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Old 06-11-2008, 01:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Testing my hard drive?

I got a new hard drive about a month ago now. When i got it i did a fresh install of windows on it and used it up untill now as my main hard drive. Through this month i kept getting crashes and just kept getting worse and worse up untill now where i have formated again but useing my other hard drive.

I heard there is some diagnostic tool i can run on my hard drive to see if that is the problem with my computer crashing all the time. Anyone know of any?
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Old 06-11-2008, 01:22 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Testing my hard drive?

Go to the website of the manufacturer of your hard drive. They should usually have a diagnostics tool in there. You want to back up your data first though.
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Old 06-11-2008, 01:27 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Testing my hard drive?

run
chkdsk /r
on the drive it may just need the file system refreshing
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Old 06-11-2008, 01:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Testing my hard drive?

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run
chkdsk /r
on the drive it may just need the file system refreshing
I tried that :> Didn't work. I'll go look for the diagnostic tool thing


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