-=PCTechTalk=- Re: HD Companies
- From: David F Wooledge <wooledge001@xxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:10:45 -0400
Troth
I've had one Maxtor go bad. It was the one that came installed in my
Gateway I bought in November of 2000. I have another that I have moved
from Tower to Tower to Tower. I have had it maybe 6 or 7 years. I have
three Winchesters. The oldest is 4 years and the newest one year. The
third I've had about three. I don't recall what type of drive is in my
Compaq laptop. As far as seeing the data, do you want to see what Scan
Disk and Disk Doctor tells you? With out looking, I recall there is an
option to save or print the report. Or are you looking for real time
data? I think one of Karen's Power Tools does that. Also try a program
called LookDisk. from luorno Software. Or just run Scan disk again,
only don't ask it to make corrections, just analyze.
Dave
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From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- HD Companies
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:49:37 -0400
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
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