HDD problems

[Shadowrunner]

i always keep my computer on, the HDD is about 3 years old Maxtor 60bg IDE.
and it sometimes it kinda "slows down" it does it randomly and sometimes it does it twice or 3 times and if it does that that blue screen of death comes up, in other words it crashes. any ideas?

 

[DonNagual]

Download and run POWERMAX on your hard drive to test it and see if it is dying.

http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/M...oftware Downloads/Top Downloads&downloadID=22

 

[Shadowrunner]

umm, i dont have a floppy drive

 

[DonNagual]

They also have an .iso version you can burn to a CD

http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/M.../DiamondMax Family/Diagnostics&downloadID=113

 

[Nodsu]

And you can always burn a floppy image to a bootable CD.

 

[Shadowrunner]

how do u do that?

 

[DonNagual]

how do u do that?

If you follow the link I gave you, it gives you very good instructions on that page.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING POWERMAX BOOTABLE CD:

1. Download the file PWRMAXEN.ISO to your Windows desktop.
2. To burn a CD from the POWERMAX.ISO image.

* After downloading in Windows click on the PWRMAXEN.ISO icon.
* Clicking on the ISO image icon will automatically launch the CD recording software on your system.
* Insert blank media into your CD recorder then select OK to finish the copy.

 

[Nodsu]

You choose a new compilation in your CD burning program. Select a bootable CD as the type. You will be prompted for a floppy disk or a floppy disk image. Burn. Boot.

 

[Shadowrunner]

and what might that software be?

 

[Shadowrunner]

naa i dont know how to do it, could i have more guidencce?

 

[Shadowrunner]

mw thinks hes got it, he will report back after

 

[Shadowrunner]

i ran the iso (i think) and all that comes up is a blinking cursor in the top-left screen? HELP!

 

[Nodsu]

Heh.. Something went wrong. If it was an ISO image you downloaded then it is most likely corrupt. If you used a floppy image then you either did it wrong or the floppy image is corrupt too.