Hard Drive Problem

I keep getting an error message "the volume does not contain a recognized file system"
I reformat the drive(NTFS) and it is good for a short while......then same message. The drive shows as healthy in Computer Management.

Windows XP Pro
Seagate ST320011A HD (problem drive)
Maxtor 5T030H3 (boot drive)
1 ghz pc2100 DDR
Athlon 1.33
Nvidia GeForce2

Any Suggestions?
Thanks

 

Seems like the same problem Ive got at home now (http://forums.techguy.org/showthread.php?threadid=62027).

Only thing Ive found so far is checking the disk with chkdisk: http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/w2000msgs/3800.asp

Dont know if this could be related in any way....I installed my disk using the /b option... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q169620

One of my coworkers also suggested trying to boot with a slackware (linux) cd Ive got and use the disk tools there to fix it....so I guess Ill try that too if all else fails....

Hope you get it right again!

 

Drvie works fine....No hardware problems.......Tried zeroing the drive with seagate installation disc. See if that works.

 

It sounds like it is becoming corrupted. Sounds like it might have a circuit failing on it.

Try the diagnostics from Seagate. http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html

Also, one thing I have found is that sometimes the Master Boot Record will have corruption. To correct this, run fdisk /mbr to rewrite the master boot record.