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Cannot Save On My Hard Disk by Planner(m): 9:21am On Sep 06, 2006
I have a hard disk (20g) that i have been working properly. Suddenly, i cannot no longer save anything on it. It suddenly stops saving . Please can anybody tell me what to do? Or is buying a new one the anwer?
Re: Cannot Save On My Hard Disk by shaiguy(m): 9:55am On Sep 06, 2006
I don't have much information to work with here but i suggest you do a scandisk or chkdsk first on the hard drive to ensure it isn't failing on your.
Update your virus definitions too to ensure a virus isn't doing the harm
Finally cross check the permissions on the drive/folder with the user id you are logged in as
Re: Cannot Save On My Hard Disk by Seun(m): 10:27am On Sep 06, 2006
Assuming you can boot from the hard disk, then the best thing to do is to get a new hard disk and then copy all the data on your current hard disk to the new one. After that, you can try formatting it to see if it'll start working normally again. Chances are that it will not.

What's the error you get when you try to save on your hard disk? Without knowing that, we can't help.
Re: Cannot Save On My Hard Disk by Planner(m): 2:33pm On Sep 06, 2006
my computer can boot up normally. seems to be perfect. but i cannot savr anything. Ny anti-virus is up to date. I use AVG 7.1
Re: Cannot Save On My Hard Disk by egoldman(m): 2:55am On Sep 08, 2006
going for new hard disk might be too expensive ,if u must save ur files somewhere u can still back up ur files to some cd through ur writer ,but i suggest u try shaiguy advice first ,if it doesnt work ,then back up ur important fgiles to some cd and format ur pc ,hopefuly it would solve the probelm,then u would restore ur files ,good luck man .
Re: Cannot Save On My Hard Disk by hayprof(m): 12:52pm On Sep 08, 2006
What's the error you get when you try to save on your hard disk? Without knowing that, we can't help.
Yeah tell us what error message u r gettin? undecided
Re: Cannot Save On My Hard Disk by Chxta(m): 5:37pm On Sep 09, 2006
Throw it away
Re: Cannot Save On My Hard Disk by Planner(m): 5:56pm On Sep 09, 2006
I formatted it and it is okay. Now i can have a good night sleep. Thanks everyone.
Re: Cannot Save On My Hard Disk by Seun(m): 6:22pm On Sep 09, 2006
This incident might be a warning that your hard disk is close to failure. Download the program "HDD Health" to find out how long your hard disk is going to last so you don't lose any more data in the near future.
Re: Cannot Save On My Hard Disk by hayprof(m): 8:42pm On Sep 09, 2006
I formatted it and it is okay

Good to know!
Re: Cannot Save On My Hard Disk by Planner(m): 10:49am On Sep 13, 2006
Seun,

Please where do i download HDD health from?
Re: Cannot Save On My Hard Disk by Seun(m): 11:16am On Sep 14, 2006
from www.google.com obviously.

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