Recent content by C01D4X

I knew the problem came from bad clusters on the drive, but after some times trying to repair the bad clusters i had given up, and turned to repairing windows. Turns out SeaTools for DOS actually works if the drive isn't in really bad shape. After the repair windows was exactly as before, so...

yes the cause is bad clusters and chkdsk couldn't repair them. Idea is to change the drive after image capture is possible, right now vhd stops at around 6%. Installed version is win 7 pro sp1 x86. I had the same idea and tried to upgrade to ultimate but it didn't let me for some reason. Will...

does something like DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source: d:\sources\install.wim /LimitAccess exist for windows 7 ? sfc /scannow returns an error after 6% saying Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation. [After the windows logo computer stops on a...

not ready to try that yet, but at least now I know I'm not crazy this is one horrible pickle

have been losing a lot of time with this so open to drastic measures System is Acer Aspire M3985 with NIC Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection. Came with Windows 8.0, updated to 8.1. Used Hyper-V for some time so created a virtual switch. Deleted Intel(R) 82579V in Device Manager before...

(i started by copying the data, so at least they are safe) now, i understand that replacing the disk is the best solution, but i got a bunch of disks with errors like this and it doesnt seem right to throw them. so any suggestions is welcomed EDIT. one idea is to partition the disk at 95% (the...

I have two hdd failing the S.M.A.R.T check 1. ST31500341AS (1500GB) I emptied it and formatted (not quick). Copying back the data stopped at 209GB and gave a IO error. chkdsk /f gave : Correcting errors in the Master File Table (MFT) mirror. Insufficient disk space to repair master file table...

How can I be sure witch one is \Device\Ide\IdePort3 ?