Gtt the model # and go to the manufacturers website. Somewhere in the downloads you will find utilities for checking HD's. Just put it on a floppy and boot to it. Be careful, some tests are destructive, but any I've seen clearly tell you what tests are destructive.
On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 00:01:12 -0400 - Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following Re: Checking an HPFS/NTFS file system >I dual boot a lindows computer and XP Pro. > >Suddenly (in fact, after running the lindows 4.0 demo cdrom), XP pro loads >and runs VERY slowly. The only other symptom is the fact the hard drive >light, instead of flickering when it starts up, stays continuously red. > >XP has the HPFS/NTFS file system. > >My suspicion is that the hard drive, which is an old cast off, is >the problem. Are there any tools in linux I could use to check out >this drive? > >Are there any easy ways just to clone the "failing" hard drive. > >Thanks, > >Joel >_______________________________________________ >Linux-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> >http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
