HARD DRIVE CRASH QUESTION

[jorecca]

What are some of the ways you can tell if your hard drive is going out.

 

[shmoes]

Run a Thorough scandisk for bad sectors regularly

if availible turn on S.M.A.R.T in the bios, it does a HD intergrity scan on start up.

There may be some other diagnostic tools on google you can find as well.

~Shmoes

I lay claim to nothing and everything. My words may be wisdom or disaster. In the end you make a choice. Noone is perfect.

 

[edfair]

Download & run the manufacturer's diagnostics.
Slowing down beyond what defrag can clean.
Hearing the drive reseeking regularly.
Clicks and thunks at any time, squealing at any time.


Ed Fair
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[Jontmke]

aida32 is a nice program which will read the s.m.a.r.t data off your drive.



Jon

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