re: Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems'
Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at 2:22 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Bill
(3 messages posted)
So far, no problems whatsoever. It wasn't a RAID issue, it was an NTFS issue. Since
converting to Fat32, I've not had one problem.
On Sunday, August 17, 2003 at 9:14 am, VolTrdr wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Thank you all for posting to this thread. I've been experiencing similar problems,
>though the corruption to my file system has been more fatal and has prevented me
>from using the system 95% of the time.
>
>I built the box in mid July. I'm running Win XP Pro on top of two Seagate 120GB
>SATA drives setup in a RAID-0 configuration with NTFS. I'm using the RAID controller
>built into the motherboard (A7N8X Deluxe), a Silicon Image Sil 3112A controller.
> RAM is a pair of Corsair TWINX1024-3200LL DIMMs. The box ran stable for the first
>three weeks after I completed the build. One day I booted up into the BSOD. After
>restoring the system, it would run fine for a few days then, BAM, file corruption
>errors and eventually the BSOD. I found a post to try memtest86 to test out my
RAM.
> I did and found some errors on one of the two Corsair DIMMs. I removed the effected
>module and am running the box on one DIMM.
>
>So I'm thinking problem solved, and I repair my Windows installation for the 40th
>time. System runs stable for a couple of days then BAM, more file corruption problems
>and the BSOD.
>
>It got to the point where I would leave the system on for days at a time, running
>CHKDSK from the command prompt only to find new errors cropping up all the time.
> I tried to turned the box off without letting XP shutdown and still XP somehow
gets
>corrupted. I'm going to throw in the towel on NTFS and try FAT32.
>
>I noticed some other posts here with people having problems with NTFS and RAID.
>I hope this fixes the problem. If this doesn't work, it's back to Windows ME.
>
>
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 |  |  | Sins of NTFS (Down For The Count: Thu, Jan 22, 2004, 8:22 pm) |
 |  | re: (Tong Narak: Tue, Jan 25, 2005, 6:43 pm) |
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