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Hard Drive problem

mobyfitz20 · 2012-10-23 20:46:32

hi all i'm hoping someone could help me in finding some software to test my hard drive. i believe its faulty. any help would be much appreciate thanks

23-10-2012 8:46pm

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mobyfitz20

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hi all

i'm hoping someone could help me in finding some software to test my hard drive. i believe its faulty.

any help would be much appreciate

thanks

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#2 23-10-2012 8:57pm

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The manufacturers website will have a downloadable diagnostic.

CrystalDiskInfo is a good program for displaying SMART info but you will need someone to interpret it.

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#3 24-10-2012 6:43am

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What OS u using? There should be a tool already available for surface scan etc.

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#4 24-10-2012 7:37am

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i'm using windows 7

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#5 24-10-2012 1:14pm

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Vivard or MHDD on the UBCD are excellent tools for running a surface scan of the drive. SMART is useful in many cases but it's not very relyable. A surface scan will tell you if the drive has bad sectors/other issues. If the drive does backup and replace

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#6 27-10-2012 12:04am

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try get a hold or hirens boot cd. ive always found it quite usefull.

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