Re: Western Digital Diagnostic Disk
From: David Candy (.)
Date: 02/22/05
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:29:03 +1100
WinDbg is something else. I meant WinDlg and I always copy and paste names so there aren't typos (I used Send To - Clipboard As Name powertoy).
Makle has this habbit of talking wrongly and giving stupid advice if Dos is mentioned. She must have used it as a child or something. If she talks about Dos I'm on to her (you'll spend weeks implementing her advice when the person just needs to change a setting or how they start something). She has done this with you as well (but not weeks as she suggests to some). She just needs to say nothing about things she knows nothing about.
Dos is a hassle. Windlg may need the Dos equiv to fix some things. But if you need the repair features of Windlg or its Dos equiv you should be returning the drive for replacement (I watched people spend MONTHS writing zeros). If out of warranty it should be thrown away.
The Windlg setup does not create a shortcut to the program.
There is no need to run diagnostics at all. The drive runs it's own and tells windows when it is going to be faulty before it is faulty.
1. Do nothing is the reccommended action
2. I like to play. Download Windlg. Install it and it will be where I said before. Play with it. Then go on to more productive things and forget about it.
3. Do whatever you want.
But I note you've wasted time and money on burning a CD.
There is also no reason to run the setup program. Windows can setup the drive all by itself.
-- ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/ "cimex" <bedbug@lectularius.co> wrote in message news:utVpmm8FFHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > Are you suggesting that windlg.exe should be found on my hard drive? I did a > search, and got this message: > "Search is complete. There are no results to display." > > I think you are incorrect in disparaging Malke's advice to burn a SeaTools > CD. I have the disk, and plan to boot from it shortly. > > PS: Google found you a nickname: > Did you mean: "WINDBG.EXE" > > I surely am not the only poster who finds you a bit "windy." > > > "David Candy" <.> wrote in message > news:%23IjTvf8FFHA.4004@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > C:\Program Files\WinDlg\WinDlg.exe > > is the program. You need to find it and run it. The program that you and the > moron is talking about isn't the tester. It is a setup utility for a new > drive and is worthless except to morons like the ugly one who are too lazy > to breathe for themselves (hard drives don't need setting up beyond what > windows will do). > > I can't think of anything more simple, download a file, dbl click it, find > exe, dbl click it. So it is your latent idiocy. > > WTF would you install the dos version. > > If there is anything wrong with the drive return it for replacement. > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/ > "cimex" <bedbug@lectularius.co> wrote in message > news:%23$awpR8FFHA.3972@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... >> Very happy to find that WD seems to have snarled things up, and it is not > my >> latent idiocy manifesting itself. >> I do realize that to test a HDD I need non-HDD media, and I am going to > burn >> myself a disk right away. >> Fortunately, the machine still runs, but recently gave me quite a scare, > so >> am testing all hardware, and did sfc /scannow as well. >> Many, many thanks. >> >> >> "Malke" <malke@nospoonnotreally.com> wrote in message >> news:%23$0g$L8FFHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... >>> cimex wrote: >>> >>> > True Yves. I hope I am not exposing great ignorance, but why would I >>> > want, need, or be able to use a DOS program if I am an XP user? >>> > Furthermore, having downloaded the XP-compatible version, I fail to >>> > see why I would also want the same thing configured for DOS. >>> > Am I missing something basic here? >>> > >>> Yes, you are missing something basic. You don't want to run hardware >>> diagnostics from within Windows. Hard drive diagnostic utilities should >>> be run outside Windows. You are quite right that Western Digital seems >>> to have changed their diagnostic software. What a pain. Instead, >>> download SeaTools from Seagate. It will test more than just Seagate >>> hard drives. Here's the url: >>> >>> http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/ >>> >>> You want SeaTools Desktop. You can download either the floppy utility, >>> which you will use to make two floppies from within Windows or download >>> the file to make a bootable cd. To do the latter, you will need a >>> third-party burning software like Nero or Roxio. Obviously you need to >>> get the diagnostic from a working computer with an Internet connection. >>> In any case, make your bootable media, boot with it, and do a thorough >>> test. >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Malke >>> -- >>> MS-MVP Windows User/Shell >>> Elephant Boy Computers >>> www.elephantboycomputers.com >>> "Don't Panic" >> >> > >
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