Corrupt Hard Drive With Window 7

RogCH

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d no problems with Vista in another partition nor with XP.
I scanned the (two year old) hard drive with tool downloaded from Seagate
and found no problem.
I have just installed the newly released Windows 7 on a different partition and the same problem is happening. Any clues as to why this is happening and why should it only happen to Windows 7 and why now?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom built
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Athlon 64
Memory
2 gb
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 3600
Sound Card
Soundblaster Value
Did you run Disk Check?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron 1520 (Laptop)/ Home (Desktop)
OS
Windows 7 x64 / Same
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 / Intel Core i7 930
Motherboard
Intel 945 / Asus P6X58D-E
Memory
4GB / 6GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS / ASUS 1GB
Sound Card
Whatever Dell gave me :-( / Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
15.4" LCD / Crappy CRT
Hard Drives
Seagate 500GB SATA; 7200 RPM / Seagate 1TB SATA; 7200 RPM
PSU
N/A / OCZ Fatal1ty 550W Modular
Case
N/A / Antec 900
Cooling
Air
Mouse
Microsoft Presenter (Bluetooth)

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 8 Pro x64
CPU
i7 3820 @ 4.68GHz
Motherboard
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme RoG BF3
Memory
F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL (32GB)
Graphics Card(s)
GTX 480 SLI
Sound Card
Auzentech X-Fi HomeTheater HD
Monitor(s) Displays
Sony 32V5500
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
LSI MR9260-4i (RAID10):
Toshiba DT01ACA300 x 4
iaStorA:
OCZ Vertex Enterprise 120GB
ST3500320AS 500GB
Intel 520 Series 120GB
PSU
OCZ ZX 1250W
Case
HAF X
Cooling
H80
Keyboard
Cyborg V.7
Mouse
Razer Lachesis 3.5G 5600dpi
Internet Speed
23296kbps ds / 812kbps us ADSL2+
Browser
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Win64; x64; rv:32.0) Gecko/2010
Other Info
AverMedia C127 Game Broadcaster HD
windows 7 has a problem Identifying the primary partition. If your using a HP computer that has a secondary that holds your factory image that is your problem.

use a good 8Gb flashdrive or external Harddrive and save that partition on it.

then make your system with NO PARTITIONS. then install your new 7 OS to a fresh formatted drive.

then you can create a new partition and put your factory image back there in case your need to restore to factory store bought image.

be sure to update your motherboard bios after you install 7 and your good to go.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP pavilion slimline
OS
Windows 7 Premium Retail
CPU
AMD athlon dual core 4450e 2.3Ghz
Motherboard
PEGATRON CORPORATION
Memory
DDR2 3Gb
Graphics Card(s)
Geforce 9800 GTX 2GB Pci-Express
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Soyo Flatscreen 22'
Hard Drives
2TB 4 SATA Raid
PSU
generic
Case
manufacturer
Cooling
Onboard
It's very hard to install 7 on a drive with multiple partitions....

do what I suggested and you should be fine.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP pavilion slimline
OS
Windows 7 Premium Retail
CPU
AMD athlon dual core 4450e 2.3Ghz
Motherboard
PEGATRON CORPORATION
Memory
DDR2 3Gb
Graphics Card(s)
Geforce 9800 GTX 2GB Pci-Express
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Soyo Flatscreen 22'
Hard Drives
2TB 4 SATA Raid
PSU
generic
Case
manufacturer
Cooling
Onboard
Part of my post is missing but I did do a chkdsk and repair but the problem kept coming back. Anyway I will do what you have suggested, but what puzzles me is that the original beta worked fine for months, and had no problems with the RC version until I installed some new software.
I have been reluctant to update the BIOS, as I keep hearing that you should avoid
doing that unless absolutely necessary.
By the way, I have a custom built computer, not an HP so should I still follow the procedure?
Also, I also have XP on another partition, which I do not want to remove.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom built
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Athlon 64
Memory
2 gb
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 3600
Sound Card
Soundblaster Value
No. I have done everything I can think of. Chkdsk repairs everything but it's not long before I start getting messages saying my hard disk is corrupt.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom built
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Athlon 64
Memory
2 gb
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 3600
Sound Card
Soundblaster Value
I use GWScan bootable to diagnose and repair HDD problems. It has fixed serious surface errors which chkdsk couldn't. It is for WD drives but works on most others.

The corruption notice is fair warning. Many don't get that much notice on failing HDD. The best you can do is a format to quarantine bad blocks, but the HDD is probably on its way out.
 
No. I have done everything I can think of. Chkdsk repairs everything but it's not long before I start getting messages saying my hard disk is corrupt.

Screenshot please?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet)
CPU
3.00 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo E8400
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5K/EPU Rev 1.xx
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon X1950 Pro
Sound Card
Built in HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
22" Gateway LCD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1200
Hard Drives
ST3160023A [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, rev 8.01, ST3500630AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 2, rev 3.AAK
ST3500630AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 1, rev 3.AAK
Keyboard
Logitech G11
Mouse
Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000
Internet Speed
13.44 Mbps
I ended up doing a full erasure of the hard drive with Seatools For DOS.
I then re-installed XP and letting it create the partition rather than Acronis Disc Director. I then did clean install of Windows 7.
No further problems, so obviously, the problems were the third party created partitions.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom built
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Athlon 64
Memory
2 gb
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 3600
Sound Card
Soundblaster Value
Clean install as in deleting all partitions and then letting 7 create partitions?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Vaio Z46GDU
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64
CPU
[email protected] 1066MHz FSB
Motherboard
Sony branded
Memory
6GB DDR3 1066MHz
Graphics Card(s)
9300M GS 256MB Dedicated (Speed) + Intel4500MHD (Stamina)
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
13.1' WXGA
Screen Resolution
1600x900
Hard Drives
320GB 7200RPM w/ 16MB cache
Internet Speed
1MB/s
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