Hi,
I've had a strange problem for a while, with Windows resetting occasionally without warning. Most of the time it works fine. I ran chkdsk /r, and got stuck at 11% of stage 4. It does the same if I boot from my spare hard drive, so I guess it can't be a software problem. The seagate diagnostic tools (run from a boot CD) hang as soon as they start the quick or the full disc check.
Seems fairly clear there's a hardware problem. Before I get a replacement drive... is there a way to check that it is the drive at fault and not the controller/motherboard? Some more sophisticated diagnostic software, perhaps?
(Ideally I'd test the drive in another PC, but I don't really have access to one.)
The drive is a SATA Barracuda 7200.8 and the motherboard an Asus A8V.
thank you for your time!
I've had a strange problem for a while, with Windows resetting occasionally without warning. Most of the time it works fine. I ran chkdsk /r, and got stuck at 11% of stage 4. It does the same if I boot from my spare hard drive, so I guess it can't be a software problem. The seagate diagnostic tools (run from a boot CD) hang as soon as they start the quick or the full disc check.
Seems fairly clear there's a hardware problem. Before I get a replacement drive... is there a way to check that it is the drive at fault and not the controller/motherboard? Some more sophisticated diagnostic software, perhaps?
(Ideally I'd test the drive in another PC, but I don't really have access to one.)
The drive is a SATA Barracuda 7200.8 and the motherboard an Asus A8V.
thank you for your time!