Testing software

[DanielLee]

Hi,
My Maxtor 91303D6 (13 GB UDMA-33 Maxtor Hard Drive)is getting on in years. I fist bought it in September of 99 and have used it fairly extensively since then. I am wondering what testing software is available for download (preferably free) to see how it is doing.

I have Norton SystemWorks version 2001.04 Build 50 and I have run the Norton Diagnostics and it says things are OK (I guess).

There are some errors on the drive but I haven’t noticed any increase in the number lately.
The drive is fairly noisy when it’s working but I think it has always been that way. It does not make any particular noise on start up or on shut down.

Below is some information on my hard drive, CPU and Motherboard. I’m not educated enough to know if this information is relevant to my question or not so I just included it anyway.

Any assistance appreciated.

Sincerely,
Daniel Hallas

Windows 98SE

Model- Maxtor 91303D6 (13 GB UDMA-33 Maxtor Hard Drive)
IDE details- Master
Serial number- A60KDKEC
Revision level- GAS5481
Partition format- FAT32 (with extended int13 support)
Cluster size- 8 KB
Sectors Per Cluster: 16
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Total Clusters: 1,588,876
Free Clusters: 1,253,047
Total Bytes: 13,016,072,192
Free Bytes: 10,264,961,024
Number of Cylinders: 1,584
Sectors Per track: 63
Total Heads: 255
Size- 12413 MB (12.13 GB)
Cached speed 94.32 MB/s (72%)
Uncached speed 2.38 MB/s (92%)

Hard Drive Partition Information-
Partition 0 Type: 32-Bit FAT (with extended int13 support)
Boot Indicator: Bootable
Partition Size: 254468797 Sectors (12.13GB)
Starting sector: 63
Starting Head: 1
Starting Cylinder: 0
Starting sector: 1
Ending Head: 254
Ending Cylinder: 559
Ending Sector: 63


Hard Drive Volume Information-
Volume Serial Number: 1,061,363,409
Maximum Filename Length: 255
Filename Case: Preserved
Case Sensitive File Search: Not supported
Unicode Filenames: Supported


Motherboard

P4VMM2 mainboard

Socket 478 for the Intelr Pentiumr 4 type of processors
supporting front side bus (FSB) speeds up to 400MHz.
chipsets VIAr VT8751 (P4M266) Northbridge and VT8233 Southbridge
support AC 97 audio codec,
Ultra DMA 33/66/100
two 32-bit PCI slots,
one 4xAGP slot,
one CNR (Communications and Networking Riser) slot,
onboard 10BaseT/100BaseTX Network interface (optional).

CPU
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz

Bios
SYSTEM BIOS
AMI 2Mb Flash EEPROM
Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
Full Support for ACPI revision 1.0 specification

"Five minutes at a time"

http://www.mexicoland.net

 

[FlashTag]

This thread my help it was posted earlyer

thread751-244474

 

[paparazi]

I would say that when a drive starts developing bad clusters and odd noises time is not on your side.
It maybe that it runs without fault for another year or it might just not boot one morning next week, you never can tell.
If money is the issue then just make sure you regullarly backup your important files so if something does happen it won't be such a hard blow. Martin. Just trying to help, sometimes falling short, I am only human after all.

 

[paparazi]

Hey! Is it still in warranty? 3 years? might be worth an Email to Maxtor? Exagerate a little!!! Martin Just trying to help, sometimes falling short, I am only human after all.