hiya
yep tried that too, but cant appear to find a log files, so not sure if it
has found or fixed anything.
think I'm looking in the wrong places or something.
thanks
Elaine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon C. Pierson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Accessible program to test har drive
Hi Elaine,
Have you tried chkdsk from the command line within Windows?
If you go to a command shell by typing cmd in the "run" dialog box on the
StartMenu and then type chkdsk /? You will get a list of options.
For example:
Chkdsk c: /r will test your hard drive (assuming it is drive c) for bad
sectors and recover them if possible, it also fixes errors. You will get a
report of what it found as wel but on a large drive it might take a few
hours and slow things down just a bit
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elaine
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Accessible program to test har drive
Hi Folks
does anyone know if there is a tool to test hard drives, that is
accessible?
I have reasons to think my drive is dieing as I've just completed a re
format to find my pc keeps crashing.
most of the time I'm not running anything, or maybe one program like
winamp.
Although do have programs in the background such as Avast, super anti
spyware and the like.
I know it's not memory related as I've 4 gig.
my pc makes a beeping noise which increases speed then it kind of goes in
to
a squeal and locks up.
when it first did this after the re install, jaws crashed, then when I
rebooted jaws crashed again. it kept doing this. so I updated jaws. I
thought it was jaws having the issue but now it crashes with other
programs
such as Outlook express. to make matters worse, this is a random thing.
I
cant duplicate the crash.
I'm running xp with jaws 9. sorry I forgot to mention this above.
any way, if anyone could help I'd appreciate it.
I've run all the various tests but nothing is indicating the drive is
about
to die. I'm just not taking chances.
thanks in advance, and sorry for the lengthy email. *smiles*
Elaine
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