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Next time do a low level format when you format the hard drive. Get a hard drive
with a guarantee longer than one year maybe seagate.

Kenneth wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:08:59 -0000, "Steven"
> <NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Check/Replace  IDE/SATA cable?
> >
> >In the event you have dodgy Ram you would probably be getting blue screens
> >of death or some other error message constantly.
> >
> >Steve
> >
> >"Ken" <ken@invalid.com> wrote in message
> >news:fbydnW5M15f0hfranZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...
> >> Kenneth wrote:
> >>> Howdy,
> >>>
> >>> About three weeks ago, when I tried to open a file on a 250
> >>> gig WD drive, I got the error "The file or directory is
> >>> corrupted and unreadable."
> >>>
> >>> Based on what I read about that error, I decided that my
> >>> best bet was to re-format the drive.
> >>>
> >>> After the format, I put it back into service, and all was
> >>> fine until today.
> >>>
> >>> Today, I got the error again.
> >>>
> >>> This time, I ran the Western Digital Diagnostics and chose
> >>> the most rigorous test method.
> >>>
> >>> The disk passed...
> >>>
> >>> Is it likely that this disk is on its way out, or could
> >>> there be another explanation for these errors?
> >>>
> >>> Sincere thanks,
> >>
> >> Before condemning the HD, I would run a thorough test of your RAM.  The HD
> >> is most likely the problem, but data is read and stored in RAM before
> >> being used.
> >
>
> Hello again,
>
> The RAM possibility is remote as (for unrelated reasons) I
> ran a test for about 10 hours just prior to the first time I
> got the disk error and it looked fine.
>
> I can check, or even replace the cable, but it does seem
> unlikely to me that it would get flaky "on its own", that
> is, without my so much as opening the case in many months.
>
> Based upon my description, could it be that the disk itself
> is getting flaky?
>
> Thanks again,
> --
> Kenneth
>
> If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

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