Stocker360 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 My defective harddrive that i have ignored are beginning to causes problem recently and i know i have to replace it with a new one but i do not have enough money. Are there any way to fix it beside buying a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmillerusaf Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 What do you mean by defective? You could try to repair bad sectors on the hard drive by doing "chkdsk /r". Other than that, I have found that hard drives are very touchy and do what they want to do for the most part. Better off replacing it! Is it not under warranty anymore? swagger There's always an exception to the rule. I'm that exception. Desktop ----- AMD Athlon 3700+ (2.64Ghz), 2GB DDR 400, ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, 500GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP3, Avira Antivir Personal At work ----- Intel C2D T1700 (1.6Ghz), 2GB DDR2 667, Dell OUY141, 80GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP2, Symantec 10 Laptop ----- Intel C2D P8400 (2.4 Ghz), 4GB DDR3 1066, Mainboard, 160GB HD, Dualboot: Windows 7/openSUSE 11.1, Avira Antivir Personal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocker360 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 Better off replacing it! Is it not under warranty anymore? em..yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmillerusaf Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Yes, it's not under warranty? If that's the case and chkdsk /r doesn't fix your problems, I would replace it. Hard drives aren't dirt cheap but they aren't very expensive anymore. I know times are hard, trust me I do, but it would save you a lot of grief to get that troublesome drive replaced. swagger There's always an exception to the rule. I'm that exception. Desktop ----- AMD Athlon 3700+ (2.64Ghz), 2GB DDR 400, ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, 500GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP3, Avira Antivir Personal At work ----- Intel C2D T1700 (1.6Ghz), 2GB DDR2 667, Dell OUY141, 80GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP2, Symantec 10 Laptop ----- Intel C2D P8400 (2.4 Ghz), 4GB DDR3 1066, Mainboard, 160GB HD, Dualboot: Windows 7/openSUSE 11.1, Avira Antivir Personal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocker360 Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Yes, it's not under warranty? If that's the case and chkdsk /r doesn't fix your problems, I would replace it. Hard drives aren't dirt cheap but they aren't very expensive anymore. I know times are hard, trust me I do, but it would save you a lot of grief to get that troublesome drive replaced. swagger Thx for all the replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmillerusaf Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Ah no problem at all. Good luck There's always an exception to the rule. I'm that exception. Desktop ----- AMD Athlon 3700+ (2.64Ghz), 2GB DDR 400, ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, 500GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP3, Avira Antivir Personal At work ----- Intel C2D T1700 (1.6Ghz), 2GB DDR2 667, Dell OUY141, 80GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP2, Symantec 10 Laptop ----- Intel C2D P8400 (2.4 Ghz), 4GB DDR3 1066, Mainboard, 160GB HD, Dualboot: Windows 7/openSUSE 11.1, Avira Antivir Personal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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