Event Viewer

[shankle]

Just installed an upgrade/update windows 7 pro 64-bit Os.
Purpose was two fold: 1 to get rid of the HP crap. 2 to help
with an extremely slow startup. I got rid of the HP crap but
the startup is worse.

One of the things I have been trying is the Event Viewer.
There are a ton of things listed there that are wrong.
Go to Control panel/administration tools/event viewer/
custom views/administration events. Many of the errors
I get there involve "NTFS". I have run Chkdsk and that
did not solve the problem. Of course going to a Microsoft
web site about this runs you in circles and solves nothing.

[sinsi]

Usually if NTFS shows up in the event viewer it means your hdd is dying.
Back it up, start repair mode and do a "chkdsk /b" to check for bad sectors.
If it finds any, your hard drive is kaput.

In my job, if someone says "it got slow a few weeks ago, getting worse now" it's almost always a hdd replacement.

[dedndave]

sinsi - it couldn't have anything to do with NTFS version, then ?
for example, i was thinking maybe he installed win7 on an NTFS drive that was formatted under XP
something like that

[sinsi]

NTFS has been version 3.1 since XP

[dedndave]

thanks - just curious   :t

[GoneFishing]

Could you save event log to a file (RMB in treeview -> Save All Events As) and place it in attachment here?
Seeing Event Level ,Event ID and reading its description do a lot more help to make right decision.
Personally I'm currently working on HD that once was apparently dead . I restored it with Victoria  (btw it's fully written in ASM!) and now all works well .Though I'm constantly having:
- BIOS warning about "S.M.A.R.T. returned status BAD",
- OS warning from Source=disk, ID=52 :

The driver has detected that device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 has predicted that it will fail. Immediately back up your data and replace your hard disk drive. A failure may be imminent.

I know all risks and backup most valuable data.

[sinsi]

- BIOS warning about "S.M.A.R.T. returned status BAD"

Sounds like a Compaq/HP, they seem to be the only ones that check SMART in the BIOS.
That drive will die soon if it's tripped SMART. Usually it's "reallocated sectors", the hdd runs out of spares to remap.

Agree with you, if we could see the events that would be good.

[GoneFishing]

sinsi:
I sent you PM . Though I'm not sure if I filled "To" field correctly.

[shankle]

Thanks Guys for responding.
I ran chkdsk and it gave a clean bill of health on the HD.
Been on the Windows 7 forum and found a way to get a free
update/upgrade of Windows 7 pro 64-bit. So I am going to
re-due the update from scratch. A man by the name of
GregRocker has a tutorial on how to do this upgrade which
look very through. Wish me luck.....

[dedndave]

sadly, running checkdisk on a failing drive may only make matters worse
be sure your fans are in good order - hard drives like some air movement to get maximum life

if i were in your shoes, i might consider buying a replacement drive
install windows on it - get it all set up
back up all your personal data from the old drive to the new one
then, run on the old drive til it dies - lol
if and when the drive fails, you'll be glad you did

[GoneFishing]

...
back up all your personal data from the old drive to the new one
then, run on the old drive til it dies - lol
if and when the drive fails, you'll be glad you did

Finally it has happened ... and the only thing I'm sad of is that I didn't follow your advice immediately .
Though I managed to backup my data in "post mortem" mode
Now I'm thinking of  erasing again all data from the failing disk and reformatting it
Thanks , Dave  :t