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can a file or folder structure make a pc crash at random?

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nudone:
the drive will happily get through chkdsk /f but trying the /r switch causes it to lock up during 'stage 4' - something to do with verifying file data, it says.

to be precise it stalls at 0% during this stage, bluescreens, then reboots. if the drive is scanned during the boot process then it also halts at 0%.

i thought the drive might be overheating or maybe it just couldn't sustain a constant period of access/activity, but i successfully transferred a 50 gig DV file off of it that took 1 hour to complete - no trouble at all.

i'm going to format it in a minute and see what happens after that.

f0dder:
The "verifying file data" means going through each sector of the drive, afaik trying to read from it. If you format the drive, be sure to do a "full format" - see if it locks up during that, too.

nudone:
The "verifying file data" means going through each sector of the drive, afaik trying to read from it. If you format the drive, be sure to do a "full format" - see if it locks up during that, too.

-f0dder (January 14, 2007, 12:27 PM)
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will do.  :Thmbsup:

nudone:
hard drive now formatted and scanned again (/r switch) with no problems.

i hope this has cured it but i am now almost dreading putting any data onto the drive as i can imagine it acting up again. time will tell.

f0dder:
Give it a thorough test with the drive-manufacturer's management tool and see what comes up - and watch the S.M.A.R.T data before and afterwards.

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