Harddrive Problems...sorting out the crap

[San]

so, people in the OTL have directed me here =p
anyways, my one of my hardrives is screwed up, whenever i download something onto it, my comp restarts
this also goes for when i scan it with pretty much anything

my other hardrive is a-ok, so its just the one that has problems

EDIT: i now cannot run any games or stay on firefox too long, b/c my comp will restart when i do that
help any1?
EDIT2: just running my comp to long and leaving it, then suddenly doing something also restarts it now also
EDIT3:so i am reformating my harddisks, but i am getting some errors, and currently my computer is unavailable(im editing this on a laptop)
EDIT4:i reinstalled my drivers, reformated my harddisks, and its now running smoothly. hope it stays

[DeCepTiCons]

maybe a virus or some kind of thingy from sites that put thingy that messes up ur computer. maybe a worm, or i don't know what exactly all the thingys are called.

[ltrbojevic]

Try running CCleaner, Registry Mechanic, S&D and SD

[Aby]

And if you can get your fingers on a discounted NOD32, by all means use it. (see what i did there)

[Sliver69]

I got same problem too but i fixed it ^^ Just Clean up your cooler

[San]

Try running CCleaner, Registry Mechanic, S&D and SD

i have used CCleaner, didnt help. and when i scan it w/ S&D, it restarts
@sliver69, how do i clean my cooler?
srry that im a d!ck with computers

[San]

ok, this is probably the worst
i cant hook up my ipod anymore and sinc it >.<
NOOOOO, my life is music!(and SRO )

[phulshof]

Step 1: Check your memory. Download it from http://www.memtest86.com/.
Step 2: Check your HD. Run scandisk in extensive mode.
Step 3: Check the temperature in your system. There are multiple sensors on your motherboard, and I'm sure there's some software you got with it that will make them visible to you.
Step 4: Trial and error: borrow some spare parts, and exchange the hardware in your computer one at a time to see if that solves the problem. Make sure you wear a wriststrap linked to the metal of your computer case or let someone do it who knows what he's doing.

[San]

so, i no it was my hard disks
i replaced them with some spare hard disks, and my computer works fine now
but the spare is only a 30GB disk, and i do not want to really keep it, cuz my other hardisks were both 160GB
so should i reformat my old ones and hope they work?

[truez]

so, i no it was my hard disks
i replaced them with some spare hard disks, and my computer works fine now
but the spare is only a 30GB disk, and i do not want to really keep it, cuz my other hardisks were both 160GB
so should i reformat my old ones and hope they work?

Well u can try, if it doesnt work then hard drive is prolly dying out