GoatIronMaidn
Technical User
Running WinXP, with a Maxtor 30 gig Ultra ATA 100, I get chkdsk on every boot. I have let it run and it comes out clean, I have let it run and it comes out dirty. I had been using the Promise Ultra ATA, but switched it to reg IDE and there is no dofference. I have also run Maxtor's Powermax program and it comes up clean. Yet, XP says there is a problem on the drive. I have also noticed that system restore no longer works, it says the directory is not empty...related? In the event logs it shows an NTFS error, but of course, the help site has no information on my problem. I have come across some corrupt files in Photoshop, but nowhere else. There was an update for the promise drivers that windows says was supposed to fix this exact problem, but after installing them several times, it still happens.
I'm about at wit's end. I hate to simply edit the registry to turn off the auto check...that's like cheating. There has to be something causing it. Half the time it's clean, half the time it's dirty. I have dropped about 5 gigs of programs and data onto RW cds, expecting a total failure t any moment, and I can't run defrag either because it says chkdsk is scheduled to run.
The additional problems include daily crashes with the blue screen code of IRQL_not_less_or_equal and occassionaly it changes to Driver_IRQL_not_less_or_equal. The numeric codes accompanying it also are cinstantly different. Sometimes it's 0x00000000, or 0X00000044, or 0X00000008 and so on. Also it will sometimes say the problem is with usbsys.sys or pcx2unic.sys.
I have been told that my problem may be ram related, because of the IRQL messages, bu the ram has been swapped out several times since this sleighride began. I also have been noticing a commonality with other people using Asus motherboards with the Promise controllers. Would my hard drive qualify to use any others or are they part of the board? Can I override the Promise chip on the motherboard and use the Maxtor drivers? Or even the 133 drivers?
The HD is 5T030H3, 30 gig, Ultra ATA 100, 7200 rpm. Any further help would be appreciated.
I'm about at wit's end. I hate to simply edit the registry to turn off the auto check...that's like cheating. There has to be something causing it. Half the time it's clean, half the time it's dirty. I have dropped about 5 gigs of programs and data onto RW cds, expecting a total failure t any moment, and I can't run defrag either because it says chkdsk is scheduled to run.
The additional problems include daily crashes with the blue screen code of IRQL_not_less_or_equal and occassionaly it changes to Driver_IRQL_not_less_or_equal. The numeric codes accompanying it also are cinstantly different. Sometimes it's 0x00000000, or 0X00000044, or 0X00000008 and so on. Also it will sometimes say the problem is with usbsys.sys or pcx2unic.sys.
I have been told that my problem may be ram related, because of the IRQL messages, bu the ram has been swapped out several times since this sleighride began. I also have been noticing a commonality with other people using Asus motherboards with the Promise controllers. Would my hard drive qualify to use any others or are they part of the board? Can I override the Promise chip on the motherboard and use the Maxtor drivers? Or even the 133 drivers?
The HD is 5T030H3, 30 gig, Ultra ATA 100, 7200 rpm. Any further help would be appreciated.
