Need HD Help ?????????????

[spmiz]

Last night my system locked up, when I rebooted my system ran scandisk and found bad sectors on my C drive. I then allowed it to attempt to move sector data to new sector, but ever since then my system locks up randomly. I am at a loss where to start to look. I am running a IBM 30GB Drive and set-up with three partitions; C partition being Win98, D partition being program/file drive and E being download/internet drive. I know problem is with C drive but don't know if I need to reload windows or what to do, Please help????????????

[Dudster]

I'd start backing up anything important. Your drive might be on it's way out http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

I'm not knowledgable enough to be able to really help you but I know that IBM have some utils on their website www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/index.htm (http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/index.htm) Be careful with any of them if you do try one (even if it worked, you would probably wipe the drive clean and maybe even damage it, especially if you used the wrong util or the right one in the wrong way). I've never tried any of them myself. You'll have to wait for someone to reply who really knows what they're talking about http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Good luck

Edit: I think those drives have a 3 year warranty so you should be able to exchange it for a new one.

[This message has been edited by Dudster (edited 07-29-2001).]

[This message has been edited by Dudster (edited 07-29-2001).]

[elroy]

I would run the IBM utility to check drive integrity. If it says that the drive is ok. Then I would format the C partition and re-install the Win98. If it says the drive is bad call IBM for an RMA#.