2007-04-12, 20:34 | Link #81 |
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@Jinto Lin Ermm yeah c: is the much more older drive it came with the pc soo I think it's about 12months old...and the d drive is 3months old.. about the program aida32 how can I make my pc stable..?
@Ledgem actually I really don't want to try memtest yet I will just do it if a have a professional with me. Anyway yeah firewalls are up. Now the trauma is out for now.."whew" I think I want to switch with linux I mean I think It does not crash as much as windows. The reason that I want to defrag a drive is so the actuator can move less stressy I mean I've been removing files that are corrupt(files that I got during recovery) Anyway I was planning to do a clean format in the future but not today because my drives suffered before. |
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2007-04-13, 01:15 | Link #83 | |
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And please run that memtest (at least one complete test loop). Failure free RAM is essential for a stable system.
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2007-04-13, 03:32 | Link #84 | |
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well what Jinto Lin said I guess I should back up my files in a cd/dvd just to be sure... You said that memtest do scan you ram....How can I do a complete test loop? you said that it a continues loop meaning there's no end?? I just have to hit esc to stop the program and reboots? I'm sorry again I get elaborate it properly again..After this I'll be more serious... edit: Umm in defragmenting a hard drive do you think it's dangerous to fragment a drive 12months old? Because I never defragmented my drive before....because you guys said that when a pc crash all the files will kinda get's messed up..so I just want to use defragmenting tool to put them all together....I mean I think there's so many fragmented things in my drive...found pretty cool and scary videos...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA2ChPN7b18 -side note how can that happen to me?? Another question I think it's wise If I put the 512mb ram in the first slot so that it can be stable because right now it's in the second slot..I mean the 224mb drive is at the first slot and the 512mb in the 2nd...Im not pretty sure... @ledgem Im sorry I misread you post..and darn that's some speech I'm beginning to cry ahahaha words from another pro..And yeah I'm noticing that I'm letting the computer manipulate me to much..I have to be the boss..hehehe thanks!!! Last edited by toru310; 2007-04-13 at 08:35. |
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Don't watch videos like that. It's like watching videos of people with Ebola, and then worrying all the time that you might catch Ebola. Yeah, it could happen to you, but the chances are so slim that you're just wasting your time worrying about it. As for defragging, go ahead and do it. Defragging a drive isn't a big deal. Sure, the drive is kept busy with activity for a few hours, but who cares? Do you think the drive isn't working when you're listening to music, or playing a video game? You're worrying way too much about breaking your hard drive. This reminds me of my girlfriend - she had this thing about keeping windows open, because her mother had passed on a belief to her that if you didn't, you'd suffocate. Better damn well bet that in New York we keep our windows closed tight and insulated during the winter, when's the last time you heard of one of us suffocating? For that matter, when has anyone suffocated in a house or car due to keeping the windows closed (excluding if they were working with sulfur, or carbon monoxide)? Exactly, never. So I put the same to you: when's the last time you heard of someone breaking their hard drive from using it for extended periods of time? Exactly, never. So quit worrying. Quote:
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I've seen, that some of my friends killed their drives by using early BT clients (or similar download tools), that did not have options like file preallocation, or caches. They fragmented their drives with these tools to an extent, that sequential reading/writing on that drive became impossible. In an attempt to defrag such a cluttered up drive (which takes usually several days) some (!! not all or many... some) of them killed their drives. (If one has enough space, it is better to copy all files to another drive (but no diskimaging or things like dd - because they will keep the files fragmented when copying). Then formating the drive, and then copying the files back... the copy function of e.g. windows explorer tries to write as sequential as possible - depends on the fragmentation of the drive where the file is written to). So what is the conclusion? If you defrag your drive often, the sustained stress per defragmentation is low, thus the probality that it will take harm in the process is low too. If one doesn't defrag a drive for years, and it is very fragmented as a result (>50% overall fragmentation / >75% file fragmentation), then one might want to try the copy method instead (if it is the system drive that is to be copied, then there is more that need to be taken care of, but I don't want to get too much into details now) In your case Migufuchi Fusutsu, I say, do the defragmentation. I mean you can halt it anytime you want. You just should not work on the PC while it is defragmenting. And if it is not done after 2 hours give it a little break (just so that it cools down back to normal temperatures it usually operates on... needs like 15 minutes I assume) and then let it proceed. Quote:
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If there's no limit with giving reps you'll get 20 already!! hehe Edit: can memtest still detect a bad ram even if it's freshly formated with windows installed? |
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Memtest detects bad RAM no matter what you installed on the PC. Memtest has its own operating system and stuff, so it does not utilize any installed software (Memtest works completely stand alone).
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@Jinto Lin : yeah!!! Fixed my pc and it's not crashing anymore...the problem was the darn rams and it turns out that 2 of my rams are broken(just bought a generic ram not branded) So basically have to spend 64$ just to buy a new ram...and bought a casing that so cool there's a big fan for the hard drives...hehe so I can have extreme care..yeah!! memtest rocks with this I can't get fooled with does people who sell bad rams...!! wohoo but sadly used all my money....huhuhu oh well Atleast my pc don't crash anymore!!
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2007-04-23, 15:22 | Link #100 |
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err.. there was a thread here somewhere but.. since i am OP..
I encountered the dreaded cpu usage = 100% whenever i move my mouse / run azureus or mozilla. Heck, it lags hard even when im not running anything. I didnt have this problem before, only after i left my winamp to replay for 8 hours playing .flac after that it started to get laggy doing anything. typing is also quite laggy >,> ad-aware doesnt sense any spyware/malware and housecall said i dont have any issues. any ideas? |
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