In <[log in to unmask]>, on 08/29/99 at 10:09 PM, Gregg Pfaff <[log in to unmask]> said: >Hi List Guru's >I have a 166mhz Pentium in a Packard Hell Platinum XI with a >Conner 1.6GB HD that >has bad sectors it locks up on when I try to install new >software. The bad sectors were discovered during a thorough >scandisk that I did after encountering problems. During the >scandisk it told me about the >bad sectors and said it would mark them as bad so it would not >try to read or write to them ever >again! It was ok for along time but lately now that my drive is >alittle more than half full the >drive locks up on these sectors and then I get a "blue screen" >that say's "can't read or write >to drive C". I can imediately reboot and use my >computer again, just can't install anything >or perform a thorough scandisk anymore. >Anyway, if anybody knows of a solution to this great! Will a >program like DISK DOCTOR fix this? Otherwise i'm in need of >instructions for adding an additional HD and I would like >Instructions on replacing my HD. I >know your thinking I should take it in to a shop but, I really >want to learn to do it myself. I >have a 1GB HD from an upgraded computer I could install as a >slave and I know how to >install it but, I Don't know how to completely >configure it? do I fdisk it? It still has data on it forom the >other PC. I'm stuck. >Any help is greatly appreciated, >Gregg It sounds like your drive has failed. Bad sectors generally mean something bad, like a media particle, is loose in the drive. It doesn't get better. Back up immediately, and buy a new drive. jan lambert ----------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------------- PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html