Skotavus Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 On occasion, when my computer needs to be restarted (or does it itself) uTorrent will perform a hash check on any torrents that were downloading at the time of the crash. However, with torrents that exceed 1 GB (the one causing problems at the moment is a 95% complete 4GB batch torrent of video files), my computer freezes or runs so slowly that it is unusable and has to be rebooted, forcing me back to square one and 0% hash check status.This is the cause of great annoyance and wasted hours trying to get it to download again. Unfortunately, I have reloaded the torrent and thus skipping the hash check would force me to re-download all files. I run a decent motherboard with a very low-spec CPU, so it may or may not be a hardware problem.Any information on this would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Has the drive lapsed into PIO mode?Are you letting uTorrent shut down gracefully when you restart your machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotavus Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 No, I believe that is why it must hashcheck after restarting, since the program was not exitted before restart.Please expand the PIO acronym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 http://winhlp.com/node/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotavus Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 No, it is still DMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanm Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 You should also run a chkdsk c: /f (drive letter being the drive incomplete pieces are stored at) to fix any file errors. At a later point, you should do a full disk scan chkdsk c: /f /r which could take many hours, but Windows will scan the surface for errors and mark them bad if they are inaccessible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotavus Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 @hermann: I have recently used Diskeeper 10 and done a full boot-time defragmentation of all drives. chkdisk ran at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 DMA if available doesn't necessarily mean DMA is active.Which value is active in your control panel, properties of your IDE channels, Advanced tab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotavus Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Dma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 What is the full DMA mode it specifies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotavus Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Parallel: Ultra DMA 2 - Ultra33Seraial: Serial ATA Generation 1 - 1.5G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Uninstall all the controllers and reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanm Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 You should still do full disk scan to make sure its not bad sectors. Also, run a memory test to ensure its not bad RAM. It wouldn't hurt to reseat your RAM chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotavus Posted July 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Firon and herrmanm, would you kindly post how to do those respective tasks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTHK Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Right-click controller, uninstall.Disk check with bad sector recovery:Start > Run > chkdsk C: /f /r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotavus Posted July 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 chkdsk of C: gave no errors, chkdsk of F: (where torrent files are downloaded to) hung on 2% file check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Certainly sounds like something's up with the hardware... I'd recommend unplugging and re-seating any plugs (if it's internal), and if it's external and you know how/feel comfortable, trying to MAKE it internal and backing up your data... as the drive sounds like it's on a downward spiral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotavus Posted July 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Whilst on the subject of HDD's nearing the end:Video playback of large video files i.e. 100-250MB, video hangs and audio plays around 10Hz bursts of the sound that was playing when it locked up. Is this indicative of a hardware problem or a software problem (I'm hoping a hardware problem, as it will give me extra incentive to upgrade my machine).If it is the fault of the HDD, this may explain uTorrent's problem with file checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 If you can't successfully chkdsk your F: drive, it may indeed be failing already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotavus Posted July 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Would this affect the ability to image the F: drive to another HDD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Some sectors might be totally unreadable. You should copy all data off it ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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