looking for good read&write surface scanners for Hard Drives

[Hermann Berben]

looking for good read/write surface scanners for Hard Drives

 

[Hermann Berben]

Thanx, but I have a maxtor hard drive. and when i use the maxtor program
(powermax)... it gives a warning a have a bad
sector and than closes... maybe i did something wrong? but another program
would sure be nice, apart from chkdsk (build in windows xp)

again, thank you for the rapid response

 

[beenthere]

looking for good read/write surface scanners for Hard Drives

The best one has got to be from the Hdrive manufacturer.
most of them do check\repair tools for their drives. For free.

 

[beenthere]

Thanx, but I have a maxtor hard drive. and when i use the maxtor program
(powermax)... it gives a warning a have a bad
sector and than closes... maybe i did something wrong? but another program
would sure be nice, apart from chkdsk (build in windows xp)

again, thank you for the rapid response

If Maxtors` own software says you`ve got a faulty drive H.
Then you`d better believe it.
Is it out of warranty ?.
Rescue all your stuff off it while you can for safety.
It is possible to Fdisk a drive, and mark out bad blocks, altho`
personally, I wouldn`t risk my stuff on a `dodgy` drive.

 

[philo]

them do check\repair tools for their drives. For free.

If Maxtors` own software says you`ve got a faulty drive H.
Then you`d better believe it.
Is it out of warranty ?.
Rescue all your stuff off it while you can for safety.
It is possible to Fdisk a drive, and mark out bad blocks, altho`
personally, I wouldn`t risk my stuff on a `dodgy` drive.

I've tried the HD mfg's lo-level format utilites a few times...
but the bad sectors always seem to have come back anyway...

so I agree, just replace the drive...why take a chance?

 

[hummingbird]

Thanx, but I have a maxtor hard drive. and when i use the maxtor program
(powermax)... it gives a warning a have a bad
sector and than closes... maybe i did something wrong? but another program
would sure be nice, apart from chkdsk (build in windows xp)

again, thank you for the rapid response

HD Tune v2.51. Free and scans for errors etc.
I don't have a URL for it although I got it off this NG.

 

[arachnid]

HD Tune v2.51. Free and scans for errors etc.
I don't have a URL for it although I got it off this NG.

http://www.hdtune.com

You might want to go there yourself and grab v2.52.

 

[hummingbird]

http://www.hdtune.com

You might want to go there yourself and grab v2.52.

Thanks.

 

[ms]

Thanks.

It works fine as an executable after conversion in W2K.

Mike Sa