#GVP Hardcard Problems
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I am having a problem with a an older GVP 40 meg hardcard in my A2000 (rev.
6 motherboard) and am hoping someone here can help me, or at least point me
in the right direction:
When I turn the computer on and the hd attempts to boot-up, I get
a "volume workbench has a read-write error" message, and when I click
"retry" I get "Unable to load Sys:GVPscripts/tstGVPscsi: file is not an
object module".
I get the same results when I try a three-fingered salute. However,
when I actually turn the computer off and back on at this point, it boots
without problem.
This has been going on for at about the last 5 months.
I have checked the cable for loose connections where it plugs into the
card and the drive and all seems in order. The card itself seems properly
seated in its slot.
I have used diagnostic software to see if there actually is a
read-write error and found nothing.
I am stumped and at a loss as to where to go from here. Anyone have any
ideas?
Nick:
It may be a pain, but while you still can, you should do a complete backup
of your hard drive, then reformat it and reinstall your backup disks.
It may just be that your hard drive is so fragmented from use that it
needs to be optimized, and reformatting will not only take care of that,
but also remap out any bad blocks.
BTW, how full is your hard drive?
Michael,
Thanks for the reply. What you say sounds reasonable. I have used BAD
twice since the problem started, though. I only have 1.7 meg left on the
drive. Tonight I will delete at least 5 meg and use BAD again. If that
doesnt work I will try your suggestion.
Nick
Good luck!