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[Juhy]

Hello. I have a 3 year old hard drive in my computer. Recently I ran check disc. Today, I found two folders in the C drive, called Found.000 and Found.001. The first is empty, the other has.. 48 bytes (I can't see the contents. Can one do anything with them?). Does this mean my hard drive is going nuts and I better buy a new one? Or should I just ignore this? Delete them?

Thanks for replying

(also, the HD is 320GB Seagate SATA-300 if that helps at all)

Edit: Also, interestingly it says they were made in 2007, two months apart. I'm pretty gosh darn sure I never saw them before. And I have 'show hidden files' turned on. :/
Am I getting haxored?

Modifié par Juhy, 25 février 2010 - 12:09 .

[Godak]

If your hard drive is floppy, it's too old.

[Chained_Creator]

It's just lost files. Nothing odd about it.

[Pious_Augustus]

Most Computers sold now are selling computers with 1 or more Terabytes. Most games require a lot of space now and are getting bigger and bigger. Also with Digital Distribution becoming insanely popular on PC and consoles everything is increasing.



I might jump and get a computer once we know what the next couple of updates will be in the industry. Right now Natal is going to prove to change everything in gaming and possibly even how we interact with a computer so who knows right now.

[Giantevilhead]

Hard drives can last 10 years. There's no reason to replace a 3 year old one.

[Juhy]

Thanks Giantevilhead

[BrotherJason]

Giantevilhead wrote...

Hard drives can last 10 years. There's no reason to replace a 3 year old one.

Can ... if they actually do depends on the production quality and the average usage. If it's standard quality and used for several hours every day, it'll most likely die after about 5 to 7 years. The more hdds you got and the better you spread the usage, the longer each individual one will last.

[Tyrax Lightning]

If ya need a new HDD, give this one a consider:

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

This appears to be the current bang-for-buck grand champion of the HDD world. (As of the time of this post.)

Modifié par Tyrax Lightning, 25 février 2010 - 06:31 .

[Juhy]

Tyrax Lightning wrote...
This appears to be the current bang-for-buck grand champion of the HDD world. (As of the time of this post.)

Wow, looks impressive! Thanks

[BrotherJason]

WD taught me the lesson of why backing up data is important, the hard way. First one died about half a year after installation, got a replacement which commited suicide by heat about 2 months old ... the second reaplacement actually survived it's warranty, a month later it crashed though.

[Tyrax Lightning]

Juhy wrote...

Tyrax Lightning wrote...
This appears to be the current bang-for-buck grand champion of the HDD world. (As of the time of this post.)

Wow, looks impressive! Thanks

No problem! I learned of this HDD from other Forumites here, & am just passing on the goodness!

BrotherJason wrote...

WD taught me the lesson of why
backing up data is important, the hard way. First one died about half a
year after installation, got a replacement which commited suicide by
heat about 2 months old ... the second reaplacement actually survived
it's warranty, a month later it crashed though.

Have ya checked your Case Ventilation setup? HDDs can get too hot just like Graphics Cards & CPUs. I've heard that there's Cooling Fans for HDDs to aid in keeping them cool. They mount to the bottom of the HDD. Make sure to acompany this with ample hot-air outtake.

[cancausecancer]

Tyrax Lightning wrote...
Have ya checked your Case Ventilation setup? HDDs can get too hot just like Graphics Cards & CPUs. I've heard that there's Cooling Fans for HDDs to aid in keeping them cool. They mount to the bottom of the HDD. Make sure to acompany this with ample hot-air outtake.

I bought a new hdd right after turning from asia and it kept spinning down and becomming unresponsive. I thought it was from brown outs so I disconnected stuff to free up amps and the problems persisted. The SMART log showed it healthy except for one item outside the good range. I returned the hdd and got a new one and then the new one started doing the same thing.

I realized it was because I had the heater in my office cranked to maximum. I'd just returned from the equator and was accustomed to the temperature. Lowering my heat fixed it.

[Giantevilhead]

cancausecancer wrote...

Tyrax Lightning wrote...
Have ya checked your Case Ventilation setup? HDDs can get too hot just like Graphics Cards & CPUs. I've heard that there's Cooling Fans for HDDs to aid in keeping them cool. They mount to the bottom of the HDD. Make sure to acompany this with ample hot-air outtake.

I bought a new hdd right after turning from asia and it kept spinning down and becomming unresponsive. I thought it was from brown outs so I disconnected stuff to free up amps and the problems persisted. The SMART log showed it healthy except for one item outside the good range. I returned the hdd and got a new one and then the new one started doing the same thing.

I realized it was because I had the heater in my office cranked to maximum. I'd just returned from the equator and was accustomed to the temperature. Lowering my heat fixed it.

The interesting thing is that low temperatures for hard drives can as bad as high temperatures.
http://research.goog...sk_failures.pdf

The optimal temperature for hard drives seems to be between 35 and 40 degrees.

Also, VelociRaptors actually run a bit cooler than other hard drives since its frame is a passive cooling device.

[Astranagant]

[Mordaedil]

The hard disk is too old when it starts sounding like a drill.

[Jassper]

Mordaedil wrote...

The hard disk is too old when it starts sounding like a drill.

Or stops working.

[Vansen Elamber]

If bad sectors start to show up the HD is done, simple as that. You can run programs to mark the bad sectors so your PC will not try to store anything there, but bad sectors usually means the recording medium is starting to deteriate and that means more and more bad sectors will start to show up.



So if your PC tries to run scan disk on a boot, you will most likely need to replace the HD at least thats the way it works with Windows XP.