Hard Drive Keeps Freezing, BUT, Thumb Drive Works

Macboatmaster said:

I am trying my best for you
Can you please tell me what this means


START where - it doesn't say anything - where please

#39.. Top right corner. And right underneath that says "QUICK SCAN" - which you told me to do, so I did.. I posted the picture to make it easier.

Macboatmaster said:

If you look at your image of the Health status where I said it did not look good
you will see the large number of reallocated sector count 9800 and the same number of reallocated event count

An image of one of my drives On Health is attached.
I am sure you will see the difference

I still remain convinced that your drive has problems

The NEXT UPDATE is an update to the Health Status.

So if you minimize that HD Tune window and access the drive to look at your pics, docs, etc - and use the computer as normal as far as you can for the next few hours and then open HDTune again and see if the 9800 count has increased.

When you close this session - close all open apps such as HDTune, NOTING FIRST the count of the two items with the warning.

When you next power on, repeat the same exercise open HDTune and again read the items with the warning.

Even although it has not found bad sectors on the Error scan, in that all is green, does not mean that is an accurate report, at this stage.

If the reallocated sector count has increased tomorrow, run the ERROR SCAN again
Quick Scan

Regarding your earlier post, I trust you will appreciate that I had no way of knowing that you meant the START on the HDTune

Please post results when you have them
on present error count figures 9800 -
either NOT increased or the new figure

AND the error scan if you run it, as a result of the above increasing.

YOU have done well, and I quite understand your confusion at times, as of course this is all new territory to you.
Please understand that I, or indeed anyone else, cannot type out instructions to include every single click, etc you must make to follow my guidance. Of course you must click START for the error scan,


On your screenshot on post 37 is there any other entry with warning below what is visible on the image please.

I think I can assure you that we will, find the problem.

I've been using it as normal, and in fact, I have 6 tabs opened on Firefox, including one that has audio playing right now, but the number hasn't exceeded 9800, but I will upload a screenshot.

I appreciate all your help. I hope we can get to the bottom of this. If all else fails, is my only option to do a complete Windows install? I should point out I have no CDs (or even a drive)... I should mention (you never know) that I've always had the external drive hooked up, since its the only way I can half-way access an mp3, a video, even though sometimes that is impossible, as well as the constant "No Responding", or when the mouse cursor turns into a blue circle, waiting.

Macboatmaster said:

1.

No there are other ways such as a repair install, I will guide you as and when the time comes to that.

2. I presume this

is the flash drive you mentioned on your opening post and you are not ONLY now telling me that you have a usb connected actual external drive, as against just a flash pen drive.

Carry on please with the schedule I outlined to you in my last post, apart from answering point 2

It's just a thumb drive...

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Hi to both of you. I've been following the threads with interest. It seems the nerves are getting stretched. I hope that you get this figured out. There is one thing I did notice. In the two screenshots of the event viewer, there seemed to be two scans taken 15 minutes apart. That doesn't seem right. And the last scan (id 26212) does state that it was read only. In the second screenshot, he has the second item highlighted (id 26226). That one didn't say read only. But that one was scanned 15 minutes before 26212. Something seems out of wack, so to speak. Just saying. Good Luck in getting it worked out.

RichardC said:

Hi to both of you. I've been following the threads with interest. It seems the nerves are getting stretched. I hope that you get this figured out. There is one thing I did notice. In the two screenshots of the event viewer, there seemed to be two scans taken 15 minutes apart. That doesn't seem right. And the last scan (id 26212) does state that it was read only. In the second screenshot, he has the second item highlighted (id 26226). That one didn't say read only. But that one was scanned 15 minutes before 26212. Something seems out of wack, so to speak. Just saying. Good Luck in getting it worked out.

Yes, thanks for noticing. I couldn't understand, either, because it was one LONG 14-hr scan.

Macboatmaster said:

RichardC
Thanks
Please be assured that my nerves are not getting stretched.

I will continue for as long as necessary with MortSahlFan, as I have assured him.

I had noticed the aspect you mention and commented on it.

MortSahlfan
Only online now to check emails, on other matters, saw this so replied.
Back online about 1930 UK time

OK Thanks.