Hi Bob,
Went to a MachSpeed Motherboard and Intel Pentium D 2.80 GHz Processor
to replace my Compaq Presario 5714 Motherboard, Processor and Case. Are any
of your Drives SATA Hard Drives?
I ask, because my new motherboard has both IDE and SATA connectors. With
the operating system installed on the IDE Hard Drives, the SATA Hard Drive
seems to disappear and I get a lot of Windows Delay Write Failures and the
manufacturer doesn't seem to support backing up to a SATA Hard Drive from an
IDE Drive. The Tech said it was because of burst speed. And all Hard Drives
are internal, not external. Go figure.
Anyway, I wonder if a similar problem is happening on your system.
Your \Temp folders are located in your User ID: C:\Documents and
Settings\Fruit20\Local Settings\Temp
and C:\WINDOWS\Temp
Once you deleted the files and sub-folders of \Temp run Disk Cleanup.
Start > All Programs> Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup.
Oh, even Hard Drives months old, can become defective. I had a new
Maxtor Hard Drive go bad, while performing Defragmenting of my Hard Drive.
Check Net0.
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thecreator
"Fruit2O" <jz137xww@cox.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:39:48 -0400, "thecreator"
> <thecreator@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> How long have you had these drives? Question: How do you know the
>> drive
>>had disappeared from My Computer? Because normally, My Computer isn't open
>>during the boot process.
>>
>> Have you been running a Manual Cleanout of your \Temp folders, then
>>running Disk Cleanup, followed by Chkdsk then defragment the Hard Drive ,
>>as
>>well as cleaning the Windows Registry with a Registry Cleaner.
>
> Morton, this is Bob Onysko (fruit20). How are you?
>
> To answer your questiions:
>
> 1. The drives are only months old.
> 2. Guess the system had completed booting when the drive disappeared.
> However, my QuickLaunch area shows my drives also and the data drive is
> there to begin with (shows before the system is completely booted).
> 3. I don't run a 'manual' cleanout of \Temp folders. Where do I look
> for the folders and files? I use CCleaner.
> 4. What software has Disk Cleanup? WindowsXP? I use SystemSuite 5
> for disk cleanup and registry cleanup. I only run chkdsk once in a
> while using the Microsoft Recovery Console.
>
> Any idea why the Data drive would show up - then immediately disappear?
> I thought this was very strange!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, running chkdsk on
> both drives 'seems' to have fixed the problem - but I'm still nervous
> about it. Wouldn't you know that my backup external USB drive crapped
> out today also? It will take about two weeks to get it fixed under
> warranty. Until then, I have no backup of years worth of data.
>
> Best regards, Bob