Fix my herd drive!

Zipstor · 12-19-2008, 02:50 AM

Hi,

I'm looking for a software to fix my old IDE 120G hard drive.

I have this hard drive that doesnt not show up under windows but it appears under dos. When I start windows, the system is really slow with that disk on. Its nearly impossible to do anything under windows. So I guess I'm looking for a program that boots from a CD and can scan the drive and possibly fix it. I knew this guy that would use a Linux boot disk to do that and it seems effective.

I have active tried partition recovery on dos but I could not find the way to FIX the problem.

I'm 100% sure I did that in the past with some pseudo windows interface on a boot dick and it worked very well but I just cant recall the name damnit.

Have been searching the net and tried various tools for 3 days now and the more it goes, the more I'm getting confused!!!

Any input is welcome.

Thanks a dozen.

**simpswr** · 12-19-2008, 03:59 PM

and welcome to the Forum

Try running the Drive diagnostic for your Brand

Samsung http://www.samsung.com/global/busine...ort_HUTIL.html
Seagate/Maxtor/Quantum http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/sup...oads/seatools/
Western Digital http://support.wdc.com/download/
IBM/Hitachi http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
fujitsu/Seimens http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download...es/#diagnostic
IBM/Hitachi http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT

**linderman** · 12-19-2008, 08:55 PM

do you need to recover data on this drive or can it be low level formatted & cleaned ?

12-19-2008, 02:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zipstor Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Fix my herd drive! Hi, I'm looking for a software to fix my old IDE 120G hard drive. I have this hard drive that doesnt not show up under windows but it appears under dos. When I start windows, the system is really slow with that disk on. Its nearly impossible to do anything under windows. So I guess I'm looking for a program that boots from a CD and can scan the drive and possibly fix it. I knew this guy that would use a Linux boot disk to do that and it seems effective. I have active tried partition recovery on dos but I could not find the way to FIX the problem. I'm 100% sure I did that in the past with some pseudo windows interface on a boot dick and it worked very well but I just cant recall the name damnit. Have been searching the net and tried various tools for 3 days now and the more it goes, the more I'm getting confused!!! Any input is welcome. Thanks a dozen. Last edited by Zipstor; 12-19-2008 at 03:03 AM.

12-19-2008, 03:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,184 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Fix my herd drive! and welcome to the Forum Try running the Drive diagnostic for your Brand Samsung http://www.samsung.com/global/busine...ort_HUTIL.html Seagate/Maxtor/Quantum http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/sup...oads/seatools/ Western Digital http://support.wdc.com/download/ IBM/Hitachi http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT fujitsu/Seimens http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download...es/#diagnostic IBM/Hitachi http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

12-19-2008, 08:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
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