why does my HDD keep corupting files??

[loosbrew]

hey all,

as of late my Maxtor diamond max 15 gig 7200rpm HDD keeps corupting system files. ive had to reformat and reinstall win2k twice already because of corrupted files. i was curious if this was an issue with maxtor or what? i m running a tbird900 on a kt7w/raid 128 pc100 ram, dont know what could be causing this? should i rma the drive and just buy an IBM 75gxp?

thanx all


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[ilancas]

Are you running beta level VIA 4 in 1 drivers? I've had occasional and dfficult-to-pin-down data problems with 4.26 to 4.28.

 

[Desert]

Is your bus speed overclocked? I heard Maxtor Hard drives will corrupt files if the PCI bus speed is faster than 33 Mhz.

 

[Topochicho]

need windows bug fixy type thinging thats for fast processors under ME and 2k. Processor shuts down too fast and doesn't give harddrive time to finish disk write.

 

[jeans2nd]

Check out these posts. Sounds like it might apply to you as it is corrupting system files, with Win2K and fast HDD. Post1
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[obenton]

Check drive integrity with the mfg's utility. Also, the highpoint ata66 controller can do this, if you're using it - I had to move to IDE33 on a BP6.