Chkdsk.... and Spware Doctor??

[Guest]

Chkdsk runs at every boot up and says that the volume is dirty. It happens
every time and I can't stop it. I have uninstalled spyware doctor. I have
tried to run fsutil but it closes down immediately before I can read it. any
ideas anybody???

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "alanaccess" <[email protected]>

| Chkdsk runs at every boot up and says that the volume is dirty. It happens
| every time and I can't stop it. I have uninstalled spyware doctor. I have
| tried to run fsutil but it closes down immediately before I can read it. any
| ideas anybody???

Go to the hard disk manufacturer's web site and download their diagnostic software
respective to your hard disk. After the test, you will know if the hard disk is bad or
not..

Quantum/Maxtor - PowerMax
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm

Western Digital - Data LifeGuard Tools (DLGDiag)
http://support.wdc.com/download/

Hitachi/IBM - Drive Fitness Test (DFT)
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Seagate - SeaTools
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/

Fujitsu - Diagnostic Tool
http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/

Samsung - Disk manager
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm

 

[Guest]

David...
many thanks. I ran the diagnostic tests and it shows that my hard drive is
failing. I'm backing up now and will have to replace the drive.
thanks again
alan