I knew I should of asked earlier, but now I'm paying the price. The drive is only 5 months old.
http://i73.photobucket.com/alb...dWriteFailed9-9-08.png
I got 7 of these in 7 minutes, I saved 3 other screens, but they all got corrupted and this is the sole survivor.
Not just Firefox, but writing to .png as well.
Leading up to this my computer would freeze up every few minutes for a few seconds.
Since maybe 3 months ago I started having 90% of the desktop icons go white/blank occasionally.
It's picked up in the last week, the stuttering and etc, but now I'm having write errors. Everything I do on the computer takes a few seconds to go though, even simple things as writing text it will stop for a few seconds.
So I am asking...
1) What diagnosis tools can I run, or attempt to fix this?
2) How would I back-up my data?
I am thinking of buying a new drive because you have to send your old one in for RMA correct?
*I've already been recommended to use WD's Data LifeGuard tool, but should I get the DOS or Windows version?
**RAM was my second guess, but my music was still playing while compy froze up, so it was reading from that fine, plus I ran memtest for 8 hours 2 weeks ago and it was fine.
***I'll scavenge what data I can fit on my 180GB available.
Should I try to transfer my data before running the diagnostic tool? It seems to me that it would put stress on the drive, which would reduce the chance of getting the data off afterward.
I am currently on my laptop and the desktop is off, although I am wondering if turning it off was a good idea or not.
http://i73.photobucket.com/alb...dWriteFailed9-9-08.png
I got 7 of these in 7 minutes, I saved 3 other screens, but they all got corrupted and this is the sole survivor.
Not just Firefox, but writing to .png as well.
Leading up to this my computer would freeze up every few minutes for a few seconds.
Since maybe 3 months ago I started having 90% of the desktop icons go white/blank occasionally.
It's picked up in the last week, the stuttering and etc, but now I'm having write errors. Everything I do on the computer takes a few seconds to go though, even simple things as writing text it will stop for a few seconds.
So I am asking...
1) What diagnosis tools can I run, or attempt to fix this?
2) How would I back-up my data?
I am thinking of buying a new drive because you have to send your old one in for RMA correct?
*I've already been recommended to use WD's Data LifeGuard tool, but should I get the DOS or Windows version?
**RAM was my second guess, but my music was still playing while compy froze up, so it was reading from that fine, plus I ran memtest for 8 hours 2 weeks ago and it was fine.
***I'll scavenge what data I can fit on my 180GB available.
Should I try to transfer my data before running the diagnostic tool? It seems to me that it would put stress on the drive, which would reduce the chance of getting the data off afterward.
I am currently on my laptop and the desktop is off, although I am wondering if turning it off was a good idea or not.