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shaydenb
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I have suspected something was wrong for a while now.
Finally I was able to recreate the data corruption problem on my PC last night after Dungeon Siege reported an error while decompressing a file (objects.dsres).
The corruption seems most prevalent when copying large files.
Any suggestions appreciated.
Sys Info:
2 hard drives:
Drive (0) - 6 gig ATA 66 - system C: drive FAT32
Drive (1) - 40 gig ATA 100[set to 66] - data split evenly into 2 NTFS partitions D: and E:
Drive (0) is the master on controller 1
CDROM is the slave of Drive (0) on controller 1
Drive (1) is the master on controller 2
Controller is ATA 66
Motherboard is an Epox MVP3G2 2.5 years old with the latest BIOS applied.
384 MB Ram
Running XP Pro.
Test:
I copied a 300 MB file from f: to e: using the following command from the destination folder on f:.
xcopy object_1.drs e:\test\ /V
No errors encountered.
BTW - Results are the same with Windows Explorer
I the ran the following:
fc object_1.drs e:\test\object_1.drs
I get many errors.
I ran the same test from F: to C: with no errors on the file compare.
I have tried... switching the drives around, reseating the cables, studying the event logs, and Google.
My plan of action is to first replace all the cables.
Next is to install a PCI HD controller.
Next is to try a new drive.
Then a new motherboard.
I would rather not do any of these of course.
Thanks,
Steve
Finally I was able to recreate the data corruption problem on my PC last night after Dungeon Siege reported an error while decompressing a file (objects.dsres).
The corruption seems most prevalent when copying large files.
Any suggestions appreciated.
Sys Info:
2 hard drives:
Drive (0) - 6 gig ATA 66 - system C: drive FAT32
Drive (1) - 40 gig ATA 100[set to 66] - data split evenly into 2 NTFS partitions D: and E:
Drive (0) is the master on controller 1
CDROM is the slave of Drive (0) on controller 1
Drive (1) is the master on controller 2
Controller is ATA 66
Motherboard is an Epox MVP3G2 2.5 years old with the latest BIOS applied.
384 MB Ram
Running XP Pro.
Test:
I copied a 300 MB file from f: to e: using the following command from the destination folder on f:.
xcopy object_1.drs e:\test\ /V
No errors encountered.
BTW - Results are the same with Windows Explorer
I the ran the following:
fc object_1.drs e:\test\object_1.drs
I get many errors.
I ran the same test from F: to C: with no errors on the file compare.
I have tried... switching the drives around, reseating the cables, studying the event logs, and Google.
My plan of action is to first replace all the cables.
Next is to install a PCI HD controller.
Next is to try a new drive.
Then a new motherboard.
I would rather not do any of these of course.
Thanks,
Steve