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Diagnosing HDD
Name: nascent (by mboto) Date: September 6, 2005 at 14:05:10 Pacific OS: winXP Pro CPU/Ram: 2200+/512
Comment:
Hi,
Got myself an old HDD i'm going to use in a small spec pc. Just want to know if there is any way to test how reliable it might be, whether it may fail any time soon. Any software out there that people can reccommend???
Name: Rick McNabb Date: September 6, 2005 at 14:54:52 Pacific
Reply:
Look to the drive manufacturer's web site for diagnostic tools.
Rule #1 Good computers don't go down. Rule #2 There is no such thing as a good computer.
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Response Number 2
Name: ham30 Date: September 6, 2005 at 16:33:12 Pacific
Reply:
I agree with Rick to use the manufacturer's diagnostic tools to check the current condition of the drive But there is no way to predict future failures.
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Response Number 3
Name: Milky Way Date: September 6, 2005 at 19:46:03 Pacific
Reply:
SiGuardian can predict when the HDD will fail, provided SMART is enabled in Bios and HDD is supported and size > 10GB. http://www.siguardian.com/products/products.html
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Response Number 4
Name: ham30 Date: September 6, 2005 at 21:15:00 Pacific
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Milky Way, if you believe that, I have some lots in New Orleans I would like to sell cheap. :-)
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Response Number 5
Name: johnr Date: September 6, 2005 at 22:57:47 Pacific
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Yes, don't bother with commercial tools - they just rely on generic testing & reading the SMART info which is available for free if the mobo supports it. Go to the manufacturer's website.
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