Re: AOL, goofy hard drive and Win2000

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From: StrangePaws (Strange_at_CatNip.Net)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:53:39 -0700

Thanks, I will try this and see what happens.

Wish I knew more about CRC errors. Seems when you get one the file is
totally locked up. This poor person I'm talking about has 15meg worth of
emails in that file and she can't get to them now. This is all business
related stuff so she's upset!

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:OKki9IbnEHA.584@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Go to the hard disk manufacturer's web site and download their diagnostic
> software
> respective to your friend's 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/
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
> "StrangePaws" <Strange@CatNip.Net> wrote in message
> news:us$kpBbnEHA.132@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> | I have a friend with AOL. Thank God its not me! She has a bunch of
> bisiness
> | mail in a folder called Organize. When I try to open it I get Data Error
> CRC
> | error.
> |
> | Wondering if there is away to correct this?
> | I think she maybe having problems with her hard drive. Every so often
> the
> | screen will go black and the machine seems to reset. In order to "find
> the
> | hard drive you have to turn the computer off completely then do a
> restart!
> | Has anyone seen this before?
> |
> | Thanks!
> |
> |
>
>

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