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hard-drive problem
hello, i believe that my 8 gig harddrive is a bit on the cheap quality side...it is a quantum 8 gig, and i have a lot of problems with it. i frequently get lost clustors, and sector errors getting the message, "Boot sectors is damaged and may cause win98 to report free space that does not exist"...
i was wondering what could be causing these errors???
also...is quantum a good brand of HD??? what are good brands???
i was wondering what could be causing these errors???
also...is quantum a good brand of HD??? what are good brands???
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I recomend Western Digital, Then Seagate. (Seagate use to be my first choice (But now only for SCSI are Seagate my first choice)
The cheaper drives are those fugitsu's, Quantums & Maxtors (Not necessarily in that order. Usually those 999.99 puters come with a Quantum, IBM or Fujitsu drive in them.
You may have a 5 year warranty on the drive, (Thats the usual HD warranty, have you called Quantum to see?
Maybe after a clean Low Level Format and a fresh clean install it might work fine for you. You might not need a new drive after all.
As far as the erros, it may be a currupted Swap file, you can try deleting it in DOS and windows will rebuild one, or set the swap file to a set size like 128MB or something to see if your still getting these errors. Keep the drive clean by emptying your recycle bin, temp folders, cookies & temporary internet files.
The cheaper drives are those fugitsu's, Quantums & Maxtors (Not necessarily in that order. Usually those 999.99 puters come with a Quantum, IBM or Fujitsu drive in them.
You may have a 5 year warranty on the drive, (Thats the usual HD warranty, have you called Quantum to see?
Maybe after a clean Low Level Format and a fresh clean install it might work fine for you. You might not need a new drive after all.
As far as the erros, it may be a currupted Swap file, you can try deleting it in DOS and windows will rebuild one, or set the swap file to a set size like 128MB or something to see if your still getting these errors. Keep the drive clean by emptying your recycle bin, temp folders, cookies & temporary internet files.
i would highly recomment triing a complete format and reinstall---be sure to back up all files you'll need such as updated drivers and make sure your boot disk is reliable and if win95---cdrom capable.
as far as brands it definitely comes down to preference but i recommend Western Digital and then Seagate---i won't buy anything but those because of problems i've seen on fugitsus and quantums--in fact when i first got my current computer i had to send a fujitsu back due to bad sectors----i've never worked with a maxtor but they seem kinda noisy
as far as brands it definitely comes down to preference but i recommend Western Digital and then Seagate---i won't buy anything but those because of problems i've seen on fugitsus and quantums--in fact when i first got my current computer i had to send a fujitsu back due to bad sectors----i've never worked with a maxtor but they seem kinda noisy
And I presume you have run scandisk over the hard disk.