the problems, do you have a drive 0 attached to the same cable ?
  10. ravenjy Newcomer, in training

    yes shiney, i have 2 drives attached to the same cable
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