Re: tool to determine if hd failing

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SMART is a built-in tool on modern hard drives.
The EVEREST program (free from www.lavalys.com ) includes
the SMART report.


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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:u2vMy5GeFHA.2288@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Every drive manufacturer has a download to test "their"
hard drives. Go to
| the appropriate web site for your hard drive.
|
| --
| Regards,
|
| Richard Urban
|
| aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
|
| If you knew as much as you thought you know,
| You would realize that you don't know what you thought you
knew!
|
|
| "John Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo-dot-com> wrote in
message
| news:O3C6azDeFHA.2736@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Is there any diagnostic tool that can be run which will
give some
| > indication that a hard drive is about to go out ?
| >
| > Over the years, on various machines (commercial and
custom built),
| > preceding total drive failure I've experienced some or
all the following
| > symptoms, usually in sequence:
| >
| > 1. drive makes more noise than typically has in past
| >
| > 2. drive spins longer than typically has in past
| >
| > 3. drive begins clicks on a regular interval -- not
necessarily
| > continuously, but
| >
| > 4. rate of clicking accelerates
| >
| > 5. clicking becomes continuous
| >
| > 6. clicking begins occurring on irregular intervals
| >
| >
| > On my Dell Optiplex GX270 , I am currently at stage 3.
| >
| >
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