[pchelpers] Re: Hard Drive Test
- From: PcCowboy <saddle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 09:06:11 -0500
edwestern wrote:
>Just checked my hard drive via Hewlett Packard's web site for my puter.
>Their diagnoses was:
>"Test failed. Your hard disk might be defective. Please contact HP for
>further assistance."
>What does Test Failed mean? Them or me?
>What kind of test can they do via the 'net and how reliable might it be? My
>HD is 1 & 1/2 years old. Laptop 60gig.
>Ed
>
If you can go to this site: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
They have a ISO of a boot cd that has all kinds of tools. They have
hard-drive testing programs
for just about every brand of hard-drive.
If you don't want to download and create the boot cd then scroll down
the page and you will find
links for every program on the cd, if you just want the one tool.
Pc
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