Computer shutdown - hardware problem

Okay... here is the problem... just about every time when I either leave the computer on it's own for a while and then return and press a button... that button acts like a quick shutdown button and the computer shuts down immediately... even if I click my mouse

Then it takes me like 30 minutes to turn the computer on and when it does it either turns on for a seconds and then turns off (so I get another 30 fun minutes to turn that sh!t on) and it either turns on or turns on but doesn't send any signals to my monitor so my monitor stays blank like it isn't receiving any signals... (If so, another fun 30 minutes).

Any help on this? I determined this to be a hardware problem...

Check the event viewer. Make sure all fans are running.

How do I fix that?

Download the diagnostic tools from the manufacturer's web site. For example, if it's a western digital HD, go to their site. Create a boot disc with the download and boot the machine. Run the program. If it can't fix the bad block, you need a new drive.

Back up all data first.

I have two drives... drive "C" and drive "D"...I have no idea of any of their vendors... I know I need to get to drive "D"'s site but how do I find the manufacturer?

Open up the box and take a look, couldn't be any more simpler.

Thanks grinch Now where do I find that box?

Box = computer tower

Lol, okay... haven't thought about that! Thanks

I thought you meant the box that the computer came in... long gone

Okay... here's the thing. I have two drives as everybody already might know and I don't know which one is assigned to drive 'C' and which one is assigned to drive 'D'...

Drive 'D' is a slave drive and Drive 'C' is the master drive... if that helps to explain to me

Ok, one of my drives are...

from westerndigital.com where on the site I can't do anything that is useful in my case but to contact and wait... which I am doing now... further information on it...

"Enhanced" IDE Hard Drive <- According to the HHD

Model number: WD600AB-22BVAO
Made in 21 April 2001

My7 second drive (Probably the slave drive)... is...

60.0 GB at Maxtor D740X-6L
3.5" Series

That's all that I can get from all that...

Any one know of any good universal drive scanners?

http://support.wdc.com/download/index.a ... d=5&swid=3

File Name: WinDLG.zip
File Size: 4.25 MB
That the one for the Western Digital drive but your error message said HD1 and the WD drive would be HD 0.


Maxtor drive
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287#maxtor

Your AWESOME! Thanks so much Highly appreciated

The diagnostics said that my drive 'D' (The slave drive) is the bad one... (Or so I infer... it said that MAXTOR was a good drive and my computer said that Drive D has a bad block and one of the drives has failed diagnostics so I am assuming that the MAXTOR drive is the master drive and drive 'D' is the slave drive with the problem...