Re: hard drive

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: hard drive
Date	2015-10-06 12:12 +1100
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"Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 14:24:12 +1100, "Rod Speed"
> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:itm31b1dk2ujddhqp3ecgil76pbljqgfp4@4ax.com...
>>> On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 19:56:27 +1100, "Rod Speed"
>>> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:h7o11b5q1ovhk09aumioorkc9t0rn2ngsi@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 12:59:11 +0800, "Max" <max@val.morgan> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>If a laptop hard drive is having read errors what is the likely fix or
>>>>>>is
>>>>>>it
>>>>>>unfixable?
>>>>>
>>>>> With Microsoft run as "Administrator"
>>>>> "Command prompt"
>>>>>
>>>>> WIN10
>>>>> CHKDSK /R /F from an elevated (Run as adminstrator) Command Prompt.
>>>>> but won't run till reboot.
>>>>> When and only during a  rebooting, CHKDSK then comes up will run
>>>>> (takes a while) and does fix whatever it was?
>>>>
>>>>That's the last thing he should be doing before imaging the drive.
>>>
>>> Always fixed mine and others
>>
>>Only because you have never had that sort of hardware problem.
>>
>>> but I always back up drive, some don't never
>>> heard of a problem, never had a problem?
>>
>>Then you need to get out more, BAD.
>
> EXPERS AGREE WITH ME?

Nope.

> http://www.ghacks.net/2011/06/09/how-to-fix-slow-folders-in-windows-explorer/

That's no 'expert', and that's  not a dead hard drive anyway.

> Sometimes you may experience lags when
> you open a folder in Windows Explorer.

That's not a dead hard drive.

> Chance is, it is always the same folder that
> takes a darn long time to display its contents.

That's the directory structures fucked, not a dead hard drive.

> Question is: How can you fix a folder that is opening slowly in Windows?

Nothing like his situation.

> Analyzing the underlying issue is not as easy as it
> sounds, as there are multiple possibilities why a
> folder is not displaying its file contents instantly.

They are never displayed instantly, fool.

> Among the possibilities are hardware
> issues like hard drive read errors

Which wont be fixed by CHKDSK /R /F

> and software issues like the wrong
> folder optimization under Windows 7.

> Hardware wise, the best thing that you can do is to run check disk on
> the hard drive containing the folder that is causing the slow downs.

Whoever wrote that doesn't have a fucking clue.
It wont fix any slowdown if it's a dead hard drive.

And if the drive has got stinking hot for whatever reason
that will completely fuck the directory structures.

> You can do that by right-clicking on the drive in Windows Explorer
> and selecting Properties from the context menu. Switch to the Tools
> tab and locate Error-checking there. Click the Check now button.

> Depending on your setup, you may not be able to scan the disk
> while Windows is running. Accept the suggestion to run scan disk
> on the next startup instead. Reboot your computer afterwards.

This fuckwit doesn't have a fucking clue.

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