I Have Literally Formatted My Hd 10 Times In The Past Two Weeks

FPS fiend · Sep 7, 2005

jobeard said:

Let's be clear. You can't boot from the HD and reformat at the same time.
To really reformat, you have to boot from a CD with the right tools.

Secondly, if you REALLY need to format an HD, don't use the Quick option,
as that's logically the same as ERASE ALL FILES. Yes it is quick, but you've
avoided doing the most important part of formatting, testing each data block
for data integrity. You really want this done to find any BAD BLOCKS and to
have them marked as UNUSABLE.

Now then, if you get errors in the install
...file xyz could not be copied, ...
then see Tedster's Comment

How do I test each block to mark as unusable?

Tedster · Sep 7, 2005

when you low-level format a hard drive, the computer automatically tests each block and marks them as usuable or not. When installing windows opt for the long, slow format.

Fast format is the same thing as a delete and does not test block integrity.

FPS fiend · Sep 7, 2005

Tedster said:

when you low-level format a hard drive, the computer automatically tests each block and marks them as usuable or not. When installing windows opt for the long, slow format.

Fast format is the same thing as a delete and does not test block integrity.

Ok, then I've done that a few times. My hard drive still manages to crash on me. In fact, I just got another BSOD about 5 min ago. Luckily I was able to actually boot in safe mode this time and retrieve a minidump. Somebody please study my dump and find the culprit Thanks

jobeard · Sep 8, 2005

the hard drive NEVER CRASHES; the OS may report I/O errors or
go to a BSOD, but the HD didn't crash.

Cause vs Effect? That's the whole issue TBD (To Be Determined)

FPS fiend · Sep 8, 2005

jobeard said:

the hard drive NEVER CRASHES; the OS may report I/O errors or
go to a BSOD, but the HD didn't crash.

Cause vs Effect? That's the whole issue TBD (To Be Determined)

so what info do you need to determine my pc's problem?

FPS fiend · Sep 11, 2005

anoter bsod

ok, i was playing WoW, and my comp suddenly restarted. I checked the errors' event id's and they were all 7, saying i had 6 bad blocks on hdd. Here's another minidump. Would somebody mind checking it out for me? Thanks

cpc2004 · Sep 12, 2005

Hi FPS Friend,

Your windows crash at IRQL x'1c' and probably it is faulty CPU.

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