I hope! You now have the precious option of acting to preserve your files before the drive fails altogether. I run the Speedfan instant results,...
Thanks, Neil, I will soon get both of those.! I love new apps! I just want him to back up his files now, cause that drive is going.
As I thought. Zillah, you gotta save or back all the files on that drive up. From everything you have shared, from yr Speedfan report, my take...
OK last one, I gotta work...i just found this: http://www.idrive.com/?refer=google&gclid=CLX1__W5hJ8CFVFM5Qoddh8Lng With the free version, you...
ONE MORE afterthought, I am worried now so this is in the HDD in my brain: Do I understand correctly that the troubled disk, D, is the one on...
Another afterthought: my version of Astra, which is old, in the left pane of the interface, toward the bottom, has option to give more info about...
I like this, jpChris. I would not, at this point, go other than compact fluorescents. They have come into their own for sure.:) Tho no way do...
One more....re the put the puppy in the fridge thingy....have read about this before, but I do not know anyone who has done that, if it's safe,...
Just found this, it's worth reading: http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=59&front_id=12 See reference to heat; my take is this is...
Good Plan. But my take is this may be more serious than bad sectors. Again, I urge you to back up all your files before running anything further...
Seagate Diagnostics link: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools
Thanks for finding a way to post the results and doing that! Yr drive is made by Seagate, not Western Digital. It is ST340810A. Read the early...
I thought the drive said "WD" Including in the SpeedFan diagnostics no? If so, it is made by Western Digital. And the numbers following the WD...
I posted a link to Astra32 above anticipating this issue. Agia, not sure if you can get free one, but I think you can at least get a trial.
Ok, after thought: if you do see iffy elements via Speedfan and go to WD, you will need the model# of the drive. I can't tell if there is still...
One more....what temp is that drive running at? Speed fan also gives the parameters of OK temps for the individual drives. Each is slightly...
Right? If only everything on the planet were that fast and rich with data. Forget, free. But bottom line, what did it report re that...
Wow. Outstanding! Most free apps, to subsidize themselves, hook up with such things and we must be vigilant to notice & remove those little...
Hi, I only rewcommend this because it is immediate and yields an impressive, detailed amount of data. Speedfan:...
Hi, Bmoore1129, Just came in and saw this.:eek: I have no clue. I might ask where you downloaded it from? I don't run MS Essentials. But what...
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