James Zhou 2000

Windows detected a hard disk problem

Windows detected a hard disk problem ...

Well, I am using a software RAID0 on Vista and the stripped volume is built on 20 hard disks in pass-thru mode with 0 fault tolerance. I expect I will get some disk some day but not as early as now. All the dynamic volumes are still there and I didn't find any impact on the sequential read performance. So, I am suspecting one, or several of the following areas might go wrong:
1. physical disks
2. SATA RAID controller or its device driver
3. file system
4. OS (Vista) bug

A little google shows that SeaGate's SeaTools has got a good reputation for its diagnostic features. In the meantime, I am getting this annoying pop-up message saying "Windows detected a hard disk problem" every time I reboot the system. So, I decided to disable the error message for now since I have already known something in somewhere goes wrong ...

1. run gpedit.msc
2. glocal computer policy
3. computer configuration
4. administrative templates
5. system
6. troubleshooting and diagnostics
7. disk diagnostic
8. disk diagnostic: configure execution level
9. DISABLED

OK. Now it is getting quiet ...

posted by jameszhou2000 @ 11:42 AM