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Hard Drive Diagnostic

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by BruceKrymow, 2004/06/21.

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  1. 2004/06/21
    BruceKrymow

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    Recently lost a lot of data on a Hitachi 30GB 2.5" HD. Do not know if this was software issue or a hardware issue.

    I am reformatting and reinstalling XPP OS.

    What I am requesting is a recommendation for a free software diagnostic utility to check to see if the HD is okay or not.
     
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    BruceKrymow

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    Hiya, Daizy! Long time! :p

    I tried Hitachi's utility and came out flying colors, so must've been a software issue. I booted into the Advanced Drive Fitness test and all sectors came back A-OK, but I wiped the Master Boot Record as well as the rest of the disk anyway to shore things up nice'n tidy. :)

    Thanks!
     
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    Hiya Bruce! :D
    So glad to hear you got it all sorted. :)
     
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