-=PCTechTalk=- Re: HD Companies
- From: Foxhillers@xxxxxxx
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 00:33:31 EDT
In a message dated 9/8/03 11:50:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> Let's talk about hard drive manufacturers. Just today... the 4th time I've
> had a hard drive go bad. My first and second drives were Maxtors, my 3rd was
> an IBM (oem), and my 4th, today, was a Maxtor. Today's however, came up with
> the most damage... a wopping 6GB bad sectors. Luckily, it was in an unused
> area of the drive, so I lost no info, but it has taken up a considerable
> amount
> of my time, cause Windows scan disk didn't want to work... just kept freezing
> up at around 95%. Norton Disk Doctor was freezing up too, but after
> reformatting the drive from scratch, Norton was able to secure the bad
> sectors.
> So... question... what sort of luck has everyone been having with hard
> drives? Any streaks on drives going bad? What brands?
>
> Next question... anyone know how I can go back and see specific data on my
> drive? It seems that after you do either Scan Disk or Disk Doctor, it tells
> you at the end report that you have so-and-so sectors bad, but after the
> report
> is gone, there's no way to pull up the info to see how much is bad and how
> much is good? Any way to do it in Windows? Or, maybe another program I can
> buy?
>
> ---Troth
>
PS I still have well functioning 250 and 500 mg drives running on DOS 3.1
and 5.0 systems.
MJH
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