Hard disc problem? Maxtor SATA drive...

I have a self built pc here at home, I am using an Asus a7n8x deluxe m/b
with AMD Barton 2500 cpu, with a Maxtor 120gb SATA h/d and 512mb Crucial
ram (DDR).

This pc has been working fine for about six months, then about a month ago
I got a hard disc error, which said files were corrupt and windows would
not load at all (even in safe mode).

Eventually I tracked the problem down, it appeared that the fault was a
hard disk fault.

Using The Maxtor Powermax disc utility program, this initially showed the
hard disk as passing the first (quick) tests, then the program said I
should carry out a *full* test.

This full test lasts for about an hour and when it eventually stopped, it
reported an error, and offered to fix the error.

I let it fix the error, and everything then appeared to be back to normal.

The pc has worked fine since then, but once again when I booted the pc
today, I got another error message, saying that windows system file is
missing or corrupt?

I'm running the Powermax utility again as I write this (on my other pc)
and hopefully that will cure the problem, but...

Has anyone else had a similar problem? do you know what causes the
problem? is it worth looking for new drivers for the m/b or h/d?

Thanx for any help you can give...

*Peter*

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I have a self built pc here at home, I am using an Asus a7n8x deluxe m/b
with AMD Barton 2500 cpu, with a Maxtor 120gb SATA h/d and 512mb Crucial
ram (DDR).

This pc has been working fine for about six months, then about a month ago
I got a hard disc error, which said files were corrupt and windows would
not load at all (even in safe mode).

Eventually I tracked the problem down, it appeared that the fault was a
hard disk fault.

Using The Maxtor Powermax disc utility program, this initially showed the
hard disk as passing the first (quick) tests, then the program said I
should carry out a *full* test.

This full test lasts for about an hour and when it eventually stopped, it
reported an error, and offered to fix the error.

I let it fix the error, and everything then appeared to be back to normal.

The pc has worked fine since then, but once again when I booted the pc
today, I got another error message, saying that windows system file is
missing or corrupt?

I'm running the Powermax utility again as I write this (on my other pc)
and hopefully that will cure the problem, but...

Has anyone else had a similar problem? do you know what causes the
problem? is it worth looking for new drivers for the m/b or h/d?

Thanx for any help you can give...

*Peter*

Back up all your data.
If your drive is still in warrantee, contact Maxtor or the store where you
bought it.
If not in warrantee, start shopping for a new drive. The problem will get
worse. The number of bad sectors will increase.
PWY