Mitchell Brown wrote: > Okay, the full 5-stage CHKDSK just finished. Found 0 problems. Argh. > I could try reformatting the drive and doing a NTFS Full this time - > but I'd probably just be wasting my time. > If it is faulty memory or a PSU, why would reformatting the partition > with Linux make a difference to the Windows installer O_o > > I'm at a loss here. This is very frustrating for me and my mom wants > this video ripped asap. > > What would you guys do in my situation?
I have cannibalized a number of computers in my life time because of problems like that and walk away from the carcass. If you need to rely on a computer is it not performing reliably, there is not too much that you can do. The age of the components bears no correlation to its reliability -- when solving these kinds of problems, sometimes dead is good, because it is much easier to fix -- flaky is bad because you have to create the same circumstance for it to fail. Could it be caused by a heating issue -- try opening up the case and running a fan against the mb, if you have a cold soldier joint or a bad trace, temperature fluctuations could cause a system failure. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
