Hardware Issues / Backing up data

[MattD]

Originally Posted by Fruity Pebbles

What parameters have run while doing chkdsk? Have you done it with the /f parameter?

When I posted above, that was the result of running chkdsk without any parameters. I have tried doing it with /F, and it would make the corrections it needed to, but then if I ran it again it'd still say there were problems. I downloaded a diagnostic tool from Western Digital and it failed its test, and I'm still getting the occasional popup saying Delay Write Failed blah blah.

I just spent three hours dealing with Dell hardware support. I spent the first two and a half hours talking with one representative, and then just gave up on him and talked with another. Anyway, I should receive a new drive within 2 business days. Thankfully it won't ship imaged so I won't have to deal with removing the Win32.AOL virus