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  • December 9, 2000 at 5:05 pm #2093134

    Start up 95

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    by dangeam · about 23 years ago

    This is quite strange to me that some time when I start computer it give error message like,
    track not found.
    Can not read Dirve C (boot drive)
    I try to scan disk from windows many time when start up is sucessful, there is no error or bad clusterin HD.
    Please help.

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    • December 9, 2000 at 6:55 pm #3869371

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      by poettone · about 23 years ago

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      Sound to me like the drive is going bad. There are depending on the settings of scandisk, ways that scandisk will mark sectors or clusters as bad and note them as none usable by files, WITHOUT YOUR knowledge it has done this. What I would do is to goto dos and run scandisk with the syntax
      c:>scandisk /all /autofix /surface to check and repair all problems automatically. GOOD LUCK

      • January 5, 2001 at 11:55 pm #3886706

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        by dangeam · about 22 years, 11 months ago

        In reply to Start up 95

        Thanks for your tip but I have tried this many times.

    • December 12, 2000 at 12:25 pm #3871186

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      by jvesper11 · about 23 years ago

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      I Would suggest an immediate replacement of the hard drive, while you can transfer the data off of it on to the new one. Make sure that you set your old drive to slave, and the new one to master, Load Windows onto the new drive, then copy all of the info from the old drive to the new.

      When a drive does this consistantly, you are living on borrowed time. Also see the Tech Republic download on ways to revive (temporarily) a dead hard drive. You may need it.

      • January 5, 2001 at 11:55 pm #3886707

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        by dangeam · about 22 years, 11 months ago

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        I replaced the drive with new and set the old one to slave. Thanks

    • December 14, 2000 at 1:57 am #3870678

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      by sherrym · about 22 years, 12 months ago

      In reply to Start up 95

      Have you checked for viruses?

      • January 5, 2001 at 11:55 pm #3886708

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        by dangeam · about 22 years, 11 months ago

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    • January 5, 2001 at 10:54 pm #3886716

      Start up 95

      by compute2u · about 22 years, 11 months ago

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      If its a windows95 computer 5-7 years old. Check the ribbons to the drives, floppies and board. I suggest you unplug them and then re-seat them, cleaning the contacts.
      After all at best it’s just thin gold plating and the metal behind it willcorrode through and cause int. connection problems.
      If you can tap the case next to the drive next time it happens and then reboot normally, it’s probably that.

      • January 5, 2001 at 11:55 pm #3886709

        Start up 95

        by dangeam · about 22 years, 11 months ago

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    • January 5, 2001 at 11:55 pm #3886705

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      by dangeam · about 22 years, 11 months ago

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