running test on hard drive

Dark Warrior_ wrote:
i just got some new hard drives and before i starting moving data
onto them. i like to know if there some software i can run to test
them out.

last thing i want to happen is i move the data onto it and not having
them backed up on to cds then the drive fails

Download the diagnostic tools provided by the manufacturer. Run the most
complete tests from a floppy.

"Dark Warrior_" wrote in
message ...
i just got some new hard drives and before i starting moving data onto
them.
i like to know if there some software i can run to test them out.

last thing i want to happen is i move the data onto it and not having them
backed up on to cds then the drive fails

Drive manufacturers normally provide software which will perform this
function under dos (perhaps by booting off a floppy disk if need be) - try
the manufacturers website for your specific model of drive. Of course a good
idea is to make regular backups anyway (perhaps using rewritable CDRWs with
verification turned on in your burning program), so no matter what drive(s)
are installed, you're covered for any failures. I've read that a good "burn
in" period for HDDs is about 48 hours - ie keep the program churning away
for this long in order to catch out any intermittant problems or ones that
only show up once the drive warms up with normal use.

Paul

i just got some new hard drives and before i starting moving data onto them.
i like to know if there some software i can run to test them out.

last thing i want to happen is i move the data onto it and not having them
backed up on to cds then the drive fails

Dark Warrior_ wrote:

ok thanks for the ideas. hope they not all floppy disk tools. as
when i built this pc i didn't fit floppy drive

Bad idea. They only cost about USD 25 or so. Now you have a way
to get something started.

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Well if you have the ability to boot from USB devices and you have a USB pen
drive or similar, you could use that. Otherwise you'll need to temporarily
do some drive swapping/install a floppy drive for the test. Ive not yet seen
such a utility provided my a manufacturer that didn't run in a dos window -
what are the new drive details (make model etc)?

Paul
"Dark Warrior_" wrote in
message ...
ok thanks for the ideas. hope they not all floppy disk tools. as when i
built this pc i didn't fit floppy drive

"Paul Murphy" wrote in message
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"Dark Warrior_" wrote in
message ...
i just got some new hard drives and before i starting moving data onto
them.
i like to know if there some software i can run to test them out.

last thing i want to happen is i move the data onto it and not having
them
backed up on to cds then the drive fails

Drive manufacturers normally provide software which will perform this
function under dos (perhaps by booting off a floppy disk if need be) -
try
the manufacturers website for your specific model of drive. Of course a
good
idea is to make regular backups anyway (perhaps using rewritable CDRWs
with
verification turned on in your burning program), so no matter what
drive(s)
are installed, you're covered for any failures. I've read that a good
"burn
in" period for HDDs is about 48 hours - ie keep the program churning
away
for this long in order to catch out any intermittant problems or ones
that
only show up once the drive warms up with normal use.

Paul

ok thanks for the ideas. hope they not all floppy disk tools. as when i
built this pc i didn't fit floppy drive

"Paul Murphy" wrote in message
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"Dark Warrior_" wrote in
message ...
i just got some new hard drives and before i starting moving data onto
them.
i like to know if there some software i can run to test them out.

last thing i want to happen is i move the data onto it and not having
them
backed up on to cds then the drive fails

Drive manufacturers normally provide software which will perform this
function under dos (perhaps by booting off a floppy disk if need be) - try
the manufacturers website for your specific model of drive. Of course a
good
idea is to make regular backups anyway (perhaps using rewritable CDRWs
with
verification turned on in your burning program), so no matter what
drive(s)
are installed, you're covered for any failures. I've read that a good
"burn
in" period for HDDs is about 48 hours - ie keep the program churning away
for this long in order to catch out any intermittant problems or ones that
only show up once the drive warms up with normal use.

Paul

"CBFalconer" wrote in message
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Dark Warrior_ wrote:

ok thanks for the ideas. hope they not all floppy disk tools. as
when i built this pc i didn't fit floppy drive

Bad idea. They only cost about USD 25 or so. Now you have a way
to get something started.

I don't know where you buy your floppy drives but here in the UK you can
pick them up for around £5 which is alot less than USD$25. I'd suggest the
OP at least has a "spare" flopy drive and cable lurking around at home for
just such "emergencies" (including things like hardware which comes ONLY
with drivers on floppy -and no website where they can be downloaded, also
useful for installing RAID card drivers when installing Win2K/XP).

Paul
PS I love the sig quotes you used - no qualms about Mr Ed but was
Secretariat a stubborn and sexist horse who didn't pursue equal rights for
horses of the other gender???

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:41:45 GMT, "Dark Warrior_"
wrote:

ok thanks for the ideas. hope they not all floppy disk tools. as when i
built this pc i didn't fit floppy drive


I hope they are all floppy based, it'd be pointless to add
unnecessary complexity to what is a simple process, particularly
when it comes to testing a hard drive it is quite likley you'd
need an alternate boot device, and not so easy to boot CD if you
had no way to make the CDR (may people do have only one PC).

Even boards which supposedly can boot flash drives, don't always
do so properly, and still you have to have access to working
system to get flash drive set up.... floppy drive is worth having
and the $12 cost is incredibly low considering it may outlast
several *full* system upgrades.

The funny part is that from time to time we still hear of people
making the same or similar comments... "i don't have a floppy
drive, now what do i do?" Answer is same as if you didn't have a
hard drive and needed one.. buy and install it.

i download the tools later.

ive got a number of floppy drives kicking around. plus i got usb drive and
pen drive too. and my motherboard supports boot from usb

"Paul Murphy" wrote in message
...
Well if you have the ability to boot from USB devices and you have a USB
pen
drive or similar, you could use that. Otherwise you'll need to temporarily
do some drive swapping/install a floppy drive for the test. Ive not yet
seen
such a utility provided my a manufacturer that didn't run in a dos
window -
what are the new drive details (make model etc)?

Paul
"Dark Warrior_" wrote in
message ...
ok thanks for the ideas. hope they not all floppy disk tools. as when i
built this pc i didn't fit floppy drive

"Paul Murphy" wrote in message
...
"Dark Warrior_" wrote in
message ...
i just got some new hard drives and before i starting moving data
onto
them.
i like to know if there some software i can run to test them out.

last thing i want to happen is i move the data onto it and not
having
them
backed up on to cds then the drive fails

Drive manufacturers normally provide software which will perform this
function under dos (perhaps by booting off a floppy disk if need be) -
try
the manufacturers website for your specific model of drive. Of course
a
good
idea is to make regular backups anyway (perhaps using rewritable CDRWs
with
verification turned on in your burning program), so no matter what
drive(s)
are installed, you're covered for any failures. I've read that a good
"burn
in" period for HDDs is about 48 hours - ie keep the program churning
away
for this long in order to catch out any intermittant problems or ones
that
only show up once the drive warms up with normal use.

Paul

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:41:45 GMT Its all about soul.No soul,no life
and then "Dark Warrior_"
wrote :

ok thanks for the ideas. hope they not all floppy disk tools. as when i
built this pc i didn't fit floppy drive

Get some one with a CDR/W drive to make you a bootable CD copy of a
floppy diagnostic.
I can make you a burnable ISO of,"PowerMax",
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
if you wish and this program although primarily for Maxtor drives will
test most brands.
You can burn this and set your boot order to boot from the Cdrom drive
and use as if it was a floppy disk.
HTH



"Paul Murphy" wrote in message
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"Dark Warrior_" wrote in
message ...
i just got some new hard drives and before i starting moving data onto
them.
i like to know if there some software i can run to test them out.

last thing i want to happen is i move the data onto it and not having
them
backed up on to cds then the drive fails

Drive manufacturers normally provide software which will perform this
function under dos (perhaps by booting off a floppy disk if need be) - try
the manufacturers website for your specific model of drive. Of course a
good
idea is to make regular backups anyway (perhaps using rewritable CDRWs
with
verification turned on in your burning program), so no matter what
drive(s)
are installed, you're covered for any failures. I've read that a good
"burn
in" period for HDDs is about 48 hours - ie keep the program churning away
for this long in order to catch out any intermittant problems or ones that
only show up once the drive warms up with normal use.

Paul






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