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Problem: corrupted files
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Fred
2009-08-14 18:06:55 UTC
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Hello,
I had a problem with my computer (blue screen of death) and I
figured out that my SATA hardrive is bad.
I have replaced the harddrive with the spare IDE harddrive, disconnected
SATA drive and I have installed again Windows XP.
The installation was OK.
However, when trying to update Windows or just run newly downloaded files
from Internet I have message :"The file is corrupted"
How to test that problem?

One thing more. Suspecting BIOS, I have downloaded and updated BIOS for my
machine.
What else can I do? How to diagnose the source of that problem?
Your ideas are appreciated,
Fred
philo
2009-08-14 20:27:40 UTC
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Post by Fred
Hello,
I had a problem with my computer (blue screen of death) and I
figured out that my SATA hardrive is bad.
I have replaced the harddrive with the spare IDE harddrive, disconnected
SATA drive and I have installed again Windows XP.
The installation was OK.
However, when trying to update Windows or just run newly downloaded files
from Internet I have message :"The file is corrupted"
How to test that problem?
One thing more. Suspecting BIOS, I have downloaded and updated BIOS for my
machine.
What else can I do? How to diagnose the source of that problem?
Your ideas are appreciated,
Fred
How did you figure out the HF was dead?

Looks like it was something else that caused your problem


did you run the mfg's HD diagnostic

did you run a RAM test?
Rick Merrill
2009-08-14 20:26:35 UTC
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Post by Fred
Hello,
I had a problem with my computer (blue screen of death) and I
figured out that my SATA hardrive is bad.
I have replaced the harddrive with the spare IDE harddrive, disconnected
SATA drive and I have installed again Windows XP.
The installation was OK.
However, when trying to update Windows or just run newly downloaded files
from Internet I have message :"The file is corrupted"
How to test that problem?
One thing more. Suspecting BIOS, I have downloaded and updated BIOS for my
machine.
What else can I do? How to diagnose the source of that problem?
Your ideas are appreciated,
Fred
I would run the (long) test of disk sectors that tests the surface, not
just the file structure.

If that has non-repeatable failures then the IDE bus may be flakey.
Fred
2009-08-15 02:37:39 UTC
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Anyone else, please?
Fred
Post by Fred
Hello,
I had a problem with my computer (blue screen of death) and I
figured out that my SATA hardrive is bad.
I have replaced the harddrive with the spare IDE harddrive, disconnected
SATA drive and I have installed again Windows XP.
The installation was OK.
However, when trying to update Windows or just run newly downloaded files
from Internet I have message :"The file is corrupted"
How to test that problem?
One thing more. Suspecting BIOS, I have downloaded and updated BIOS for my
machine.
What else can I do? How to diagnose the source of that problem?
Your ideas are appreciated,
Fred
philo
2009-08-15 10:40:46 UTC
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Post by Fred
Anyone else, please?
Fred
*Plonk*
Andrew Morton
2009-08-17 08:39:33 UTC
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Post by Fred
Hello,
I had a problem with my computer (blue screen of death)
and I figured out that my SATA hardrive is bad.
I have replaced the harddrive with the spare IDE harddrive,
disconnected SATA drive and I have installed again Windows XP.
The installation was OK.
However, when trying to update Windows or just run newly downloaded
files from Internet I have message :"The file is corrupted"
How to test that problem?
One thing more. Suspecting BIOS, I have downloaded and updated BIOS
for my machine.
What else can I do? How to diagnose the source of that problem?
Your ideas are appreciated,
The BIOS is the least likely suspect. Also to worry about: the RAM, the
motherboard, and malware.

Andrew
Fred
2009-08-17 18:35:15 UTC
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Thank you.
I traced that problem to RAM.
One of 1 GB sticks was bad.
Fred
Post by Andrew Morton
Post by Fred
Hello,
I had a problem with my computer (blue screen of death)
and I figured out that my SATA hardrive is bad.
I have replaced the harddrive with the spare IDE harddrive,
disconnected SATA drive and I have installed again Windows XP.
The installation was OK.
However, when trying to update Windows or just run newly downloaded
files from Internet I have message :"The file is corrupted"
How to test that problem?
One thing more. Suspecting BIOS, I have downloaded and updated BIOS
for my machine.
What else can I do? How to diagnose the source of that problem?
Your ideas are appreciated,
The BIOS is the least likely suspect. Also to worry about: the RAM, the
motherboard, and malware.
Andrew
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