Is my HDD Damaged?

[suhasingale]

Hello friends,
I bought my PC 4 months Back. Still under warranty.
I have P4 3 Ghz HT, 865 GBF Mother board, 512 DDR400 Ram, DVD Rom,CD RW, 128 MB GeForce and 160 GB 7200RPM Seagate HDD.
OS:-Windows XP SP2

Problem:-
Every time i start my PC windows scandisk starts automatically and detects lots of corrupted files i.e something like Truncated, every time it finds the corrupted file and truncated files.
Many a times my PC starts restarting from the welcome screens itself , in such condition the PC starts only by selecting the "Last Known Good Configuration" from F8 menu and also if i load some new HARDWARE device like USB Bluetooth it's driver r lost every time i restart the PC.
I have reformated, Repartitioned and Reinstalled OS more than 3 time but no change Same thing happens after some days.

WHAT WUD BE THE PROBLEM??
PLZ HELP .

[magnet]

check whether bad sectors r present or not also do check....whether any pin on your disk is damaged or not...btw how much old is your disk...i guess bad sectors r present...and if it does...then its damaged

[pimpom]

Random restarts can be caused by a number of things -

1. Memory. The most popular software for testing RAM is memtest86, but I've known some cases where memtest86 detects no problem with RAM but it still causes problems. If you can borrow a known good RAM stick, try substituting your RAM.

5. Inadequate power supply.

2. Incorrect BIOS settings. Try clearing the CMOS and then reinstall the OS.

3. HDD bad sectors. Have you done a surface scan ?

4. Virus.

[Keith Sebastian]

Try HD on another PC

[club_pranay]

get it replaced right away
for the power.... make sure u have atleast 400watts of SMPS power

[grinning_devil]

Originally Posted by suhasingale

Hello friends,
I bought my PC 4 months Back. Still under warranty.
I have P4 3 Ghz HT, 865 GBF Mother board, 512 DDR400 Ram, DVD Rom,CD RW, 128 MB GeForce and 160 GB 7200RPM Seagate HDD.
OS:-Windows XP SP2

first of all what do u mean by "still under warranty".. is it a branded PC .. i guess not..then in that case whole PC warranty means nothing..warranty shud be there on each nd every product ..
frm the dealer u have purchased the product .. did he wrote down diff warranty period for diff devices ?? like 1 year for SMPS... 5 years for seagate ??? or he just gave away a 1 year complete PC warranty???

SMPS i think is the culprit .. inadequate power supply ..

[sumitava_b]

Try formatting the entire hdd from a bootable CD/floppy and see whether it is facing any problem during that. Even after that if ur machine is showing same prob it's gone.. ..Replace it immediately

[rohanbee]

FORGET THE HARD DISC !!!

I JUST HAD A PROBLEM QUITE SIMILAR , TRY REPLACING YOUR SMPS IT MIGHT BE :-

1.FAULTY
2.UNDERPOWERED

GO IN FOR AN INCREASE AND SEE IF IT SOLVES THE PROBLEM ONLY THEN CONSIDER OTHER STUFF SUCH AS RAM AND THEN MAYBE THE HARD DISC.

[pradeep_chauhan]

I still doubt the HDD try it on another PC if the problem exists get a new replacement.

[anubhav_har]

Check your hard disk for error using HDD Utilities provided by the manufacturer and use Norton Systemworks and use Norton Disk Doctor and check. If there is an error get the HDD replaced

[suhasingale]

Originally Posted by grinning_devil

first of all what do u mean by "still under warranty".. is it a branded PC .. i guess not..then in that case whole PC warranty means nothing..warranty shud be there on each nd every product ..
frm the dealer u have purchased the product .. did he wrote down diff warranty period for diff devices ?? like 1 year for SMPS... 5 years for seagate ??? or he just gave away a 1 year complete PC warranty???

SMPS i think is the culprit .. inadequate power supply ..

I have assembled my PC myself and all parts hav individual warranty