Determine date of last hard drive format?

[Dos-Man]

How does one determine the date of last hard drive format?
Is there a program that can do this?
I built my machine in 2000, I believe and I've only done
one complete restore since then. Not sure how long it was
since I did it.

dos-man

 

[*ProteanThread*]

How does one determine the date of last hard drive format?
Is there a program that can do this?
I built my machine in 2000, I believe and I've only done
one complete restore since then. Not sure how long it was
since I did it.

dos-man

There used to be a website that showed you how to obtain the information
(with a sector editor) but alas I've lost that link since my last restore
myself. :-(

 

[five]

How does one determine the date of last hard drive format?
Is there a program that can do this?
I built my machine in 2000, I believe and I've only done
one complete restore since then. Not sure how long it was
since I did it.

dos-man

If you're running Windows, go to www.pcpitstop.com and run the free tests.
In the Test Details section under Windows Configuration it should give you
the date of first install, for me this is the last time I installed Windows
which may be close enough for you to determine when you formatted the HD.

Belarc Advisor may give this info too if you're unable to run online tests.

regards
five

 

[Gabriele Neukam]

On that special day, Dos-Man, ([email protected]) said...

How does one determine the date of last hard drive format?
Is there a program that can do this?
I built my machine in 2000, I believe and I've only done
one complete restore since then. Not sure how long it was
since I did it.

I had this problem, too, and solved it by looking at the properties of
the file named c:\system.1st, date and time. This is the first version
of a registry ever created when installing after formatting, and should
be reliable enough.


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)

 

[charles]

How does one determine the date of last hard drive format?
Is there a program that can do this?
I built my machine in 2000, I believe and I've only done
one complete restore since then. Not sure how long it was
since I did it.

dos-man

Run chkdsk at a DOS/CMD prompt. It will say something like

The type of the file system is FAT32.
Volume WD1_VOL1 created 10/28/2003 2:07 am

 

[dszady]

How does one determine the date of last hard drive format?
Is there a program that can do this?
I built my machine in 2000, I believe and I've only done
one complete restore since then. Not sure how long it was
since I did it.

If you installed Windows the same day just look at the date and times of
the folders in c:. (Program Files, Windows, etc.)