Guest John Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Hi My Maxtor hard drive is failing the drive self test in the SeaTools provided by Seagate. Am I now better off backing up the drive and dumping it or is there a way to salvage it such as using a disaster/repair utility? What are some good tools to check the state of a drive? Thanks Regards
Guest Malke Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Re: Hard disk self test failing John wrote: > Hi > > My Maxtor hard drive is failing the drive self test in the SeaTools provided > by Seagate. Am I now better off backing up the drive and dumping it or is > there a way to salvage it such as using a disaster/repair utility? > > What are some good tools to check the state of a drive? Back up your data *now* and replace the hard drive. You've got an excellent tool with SeaTools and if the hard drive is failing, you can rely on that. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest smlunatick Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Re: Hard disk self test failing On Sep 10, 10:49 am, "John" <J...@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote: > Hi > > My Maxtor hard drive is failing the drive self test in the SeaTools provided > by Seagate. Am I now better off backing up the drive and dumping it or is > there a way to salvage it such as using a disaster/repair utility? > > What are some good tools to check the state of a drive? > > Thanks > > Regards SeaTools is now the best diagnostic for all the Maxtor/Seagate drives. Time to backup and dump the Maxtor drive ASAP!!!!
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Re: Hard disk self test failing "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message news:%23JAP8m78HHA.4612@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hi > > My Maxtor hard drive is failing the drive self test in the SeaTools > provided by Seagate. Am I now better off backing up the drive and dumping > it or is there a way to salvage it such as using a disaster/repair > utility? > > What are some good tools to check the state of a drive? > > Thanks > > Regards You are much better off replacing the drive now, before it fails completely. There is no point in running software tools to check its state, since you already know it is failing. Failing drives have a limited, yet unknown, lifespan. Use that time to recover the data, don't waste it confirming that it is failing. 250 gig drives are under $75 now, and repair services likely much more expensive. Back it up, mark it as failed, and destroy it. HTH -pk
Guest Curt Christianson Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Re: Hard disk self test failing Hi John, "Ditto" what Malke said. After failing that test, the HD unfortunately can *never* be trusted again. -- HTH, Curt Windows Support Center http://www.aumha.org Practically Nerded,... http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:Oaq3Ys78HHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... | John wrote: | > Hi | > | > My Maxtor hard drive is failing the drive self test in the SeaTools provided | > by Seagate. Am I now better off backing up the drive and dumping it or is | > there a way to salvage it such as using a disaster/repair utility? | > | > What are some good tools to check the state of a drive? | | Back up your data *now* and replace the hard drive. You've got an | excellent tool with SeaTools and if the hard drive is failing, you can | rely on that. | | | Malke | -- | Elephant Boy Computers | http://www.elephantboycomputers.com | "Don't Panic!" | MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Nehmo Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Re: Hard disk self test failing On Sep 10, 9:49 am, "John" <J...@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote: > Hi > > My Maxtor hard drive is failing the drive self test in the SeaTools provided > by Seagate. Am I now better off backing up the drive and dumping it or is > there a way to salvage it such as using a disaster/repair utility? > > What are some good tools to check the state of a drive? A method of assessing a drive's condition is to look at the SMART report. Everest http://www.lavalys.com/ can generate the report. You can get help understanding it at http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage/topics -- Nehmo
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