Do I need a new hd?

[Joep L. Blom]

Mriswithe wrote:
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> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Brittany <linuxwolfz at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:linuxwolfz at yahoo.com>> wrote:
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>     I've been recieving these errors for a while and prior of these
>     errors my computer would operate rather slowly ( it should open up
>     folders/ files rather quicky when it's operating smoothly) and
>     sometimes the files that I know are there tells me that I cannot
>     open them and notice how different the icons look. When I shut down
>     the computer it will give me the option to shut down with a red x,
>     which then I know theirs something wrong. The iPhone camera shot
>     provided was taken after I've attempted to shut down my computer. Am
>     i needing a new hard drive?
> 
> 
> Actually how is that hard drive formatted NTFS or EXT3?  I ran into very 
> similar errors earlier today and I believe at this time that the reason 
> is because it is formatted NTFS and has become RIDICULOUSLY fragmented. 
> (stole it out of a windows box and never bothered to repartition, I am 
> paying for it now) The reason I believe this is because linux obviously 
> doesn't deframent anything because it doesn't have to with EXT. Now from 
> the photo it looks like it is your primary drive (SDA) so I highly doubt 
> that is the issue, but I thought I would toss it out as an option.
> 
> Oh and as far as the hard drive I am currently defraging, the file that 
> came in as most fragmented was a 335mb file that was in 2,269 pieces. I 
> believe I am taking the right step in defraging it right now with a 
> windows box.
> 
> Andrew
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>     Brittany Sent from my iPhone
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I recently had problems with a serial drive and thought it had to be 
replaced.
As a last resort I cleaned the connectors as well to the MB as to the drive.
Now all errors are gone. Maybe a suggestion?
Joep