Checking it now... thanks! ---Troth ----- Original Message ----- From: Grant Karpik To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 3:47 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: HD Companies 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 To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk