corrupted files

[silencecloak]

this has happened to me a couple times nwo and each time i reinstall windows....at random times it seems that files and folder get corrupted. causing programs and images and video files to not work/play anymore. this time it happened when i was transfering a video file to a different paritition. the video doesnt work, windows media player doesnt work, and some firefox files are corrupted. i didnt chkdsk /r and it replaced and fixed alot of files but didnt help at all in making things work....so my question is...what is causing things to become corrupted?

my hdd or my memory?

 

[dakota81]

I would look for a virus. Bad ram or harddrive can cause serious data corruption, but you usually get frequent Windows errors when one of them is bad. So if the OS still runs without error, I would start looking for a virus.

 

[silencecloak]

well i have my hdd paritioned into 3 drives..iv had this happen to me before and i reformated my c drive but left the other 2 intact....so i dont think its a virus

and i reeli dont wanna spend money on a new hdd whe its the memory

 

[silencecloak]

i ran a check on my memory and my hdd through programs ran off a floppy....both came back as successful or complete...didnt say anything about errors...agh

 

[dakota81]

i reformated my c drive but left the other 2 intact....so i dont think its a virus"

Unless it's a virus that attempts to attach itself to all .exe files on all drives. Get a virus scanning program and run it immediately.

 

[silencecloak]

i ran avg anti virus and it did detect 1 virus which it took care of....it was only on my C drive though and was in two jpegs that are now gone...im about to rescan...and if it finds anything or not...im going to format why whole hdd ...the other 2 partitiions and all...

 

[micker377]

Have you changed the data cables to the harddrives?

 

[silencecloak]

changed he data cables to the harddrives?

i have 1 hdd...parititioned into 3 drives

 

[BadBigBen]

As micker suggested, have you replaced the IDE cable or at least looked if it is seated correctly?



Ben

If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer...

 

[sulumnad]

My friend had a problem with his computer, exe's were generating errors like mad. He ended up having the Pinfi and Randex viruses. If you log into your computer make sure you put a reasonable password like about 6 characters, especially if you don't have a firewall. Lots of viruses are coming through ports and compromised his computer because he had a weak 4 letter password. If you have cable, DSL, ISDN, or T1 you are on a WAN and therefor are subject to trojan port viruses that jump from client to client. (FYI: your computer is a client) -Marc