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From: Tim Meddick on 8 Jan 2010 20:50 That does sound like severe data corruption that could indicate a damaged HD. You say that this happens on your [D:] drive? Is the [D:] drive a second [physical] hard-drive, or simply a different partition on a single HD?* *(If you have difficulty in knowing which - type the following into the "Run" box on the Start Menu : c:\windows\system32\diskmgmt.msc ...and locate the shaded area that represents your [D:] drive. You can then see from this whether it is on the same physical disk as your system [C:] drive or not). == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:%23LfOeXMkKHA.3476(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Tried the search in Safe Mode........same problem when stopping search on backup > Seagate Drive...freezes up computer. Tried a CHKDISC in Safe Mode also. It stalls > out at the end of Phase 4....just sits there for hours! There is a folder 'Acronis > Image' with 90 GB of data in that backup drive. I'm wondering if that has something > to do with it? > > Oreally > > "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message > news:Olh5KRLkKHA.2188(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >> news:OhKTBbBkKHA.4912(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> < clipped > "why should a third party search program like Ransack have no problem >>> " >> >> >> I don't know for sure - just a thought... >> >> Some search utils use a database. i.e. they take their pretty time over searching >> all files on all drives, and then caching the results. >> >> Then, when you "perform" the search it's actually the cached results that are >> being searched - not the drives themselves. >> >> This may not be it in your case though, but it is a possibility... >> >> == >> >> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) >> >>
From: OREALLY on 8 Jan 2010 21:12 It's a separate external drive (actually it's the 'K' Drive on my system)...connected via USB 2.0 "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message news:e$#ar4MkKHA.2132(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > That does sound like severe data corruption that could indicate a damaged > HD. > > You say that this happens on your [D:] drive? > > Is the [D:] drive a second [physical] hard-drive, or simply a different > partition on a single HD?* > > > *(If you have difficulty in knowing which - type the following into the > "Run" box on the Start Menu : > > c:\windows\system32\diskmgmt.msc > > ..and locate the shaded area that represents your [D:] drive. > > You can then see from this whether it is on the same physical disk as your > system [C:] drive or not). > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:%23LfOeXMkKHA.3476(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Tried the search in Safe Mode........same problem when stopping search on >> backup Seagate Drive...freezes up computer. Tried a CHKDISC in Safe Mode >> also. It stalls out at the end of Phase 4....just sits there for hours! >> There is a folder 'Acronis Image' with 90 GB of data in that backup >> drive. I'm wondering if that has something to do with it? >> >> Oreally >> >> "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message >> news:Olh5KRLkKHA.2188(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>> news:OhKTBbBkKHA.4912(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>> < clipped > "why should a third party search program like Ransack have >>>> no problem " >>> >>> >>> I don't know for sure - just a thought... >>> >>> Some search utils use a database. i.e. they take their pretty time over >>> searching all files on all drives, and then caching the results. >>> >>> Then, when you "perform" the search it's actually the cached results >>> that are being searched - not the drives themselves. >>> >>> This may not be it in your case though, but it is a possibility... >>> >>> == >>> >>> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) >>> >>> >
From: Nil on 9 Jan 2010 00:16 On 08 Jan 2010, "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize: > Tried the search in Safe Mode........same problem when stopping > search on backup Seagate Drive...freezes up computer. Tried a > CHKDISC in Safe Mode also. It stalls out at the end of Phase > 4....just sits there for hours! There is a folder 'Acronis Image' > with 90 GB of data in that backup drive. I'm wondering if that has > something to do with it? CHKDSK can take many hours, maybe even days to complete on a large disk drive if you have used the /F or /R switches - you have to be patient. If you really think it's hung up, that could be evidence that the disk is corrupt, either the file system or the the physical disk. At this stage, I would not trust the integrity of the disk and would look to move all valuable data from it to something reliable. I would then low-level format the disk and test it for corruption again. It may be that the disk is physically OK, but the master file table is messed up. In my experience, once that happens there is little you can do but reformat.
From: OREALLY on 9 Jan 2010 00:31 Finally finished the scan!...Took 4hours. But How do I tell if scancheck made any repairs? "Nil" <rednoise(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message news:Xns9CFB2B907F5nilch1(a)130.133.4.11... > On 08 Jan 2010, "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in > microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize: > >> Tried the search in Safe Mode........same problem when stopping >> search on backup Seagate Drive...freezes up computer. Tried a >> CHKDISC in Safe Mode also. It stalls out at the end of Phase >> 4....just sits there for hours! There is a folder 'Acronis Image' >> with 90 GB of data in that backup drive. I'm wondering if that has >> something to do with it? > > CHKDSK can take many hours, maybe even days to complete on a large disk > drive if you have used the /F or /R switches - you have to be patient. > If you really think it's hung up, that could be evidence that the disk > is corrupt, either the file system or the the physical disk. At this > stage, I would not trust the integrity of the disk and would look to > move all valuable data from it to something reliable. > > I would then low-level format the disk and test it for corruption > again. It may be that the disk is physically OK, but the master file > table is messed up. In my experience, once that happens there is little > you can do but reformat.
From: OREALLY on 9 Jan 2010 13:02
I don't think there is any data corruption on the backup disc. Windows Search Engine just keeps on creating duplicate and triplicate results etc....on and on and then freezes everything up if you try to stop it.....at least on that backup disk. CHKDISK completed the scan.......I suppose if it found any errors it fixed them. I have no idea how to view the results of the scan. Not only is the search function rather slow compared to other software like Agent Ransack.........it doesn't seem to work at all in some cases. BTW.....when I defragmented the backup disk (which the analysis suggested) it showed that some files could not be defragmented. I figure those must be the Acronis Image files. Perhaps they are confusing the XP search? Oreally "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message news:e$#ar4MkKHA.2132(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > That does sound like severe data corruption that could indicate a damaged > HD. > > You say that this happens on your [D:] drive? > > Is the [D:] drive a second [physical] hard-drive, or simply a different > partition on a single HD?* > > > *(If you have difficulty in knowing which - type the following into the > "Run" box on the Start Menu : > > c:\windows\system32\diskmgmt.msc > > ..and locate the shaded area that represents your [D:] drive. > > You can then see from this whether it is on the same physical disk as your > system [C:] drive or not). > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:%23LfOeXMkKHA.3476(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Tried the search in Safe Mode........same problem when stopping search on >> backup Seagate Drive...freezes up computer. Tried a CHKDISC in Safe Mode >> also. It stalls out at the end of Phase 4....just sits there for hours! >> There is a folder 'Acronis Image' with 90 GB of data in that backup >> drive. I'm wondering if that has something to do with it? >> >> Oreally >> >> "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message >> news:Olh5KRLkKHA.2188(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>> news:OhKTBbBkKHA.4912(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>> < clipped > "why should a third party search program like Ransack have >>>> no problem " >>> >>> >>> I don't know for sure - just a thought... >>> >>> Some search utils use a database. i.e. they take their pretty time over >>> searching all files on all drives, and then caching the results. >>> >>> Then, when you "perform" the search it's actually the cached results >>> that are being searched - not the drives themselves. >>> >>> This may not be it in your case though, but it is a possibility... >>> >>> == >>> >>> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) >>> >>> > |