36 hours ago, I noticed file accesses slowing down, directory accesses taking far too long.
Event Viewer showed a string of errors with Event ID 11. There were 2 instances of this:
1. The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk1\D.
2. The driver detected a controller error on \Device\CDRom0.
So, it’s a 6 day old 500GB HDD which just happens to have ALL the content from my Acer laptop (as a safe means of backup). I had then cleaned out the laptop HDD for efficiency.
Phoned the Tech Support for MESH:
He suggests that I [b]reinstall[/b] the OS (XP Pro) which is sitting on a separate, smaller HDD in case that might fix the problem which he thinks is a driver issue!
Any thoughts ??
Should I lose all my newly updated OS in case it is just a driver issue ??
[u]Another thing:[/u]
The next boot was interminably slow. I assumed it was because the page file that had been sitting on the missing disk was now also missing, so the OS was booting with no pagefile.
I transferred the pagefile back to the C: drive, but the boot is still 9 to 10 minutes.
Do you reckon the other drive is going ?
System Spec:
Intel? Core? 2 Duo E6850 Dual Core Processor(3.0GHz,4MB Cache,1333MHz)
Genuine Windows? XP Professional Edition [upg] (from Vista)
New MESH Midi-TowerATX Case + 550W PSU
PCI-Express Mainboard – SLI nForce 650i SLI(C55) – Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad-Core – ATX
2GB DDR2 667MHz Memory – (2x 1GB)
750GB (1x 500GB + 1x 250GB) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
LightScribe Super Format 20x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM
512MB nVIDIA GeForce 8800GT – Dual DVI, HDTV, TV Out
22″ Widescreen LCD TFT Digital Display with internal speakers (DVI, 5ms)
5.1 High Definition onboard sound card – 6 Channel Cinema sound
Logitech S220 – 2.1 Speakers with Subwoofer
Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse
6x USB 2.0 Ports (10x possible on motherboard)
2x IEEE1394 Firewire (onboard)
1x Gigabit LAN (onboard)
Multi-format Memory Card Reader (matx)
Platinum – 3 Years On site Service – UK Mainland Only (Repairline Ltd Warranty)
