DUG@CZHETH5A.BITNET (Schwegler Ralph) (05/28/91)
Hello,
When i first switch on my computer, my HD (Seagate SR-238) works well.
But after some minutes, there are many R/W errors. I am using DOS 3.21;
i have low level formated my HD as a SR-238R HD, with Seagate's
Diskmanager.
I could not find a virus, either with f-prot 115 or scan 77. If i list
the TSR, there is a 3120 bytes long file labelled ?.
Could that be the cause of the harddisk problems ?
Thanks for your advices.
Ralph Schwegler, student at University St.Gallen for Economics (CH).
E-Mail : 89611628@csghsg54.bitnet / 89611628S@gamma.unisg.chrich@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Richard Hempsey) (05/29/91)
DUG@CZHETH5A.BITNET (Schwegler Ralph) writes: > Hello, > > When i first switch on my computer, my HD (Seagate SR-238) works well. > But after some minutes, there are many R/W errors. I am using DOS 3.21; > i have low level formated my HD as a SR-238R HD, with Seagate's > Diskmanager. > > I could not find a virus, either with f-prot 115 or scan 77. If i list > the TSR, there is a 3120 bytes long file labelled ?. > > Could that be the cause of the harddisk problems ? > > Thanks for your advices. > > Ralph Schwegler, student at University St.Gallen for Economics (CH). > E-Mail : 89611628@csghsg54.bitnet / 89611628S@gamma.unisg.ch The problem might simply be thermal expansion of the platter in the drive. As the drive warms up, the platter expands, and the heads are now mis-aligned. I had the same problem with my Miniscribe 8438. A very simple cure: I never turn my computer off! Well, except for thunderstorms... If you have to turn the computer off, then boot from a (clean, of course!) floppy, and wait for the computer to warm up before using the hard drive. Suggestion: Buy a copy of Spinrite II and use it regularly. Best $80 I ever spent. (I am in no way affiliated with Gibson Research, just a satisfied customer) Richard Hempsey at ersys!nowhere!rich@nro.cs.athabascau.ca or rich@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca or ...!alberta!aunro!ersys!nowhere!rich - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German... Should my theory prove untrue... Germany will declare that I am a Jew." - Albert Einstein