PC Peripherals Bsod!!

[ashis_lakra]

Hi folks,

I get the BSOD as following when i do some tasks or some tasks are automatically performed by some softwares.

1) When I browse my Hard disk for some folders in my Software folder.
2) When I manage to open the folder then i want to copy the file present in that directory.
3) When Norton 360 starts his Idle Scan and in the midway BSOD appears.

To try to pointout the problem, i ran HDtune and got 1.1% bad sector on my 500GB Hard disk. All my other components are 2 weeks old.

Is that 1.1% bad sector responsible for BSOD ?or it maybe other component ?

 

[Arihant.EXE]

^ That 1.1% is most certainly the cause of the BSOD. Try running "CHKDSK /R" command on your computer via the command prompt. Also, search for Memtest 86+ and run it on your computer according to the instructions.

OT: A trainer in my office used to tell us that the word BSOD has been taken from the word Bhasad(commonly used word for "Mess-up" in the Delhi-NCR region), just like when a Physics teacher who believed too much in conspiracy theories told us that Ohm was actually an Indian named Om Prakash! :O

 

[asingh]

^^

Your avatar actually flashes.

 

[Arihant.EXE]

You dodged right? Because it doesn't just flash. It takes photos, morphs them and puts them into XXX webzhitesh!

 

[Gannu]

^Shush you guys. Enough with the OT!

On topic, I'd ask the OP to do a memtest86+ check done with each stick of RAM individually. Although the hard drive can cause BSODs, there is a high chance that the RAM stick(s) have gone bad as well. Please do a check!

 

[anfjavid]

But only if any files occupy the bad sector area, should BSOD show up, right ?. If the bad sector area is not accomodated by any OS files/3rd party files or folders can there be BSOD ?. IMO in such a case the bad sector may develop but will not produce BSODs until starts spreading to the file occupied sectors, right ? Please clarify...

 

[Arihant.EXE]

^^ Well, technically yes. But in reality, no. There's a lot more going on in the drive than just normal read/write operations that you initialize. There's caching, buffering, indexing and a lot of other processes taking up the hard-drive time, so there's no escaping that bad sector.

I'd again recommend you to run the CHKDSK /R command on your hard drive which should block the bad sectors. If still it doesn't, just take the backup of the data and get the bugger RMA'ed!

 

[tejaswy]

Yep, first step would be to run CHKDSK /R. But to be really sure, boot into DOS and run the disk diagnostic utility from the manufacturer.