Why Would My Windows Xp Hard Disk Partition Be Intermittently Becoming Corrupt?
From time to time when I start up my computer, the E: partition is “missing”. The data is still there, and I can recover it by fixing the partition tables, but I’m curious as to why this might be happening, and it definitely doesn’t give me a warm fuzzy feeling to continue on this way, as E: is where My Documents is located. Disk Management shows the partition as healthy but unformatted. Trying to access E: brings up a dialog that says that E: is not formatted. Note that the C: partition on the same physical disk (and from which Windows boots) has never been affected. The disk is a 250GB SATA disk on SATA channel 0. There are two IDE devices on IDE channel 0; a hard disk and a DVD drive. Windows XP Professional SP2.
Basically, I’m trying to determine what is causing this, and any help you can give would be appreciated.
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I’d strongly recommend moving everything from E: to C: if you have the space to do so, formatting E: and making sure you run a good scan disk and defrag after moving everything back.
I have never had any trouble mixing IDE drives and SATA drives in the same box. However, some people have experienced problems with the 2 different controllers keeping data between the 2 disks organized correctly. Sounds like you may be having that same problem.
To test it, disconnect your IDE drive and work only from your SATA drive for awhile and see it the partition tables stay stable. If they do you know where your problem is coming from. If you need to keep the IDE drive you may want to invest in a PCI controller card instead of using the onboard controller.
Can’t say for sure, but I would check the warranty date and get a new one IMMEDIATELY…make sure you back it up. I know that is a pain, but it beats losing it all together.
Good luck