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G'day guys,

Quick question, lately, my computer is locking up and the graphics go all green and distorted - especially with FS9.

After resetting the computer, It starts the "The data in this volume is being verfied and repaired" process and takes about 40-50 minutes.  Sometimes errors are found, sometimes not...

I read on the internet that this may mean the hard-drive is close to failure - although it happens a LOT more with FS9 and much less with ArmA, gerneral internet surfing, MS Office, etc.

Any advice guys?  Do I have to replace one/all of the Hard Drives?  Can it be done at home, or do I have to take it in to the shop?

I'm running W7, Intell i7 @3.33, 2x Western Digital 300G Veloci Raptor HDD in RAID 1 (mirroring)

Cheers
Stew

try a manual chkdsk /f then a chkdsk /r will take ages, but it sounds like a faulty HDD sector, could well be about to go faulty

I suggest you to give a GOOD look at your PC power supply. Sometimes the source of the most strange errors and problems in a PC is this often VASTLY underestimated element.

Notice please that I am not telling you IT IS, but IT MAY BE. Before canning your maybe faulty HD, take another power supply from another PC... ask a friend of yours to lend his surely working PC's power adapter to you, for example, and try using that one in the place of yours for a while. If your problems persist, then you'll be sure it's your HD and can take steps towards a sure solution of your problems, if they stop then you'll be sure your HD is not the culprit and it is your power supply that needs to be replaced.

Thanks guys for your help - I'll check those ideas out.

Cheers
Stew