Off Topic Windows XP showing healthy(at risk) message

BillyBoy wrote on 12/17/2002, 10:22 AM
Sometimes Windows wants to make you SCREAM!

I recently got a 200 GB drive. So I swapped out my 160GB drive. Now regardless what system I install this 160 GB drive in if you look under Disk Management, Windows XP shows it with that yellow exclamation mark (only under Disk Management) and gives the stupid message that the disk is healthy but at risk. At risk for what? Device Manager shows no problem with the drive or the controller card it is connected to. I ran CHKDSK and got no errors, there is zero fragementation.

I would hate to use this drive only later to find out something is wrong with it that's lurking under the surface. I can't find a thing in Windows help or anywhere as to what Healthy(at risk) means. Anyone know?

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VideoBoy wrote on 12/17/2002, 10:54 PM
There are 2 articles talk about this in MS web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309043

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307880

hope you can find a answer.
BillyBoy wrote on 12/17/2002, 11:48 PM
Thanks. I resolved it by doing a quick format. Lucky for me I have enough space on another drive to move the files.

<Windows Rant>

The KB articles suggest there is an underlying I/O error. Well if so you would think their CHKDSK utility would find it. No it can't. Were there errors? Probably not. Just more screwing up by Microsoft with another undocumented meaningless error message that says something is wrong if you look under Disk Management, but says everything is fine if you look under Device Manager.

This hasn't been a good "Windows" day for me. I just tried to move a drive to another system to render and with no explination Windows on its own decided to change the attribute on every damn file to "read only".

$200 for a buggy OS, the very same Windows that has been bug infested since 1983 and never really truly fixed. The latest Service Pack (what is suppose to fix errors in XP) now has several KB articles on how to repair the errors that Service Pack causes.

I sometimes wonder why we as consumers keep supporting Microsoft when they always have and still have a 'screw you' attitude to their customers.
bakerja wrote on 12/18/2002, 7:36 AM
I think Windows 2000 is by far the most stable OS microsatan has to offer.