-=PCTechTalk=- Re: HD Companies
- From: "Grant Karpik" <gkarpik@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 00:47:58 -0700
I swear by Seagate but go to storage review:
http://www.storagereview.com/
and look at their reviews and be sure to check out their performance database.
On 8 Sep 2003 at 23:49, ~OoO~ wrote:
> 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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Grant Karpik
gkarpik@xxxxxxxxx
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