Re: How to test a hard drive

2006-05-30 Thread Bradley Alexander
Another alternative may be to get the Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD), which ships with a number of motherboard tooks, manufacturer hard drive tools, filesystem tools, plus a copy of the INSERT live Linux distro. I have successfully used this at work to get the manufacturer's failure code from a dead (dyi

Re: How to test a hard drive

2006-05-30 Thread Ralph Katz
On 05/30/2006 01:30 PM, thierry wrote: > Stephen Cormier wrote: >> On Saturday 27 May 2006 19:36, thierry wrote: >> >>> Is there any way to test an HD before installing an new system on it? >>> I haave a strong suspiion about the reability of this HD, but money is >>> still a problem in disregardin

Re: How to test a hard drive

2006-05-30 Thread thierry
Stephen Cormier wrote: On Saturday 27 May 2006 19:36, thierry wrote: Is there any way to test an HD before installing an new system on it? I haave a strong suspiion about the reability of this HD, but money is still a problem in disregarding it right away Thank you for help. Thierry Go To th

Re: How to test a hard drive

2006-05-27 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Saturday 27 May 2006 19:36, thierry wrote: > Is there any way to test an HD before installing an new system on it? > I haave a strong suspiion about the reability of this HD, but money is > still a problem in disregarding it right away > Thank you for help. > Thierry Go To the manufacturer's we

Re: How to test a hard drive

2006-05-27 Thread Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
Þann 2006-05-28, 00:36:45 (+0200) skrifaði thierry: > Is there any way to test an HD before installing an new system on it? > I haave a strong suspiion about the reability of this HD, but money is > still a problem in disregarding it right away I guess you could just format it with a ext2 partiti