computer crashing help

[nam9684]

Lately my computer has been crashing after running for a period of time. It makes a beep sound like a smoke detector, and everything crashes....the beep sound keeps on sounding until i press the power button. I checked the event viewer this is the message i got "The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block." Does anyone know how i can fix this problem?

My computer specs are:
Window XP Pro
AMD athon XP 2500+
Soyo KT600 platium
1GB 3200 400 GHZ DDR
120 GB Maxtor 7200 8mb(partitioned (D:local drive) C: and Z)
Geforce 2 gts

If you guys need to know more specs please let me know....please help me thanks in advance.

 

[cubanx]

Run chkdsk /f /r on the harddrive.

START > RUN > Type CMD
At the DOS prompt type chkdsk /f /r
It will ask you to run next time you reboot. Say yes and reboot
You'll see chkdsk repairing your hard drive before windows loads. Depending on the problems it can take 5-20 minutes.

 

[nam9684]

I tried that....still has the same problem...but this time when i check the event viewer log, there is nothing reported. Anymore ideas?

 

[cubanx]

Could be a physical bad sector on the drive. Download the newest Maxtor hard drive tool off thier site and run the "extended test" that checks and repairs the surface of the drive. Unfortunately this repair scan takes over an hour though.

http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/

 

[eastley]

I once brought a 120 GB Maxtor 7200 8mb, and from straight out of the box it crashed just like yours did. It wasen't when using a specific program or anything it just crashed. I never trusted Maxtor again, so I went and brought a Seagate 120GB 7200. But a month later I heard that Seagate brought out Maxtor so if there was to be a change in the making of these drives they should be good.

 

[nam9684]

I think i know what the problem is now....i checked the temperature in the bios i got a report of 75 degrees for the cpu, and my motherboard was set to shutdown at 80 degrees. But when i checked the temperature with SiSoftware Sandra i only got a report of 45 degrees hmmm...... Well, i don't think its the HD anymore. Can someone recommend me a good cpu heat sink or an alternative way to cool down my cpu/pc. Thanks in advance.

 

[Squirtle632]

If you can hold out for a about a week or so, Thermalright is going to be coming out with a 120mm Aluminum heatsink