Checking File System

WingaWinga MrSouth Africa Icrontian
edited January 2007 in Science & Tech
Can anyone shed some light on why I am getting this screen every time I boot up? The D drive in question is the second half of a partitioned 160Gig SATA HDD.

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  • PterocarpousPterocarpous Rosie the Riveter Lives On in CA, USA! New
    edited January 2007
    Winga wrote:
    Can anyone shed some light on why I am getting this screen every time I boot up? The :D drive in question is the second half of a partitioned 160Gig SATA HDD.
    Hello Winga
    While your computer is booting, a problem is detected on your "D" drive or partition and your operating system wants to run a utility to check it.

    Just let it run it's course (don't touch any keys and in a few seconds the test will begin). Once it's done it'll boot into your desktop. If it occurs again (you get the same message on reboot), let us know. We'll have recommendations for you re: how to pursue testing your hard disk drive's integrity.

    P.S.
    Thankyou for the pic (picture) BTW. It was very helpful toward's letting us know exactly what you were referring to.
  • WingaWinga Mr South Africa Icrontian
    edited January 2007
    The PC runs a file system check every time it boots. I have let it run it's course a number of times and it hasn't sorted out the problem.

    Thanks for the links to the explanations of the terms pterocarpous. Your effort is greatly appreciated, but I assure you it's really not necessary. Good to have a woman's touch around here for a change though :vimp:
  • PterocarpousPterocarpous Rosie the Riveter Lives On in CA, USA! New
    edited January 2007
    Winga wrote:
    The PC runs a file system check every time it boots. I have let it run it's course a number of times and it hasn't sorted out the problem.

    Thanks for the links to the explanations of the terms pterocarpous. Your effort is greatly appreciated, but I assure you it's really not necessary. Good to have a woman's touch around here for a change though :vimp:
    lol! You're certainly welcome! Sounds like we don't need to gear our responses so much to the novice for you, huh Winga. :wink: That will make the process of information exchange between us run more quickly.

    (I like to include links for others, too who are still learning and might read the thread later because they are researching the same problem. I found this forum myself via a thread that was two years old!)

    Ok,... let's see here... you may have a failing HDD.
    How many HDDs do you have?
    IOW, is your "D" drive on a seperate physical HDD (than your primary partition (in most cases, your "C" drive))?
    If so, it may be failing. In any case, the next logical step is to run a diagnostic utility on the HDD off of bootable media.

    Please, check DEVICE MANAGER for the model number of your HDD. You may be able to tell the manufacturer by the model number (if you've done this a lot) or you may need to run the model number through a search engine to find out who the manufacturer is.

    Once you know who the manufacturer is, download their HDD diagnostic utility and run it off of bootable media. Be sure to backup any data you may have on that drive 1st! Even if you run only "passive" diagnostics (diagnostics that do not write to the HDD), it is still a good idea to backup your data 1st.
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