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To: JakeStraw who wrote (30293)	11/12/2002 4:53:08 PM
From: thecow	Respond to of 110653

Jake From a similar message I found searching the net you should contact your pc manufacturer after backing up all the data you can to a disk. Your drive could be in danger of failure.

To: JakeStraw who wrote (30293)	11/12/2002 6:06:51 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

Jake, SMART explained >SMART Defender v1.01 SMART Defender is an easy to use Windows program that monitors SMART-capable IDE and SCSI hard disk drives. The program reduces the risk of system down time by assessing the reliability and predicting hard disk drive failures. This lastest release (v1.01) now supports selftest of IBM SCSI drives. (SMART Defender is a replacement for EZSMART.)< storage.ibm.com

To: JakeStraw who wrote (30293)	11/12/2002 10:16:21 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110653

Try running check disk. Your IT guy hopefully knows what's below but if not show him: Chkdsk Creates and displays a status report for the disk. The chkdsk command also lists and corrects errors on the disk. The chkdsk command with the parameters listed below is only available when you are using the Recovery Console. The chkdsk command with different parameters is available from the command prompt. chkdsk [drive:] [/p] [/r] Parameters none Used without parameters, chkdsk displays the status of the disk in the current drive. drive: Specifies the drive that you want chkdsk to check. /p Performs an exhaustive check even if the drive is not marked for chkdsk to run. This parameter does not make any changes to the drive. /r Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information. Implies /p. Note The chkdsk command requires the file Autochk.exe. If it cannot find it in the startup directory (\%systemroot%\System32, by default), it will attempt to locate it on the Windows Installation CD. If you have a multiboot computer, be sure you are issuing this command from the drive containing Windows. Related Topics