What the F** is my Laptop doing ?

[dirty]

My Laptop buzzes constantly with hard drive activity ............

What the Fuck is it doing ???:mad::mad:

I am not asking it to work so hard ..... I dont..... then



Mr. laptop what the fuck are you doing making everything run so fucking slow
:mad::mad:

I cannot take this constant whirring sound .........

[smellyfinger]

Probably a virus scan. Lots of places schedule virus scans for mid-day Monday. Or you have a bad hard drive. :D

[landyaBhai]

My Laptop buzzes constantly with hard drive activity ............

What the Fuck is it doing ???:mad::mad:

I am not asking it to work so hard ..... I dont..... then



Mr. laptop what the fuck are you doing making everything run so fucking slow
:mad::mad:

I cannot take this constant whirring sound .........

dirty, did you run spyware scanners ... check with TaskBar which process is hogging memory and/or CPU ... Run SuperAntiSpyware and MalawareBytes ... if you detect anything, run other scanners as well ... Also check to see if your virtual memory is good enough and is not mapped to C drive (which might already be defragmented) ... try mapping to another partition ...

[dirty]

Okay so Maccaffee is having an orgy inside my hard dirve...... As a by product , I have a folder called Quarantine with 22gig of data ? Now what the hell is that ?

WHen I ask our desktop support , I only get on answer ........ Lets reimage your laptop.......:mad:

I am tired of my freaking machine getting freaking reimaged.... I can almost see myself as Hitler .... Yelling and scremaing.....

[rameshp]

Okay so Maccaffee is having an orgy inside my hard dirve...... As a by product , I have a folder called Quarantine with 22gig of data ? Now what the hell is that ?

WHen I ask our desktop support , I only get on answer ........ Lets reimage your laptop.......:mad:

I am tired of my freaking machine getting freaking reimaged.... I can almost see myself as Hitler .... Yelling and scremaing.....

Linux is your friend. Linux is your friend. Linux is your friend. Linux is your friend. Linux is your friend. Linux is your friend.:D

I cant stress it more!

[dirty]

Linux is your friend. Linux is your friend. Linux is your friend. Linux is your friend. Linux is your friend. Linux is your friend.:D

I cant stress it more!

My company does not welcome your friend:(

[landyaBhai]

Okay so Maccaffee is having an orgy inside my hard dirve...... As a by product , I have a folder called Quarantine with 22gig of data ? Now what the hell is that ?

WHen I ask our desktop support , I only get on answer ........ Lets reimage your laptop.......:mad:

I am tired of my freaking machine getting freaking reimaged.... I can almost see myself as Hitler .... Yelling and scremaing.....

My IT guy screwed up in a big way. My XP desktop machine at work got spywared such that it hogged the CPU, did not allow any anti-virus/spyware to run, disable the taskbar such that I cant kill any process ... hard rebooted the PC and found that it does not allow me to login. I type my password, and it goes into the windows login process, and then after sometime logs me out ...

At boot time, I was able to get some of my most critical research files ... and I had asked the IT person to do it similarly for all the files. He screwed up ... He got overwhelmed with this autologoff behavior of the spyware ... saved some documents but not all ... formatted the drive and installed brand new and then copied over the some set of backed up files without running antivirus/spyware check on it ...

After 3 days, I got attacked again with the same shit ... This time I handled it myself ... Even partitioned my drive into 3 partitions and also setup linux dual boot on it ...

[sarv_shaktimaan]

mere dhakkan HP laptop ka bhi yahi haal hai.. :doh: Vista crashes if I dont use the cooling fan.. the fuckin laptop fan is almost always on.. i get like 2/3 blue screens everyday.. dont know what to do :dontknow:

[smellyfinger]

My IT guy screwed up in a big way. My XP desktop machine at work got spywared such that it hogged the CPU, did not allow any anti-virus/spyware to run, disable the taskbar such that I cant kill any process ... hard rebooted the PC and found that it does not allow me to login. I type my password, and it goes into the windows login process, and then after sometime logs me out ...

At boot time, I was able to get some of my most critical research files ... and I had asked the IT person to do it similarly for all the files. He screwed up ... He got overwhelmed with this autologoff behavior of the spyware ... saved some documents but not all ... formatted the drive and installed brand new and then copied over the some set of backed up files without running antivirus/spyware check on it ...

After 3 days, I got attacked again with the same shit ... This time I handled it myself ... Even partitioned my drive into 3 partitions and also setup linux dual boot on it ...

Before you blame your poor IT guy - ask yourself this. How did the spyware/virus get on to your WORK machine? Could it be that you were visiting a site or reading an email for a non-work related purpose? Think....

[landyaBhai]

Before you blame your poor IT guy - ask yourself this. How did the spyware/virus get on to your WORK machine? Could it be that you were visiting a site or reading an email for a non-work related purpose? Think....

It was a link on a site that I trusted should be fine ... I own the blame for that but the rest he is supposed to take care of it and more importantly when I had mentioned how to work on it ... it was not rocket science ...

[landyaBhai]

mere dhakkan HP laptop ka bhi yahi haal hai.. :doh: Vista crashes if I dont use the cooling fan.. the fuckin laptop fan is almost always on.. i get like 2/3 blue screens everyday.. dont know what to do :dontknow:

but why would you not want to use your CPU fans ... infact I have a laptop cooler that I use in addition to the fans on the CPU chassis ...

[landyaBhai]

My company does not welcome your friend:(

why cant you setup linux on it by yourself ... yes some code management software may not be available to be installed on linux .. but most of the work can be done by commands on the linux/servers that hosts the codebase ...

[rameshp]

mere dhakkan HP laptop ka bhi yahi haal hai.. :doh: Vista crashes if I dont use the cooling fan.. the fuckin laptop fan is almost always on.. i get like 2/3 blue screens everyday.. dont know what to do :dontknow:

Does your hp laptop have an nvidia geforce 8000 series video chipset? If so, you are close to screwed! My laptop bit the dust last nov because manufacturer defect with nvidia video card (it overheats and gets burnt). HP refused to cover it (warranty expired) despite the fact that other models of HP laptop with same video cards have been recalled and fixed for free.:mad: HP SUCKS!

[rameshp]

Before you blame your poor IT guy - ask yourself this. How did the spyware/virus get on to your WORK machine? Could it be that you were visiting a site or reading an email for a non-work related purpose? Think....

porn, its always is porn! dirty doing dirty work at work.:D

[smellyfinger]

It was a link on a site that I trusted should be fine ... I own the blame for that but the rest he is supposed to take care of it and more importantly when I had mentioned how to work on it ... it was not rocket science ...

And why is he supposed to fix your mess, if it was not work related? Do you go and clean his toilets at his house if he pinches off a loaf that is too big?? :whacky:

[landyaBhai]

And why is he supposed to fix your mess, if it was not work related? Do you go and clean his toilets at his house if he pinches off a loaf that is too big?? :whacky:

actually he was not supposed to ... I thought I should give it to him, for he will know much better ... and secondly it is his job to fix issues .. this was the work machine ... not any personal laptop or something ...

[smellyfinger]

actually he was not supposed to ... I thought I should give it to him, for he will know much better ... and secondly it is his job to fix issues .. this was the work machine ... not any personal laptop or something ...

Oh ok .. I thought you were visiting a non work related link. If it was a work machine and the website and link you were visitng was completely work related, then I agree - it is his job to fix it. My apologies.

[dirty]

porn, its always is porn! dirty doing dirty work at work.:D

Abe saale he is talking about Landya's Laptop here .......... :rolleyes:

Saala my name is perm. associated with porn .....:(

[JaiSpeaks]

There is an addon called "Web of Trust" for FireFox. It mentions the trustworthiness and reliability of a website link before you click and even if you click it warns the user of the poor reputation . Try it and please dont hesitate to rate yourself .

[dirty]

Thats cool guys but now my Mccafee has already scanned 225ooo files and is still lurking in the Quarantine directory and cleaning the bup fies....... What is that ? SHould I just let it go on ? Oh I Dont have admin right to stop it anyway..........

It keeps chuggin on ..........

[sarv_shaktimaan]

Does your hp laptop have an nvidia geforce 8000 series video chipset? If so, you are close to screwed! My laptop bit the dust last nov because manufacturer defect with nvidia video card (it overheats and gets burnt). HP refused to cover it (warranty expired) despite the fact that other models of HP laptop with same video cards have been recalled and fixed for free.:mad: HP SUCKS!
just checked.. its not the one you mentioned.. my laptop has Mobile(R) 965 Express Chipset.. dont know whats causing fucked up blue screens :doh:

[badriprasad]

Superantispyware found nothing. Malwarebyte's Antimalware did nothing. $49 (special discounted) spyware and virus cleaner took the money for nothing.

Free software I downloaded found over 33 of all sort of crap and left my laptop as clean as (edited). Let me know if you interested?

[dirty]

Well I have some Amigos taking care of me.......


While I work and chat and eat some Mandarins.......... Mccafffe has raced to scanning 335473 files.

File actions blocked in last one hour 18

Now let me ask direct question . What is the Quarantine directory and what are bup files.....

Ya I know where google is .........:rolleyes:

[milanfanabhi]

Well I have some Amigos taking care of me.......


While I work and chat and eat some Mandarins.......... Mccafffe has raced to scanning 335473 files.

File actions blocked in last one hour 18

Now let me ask direct question . What is the Quarantine directory and what are bup files.....

Ya I know where google is .........:rolleyes:

looka fine to me...does the sound come from the HD?

[dirty]

looka fine to me...does the sound come from the HD?

yes and takes freakinng five mins to start up. Nothing in my start up script

[raniraja]

is there tik tik in hard disk? perhaps HDD failure. when you finish everything else, run scandisk with full surface scan.

[sarv_shaktimaan]

dirty pai.. its getting from bad to worse.. ppl now suggesting HDD failure.. :D aal eej well bolo aur hathoda maar do laptop pe.. I'll have to stick to mine for a few months more.. prolly whole of 2010. :(

[raniraja]

Serious yaar, PC taking a long time to boot, hard disk working continuously etc.. are regular symptoms of hard disk failure/ malfunction. I have a lot of experience with this. So, if you have any critical data, do take a backup.
yes and takes freakinng five mins to start up. Nothing in my start up script

[sprite]

tick-tick sound from HDD is baddddd....try to differentiate between normal HDD busy sound when its in read-mode and 'tick-tick' sound....tick-tick is baddd..:D :D

dirty pra...backup...backup...backup
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and EJECT!! :D

that reminds me...my portable HDD drive is close to dead....gets detected..I mean powers up when I plug it into USB drive but doesnt get detected by OS...it had a small fall before it gave up...it had my backups :cry:

[aragorn]

tick-tick sound from HDD is baddddd....try to differentiate between normal HDD busy sound when its in read-mode and 'tick-tick' sound....tick-tick is baddd..:D :D

dirty pra...backup...backup...backup
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and EJECT!! :D

that reminds me...my portable HDD drive is close to dead....gets detected..I mean powers up when I plug it into USB drive but doesnt get detected by OS...it had a small fall before it gave up...it had my backups :cry:

Try Test Disk...http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

I had similar problem, The hard disk was getting detected at bios level but after loading OS it was not getting detected. Its partition table was corrupted. I was able to restore it back with TestDisk without any data loss...

[sprite]

Try Test Disk...http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

I had similar problem, The hard disk was getting detected at bios level but after loading OS it was not getting detected. Its partition table was corrupted. I was able to restore it back with TestDisk without any data loss...

Yaar its like....I have tested in 4 different laptops...not getting detected anywhere...it powers up...but no disk activity...in confusion and trauma...I din't notice if drive was spinning (no tick-tick sound though)....it had a fall and casing did open up a lil but I dunno how much damage it did...don't think a fall would make difference to partition table (I mean just a guess)..I checked it in device manager/when you eject a USB drive...drive is getting detected (model-serial number)...but not getting detected in 'my computer' anywhere (XP/VISTA)....I bought it from US (western digital)...I dont think they will even cover it in warranty here :cry: :cry:...actually I am not concerned about replacement/repair...but my data :cry:

[kkkk]

MacAfee has fu(ked with my worklaptop too! There is no way anything could have got into my work laptop. the number of restrictions is so many, that there is very little that is allowed through. I had to get disk restored. fortunately my company has an effective backup solution which can and does restore data from only as less as 4 hours ago. My conclusion was that one of the MacAfee update was screwed and does not bear well with all machines...

[Napolean]

What a coincidence..My laptop also got attacked - anti virus software updated itself and after that laptop cannot start up fully.Have given it to support guyz yesterday - apparently they have got a long queue.So I cannot do anything at all apart from roaming around inside and outside office.

[landyaBhai]

Guys do it yourself ... go dual boot ...if you want I can give the exact instructions where you would not end up loosing WinXP and still be able to partition and install over a live system.

[sarv_shaktimaan]

that reminds me...my portable HDD drive is close to dead....gets detected..I mean powers up when I plug it into USB drive but doesnt get detected by OS...it had a small fall before it gave up...it had my backups :cry:
backup ka backup hai kya? I had thought about this scenario and written data disks to store about 25Gb of really important stuff.

[raniraja]

Guys do it yourself ... go dual boot ...if you want I can give the exact instructions where you would not end up loosing WinXP and still be able to partition and install over a live system.Please oblige.

[badriprasad]

Guys do it yourself ... go dual boot ...if you want I can give the exact instructions where you would not end up loosing WinXP and still be able to partition and install over a live system.

Landyabhai, I am in... please start. How long does it take once you have written first set of instructions?

[kkkk]

Yaar its like....I have tested in 4 different laptops...not getting detected anywhere...it powers up...but no disk activity...in confusion and trauma...I din't notice if drive was spinning (no tick-tick sound though)....it had a fall and casing did open up a lil but I dunno how much damage it did...don't think a fall would make difference to partition table (I mean just a guess)..I checked it in device manager/when you eject a USB drive...drive is getting detected (model-serial number)...but not getting detected in 'my computer' anywhere (XP/VISTA)....I bought it from US (western digital)...I dont think they will even cover it in warranty here :cry: :cry:...actually I am not concerned about replacement/repair...but my data :cry:

the most probably cause is that the disk has disconnected from the USB circuit board. Happened with my disk. I opened the casing, remove the hard disk from the PCB, re-attached it. put it back into casing, put the screws etc back and it should work ok.
Portable hard disks casings absorb shocks most times, unless the fall is bad enough to detach a piece of something inside, the disk is usable. chances of scratching are remote too.

if you search on youtube, you will even get videos telling you how to remove hard disks from the casing. WD ones are a bitch in this matter. they dont have screws...

[rameshp]

backup ka backup hai kya? I had thought about this scenario and written data disks to store about 25Gb of really important stuff.

And where is the backup for the backup of the backup?:D

[sarv_shaktimaan]

And where is the backup for the backup of the backup?:D
You may not believe but its there.. most family pics online on picasa (prints in India home).. some files, resume' versions and templates in 8GB flash drive and some zipped into emails.. for music i cant keep more than 2 backups.. some of it in iPod.. rest of the data can go to trash. :D

[sarv_shaktimaan]

if you search on youtube, you will even get videos telling you how to remove hard disks from the casing. WD ones are a bitch in this matter. they dont have screws...
yeah can be done though.. I have a WD so searched for video.. here's a good one.

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[kkkk]

Yaar its like....I have tested in 4 different laptops...not getting detected anywhere...it powers up...but no disk activity...in confusion and trauma...I din't notice if drive was spinning (no tick-tick sound though)....it had a fall and casing did open up a lil but I dunno how much damage it did...don't think a fall would make difference to partition table (I mean just a guess)..I checked it in device manager/when you eject a USB drive...drive is getting detected (model-serial number)...but not getting detected in 'my computer' anywhere (XP/VISTA)....I bought it from US (western digital)...I dont think they will even cover it in warranty here :cry: :cry:...actually I am not concerned about replacement/repair...but my data :cry:


kuchh hua aage? Did you try opening?

[aragorn]

Yaar its like....I have tested in 4 different laptops...not getting detected anywhere...it powers up...but no disk activity...in confusion and trauma...I din't notice if drive was spinning (no tick-tick sound though)....it had a fall and casing did open up a lil but I dunno how much damage it did...don't think a fall would make difference to partition table (I mean just a guess)..I checked it in device manager/when you eject a USB drive...drive is getting detected (model-serial number)...but not getting detected in 'my computer' anywhere (XP/VISTA)....I bought it from US (western digital)...I dont think they will even cover it in warranty here :cry: :cry:...actually I am not concerned about replacement/repair...but my data :cry:

arey data main aisa kya hai...porn collection hi hoga na (jaisa meri HDD mein tha) :whacky:

[sprite]

backup ka backup hai kya? I had thought about this scenario and written data disks to store about 25Gb of really important stuff.

lucky and thoughtful you.....mujhe laga...portable drive is enough :cry::up:


the most probably cause is that the disk has disconnected from the USB circuit board. Happened with my disk. I opened the casing, remove the hard disk from the PCB, re-attached it. put it back into casing, put the screws etc back and it should work ok.
Portable hard disks casings absorb shocks most times, unless the fall is bad enough to detach a piece of something inside, the disk is usable. chances of scratching are remote too.

if you search on youtube, you will even get videos telling you how to remove hard disks from the casing. WD ones are a bitch in this matter. they dont have screws...

I talked with WD guys....they say...you can get your HD checked by a 3rd party and recover your data and then send us for replacement....lemme go to this 3rd party...ask them to open it and then I will try to follow your guidelines and try to extract data...I hope this 3rd party won't screw the idea because they take lotsa money to recover data and if I dont get it done from them...WD won't honor warranty stuff..letz see..

thank you guys for the help. Repps coming :)