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Re: Windows is giving a message warning of an incipient HDD failure

 
 
Paul
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      6th Jan 2012
Peter Jason wrote:
> I have Win7 SP1.
>
> Windows is giving a message warning of an incipient HDD failure.
>
> But Windows in its "which HDD is failing?" gives two HDDs with the
> same name, vis Seagate ST31000528AS (1000GB).
>
> Windows says it is the F: drive on which I store my *.pdf libraries,
> and Internet movie downloads. HD Tune pro says it is my system C:
> drive with the fault "Reallocated Sector Count" with 36 replaced.
>
> Why does Windows give two HDDs the same name?
>
> As I type I'm backing up the system drive, after which I will copy
> everything to a new HDD using Ghost15.
>
> Please help, Peter


Try typing "diskmgmt.msc" in the start box.

The order the disks appear in there, may be similar to
the order you see them in HDTune. You can see the partitions,
drive letters, and which ones share a common drive.

Paul
 
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