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| Re: **URGENT** HD Crash and system collapse [message #99223 is a reply to message #99222] |
Thu, 12 June 2008 14:34  |
EK Sound
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Always leave at least 25% of the drive free for best performance.
David.
Tyrone Corbett wrote:
> Seems I've learned a few things from this "self induced" circumstance. I think
> this all was primarily caused because the audio drive was full to capacity.
> My problem started there and then worsened because I was trying to scandisk
> a drive with no space which then snowballed.
>
> Question for any of the "ole fogies" like myself using Win98se. What, if
> anything works for Ghosting the drive?
>
> Tyrone
>
> " "erlilo" <erlingl@tdcadsl.dk> wrote:
>> Good to hear you got it fixed.
>>
>> Erling
>>
>> "Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> skrev i en meddelelse
>> news:4850645e$1@linux...
>>> Hey guys, I hvae found succes. I had to go into Regedit and remove NOIDE
>
>>> from
>>>
>>> "NOIDE" in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\IOS
>>>
>>> Thanks a million I'm off to back-ups!
>>>
>>> "Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> Hey AA! Sorry...it seems I was not clear in my response about Roxio. The
>>> physical
>>>> drive has long since been removed. System has HD primary, slave and 1
>
>>>> CD/DVD
>>>> burner. I just noticed that Roxio was still listed under hardware profiles
>>>> listings so I removed it. Reboot ans still no go on the system seeing
> a
>>>> CD/DVD drive. When I try to launch Nero, I get the following message.
>>>>
>>>> "The Win-ASPI file '?.?' cannot be found, therefore you can currently
>>> select
>>>> only image recorders.
>>>>
>>>> This missing file is one of the Windows 95/98/ME files. Please fix the
>
>>>> problen
>>>> then restart Nero.
>>>>
>>>> (Error 12 Init failed)"
>>>>
>>>> Does this help any?
>>>>
>>>> Tyrone
>>>>
>>>> "Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>>>> Are they both on the same IDE bus? If so, I'd pull those drives and put
>>>> them
>>>>> in another computer to make sure it isn't your mobo IDE contoller.
>>>>>
>>>>> AA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:485023f0$1@linux...
>>>>>> Hey guys, I need some major help here. Recently one of my audio drives
>>>>>> crashed.
>>>>>> I had not experienced any difficulties with this drive. I was importing
>>>>>> new
>>>>>> files to an existing project. All went well with this. Once I started
>>>> to
>>>>>> play the project, I received a "system overload" error...never saw
> that
>>>>>> before,
>>>>>> but the project had a huge amount of files, so I figured I'd just
>>>>>> restart
>>>>>> Paris and remove the unneeded files.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Upon restarting Paris, the system froze and I rebooted. Upon rebooting,
>>>> I
>>>>>> received a notification that my audio drive had to be defragged. I
> did
>>>>>> notice
>>>>>> that there was a limited amount of space on the drive, which I felt
>
>>>>>> might
>>>>>> be a contributing factor. Once I started the defrag process, the
>>>>>> performance
>>>>>> slowed to a snail's pace and then I received a message that the defrag
>>>>>> process
>>>>>> could not continue and the system froze. Upon a reboot, I was now told
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> the audio drive had errors. Even though I back-up religiously, there
>>> is
>>>>>> always
>>>>>> new data that may get missed. after several reboots. I was able to
> get
>>>>>> into
>>>>>> the drive and copy the few files that had not been backed up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A bigger problem arose today. When I booted up, I forgot that the
>>>>>> failed
>>>>>> audio drive was still inline. Despite opening yesterday, I heard
>>>>>> several
>>>>>> clicks and then received the Blue Screen" message, (paraphrasing here)
>>>> "A
>>>>>> childlike device was connected to your PCI..." I have seen that message
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> years ago and it is typically very bad news. Now it seems My "system"
>>>>>> drive
>>>>>> no longer boots...full crash, though the problem I had was initially
>>> with
>>>>>> the audio drive failing. At startup, I'm receiving "Insert Boot Disc"
>>>>>> messages.
>>>>>> I'm hoping that I do not have to reformat the "system" drive.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any and all assistance greatly appreciated!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh Specs:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ASUS motherboard running Windows 98SE
>>>>>> 1 gig RAM
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tyrone
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
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