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Jordan
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Harddrive checking program 2006-12-04 02:37:35 Reply

Can anybody recomend a good program for checking your HD for errors?

I know mine has some, but i want more information about the types of errors i have.

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Response to Harddrive checking program 2006-12-04 04:50:40 Reply

my computer
select the drive
right-click
properties
tools
error checking->check now...
X automatically fix file system errors
X scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors
Start

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Response to Harddrive checking program 2006-12-04 05:42:21 Reply
At 12/4/06 04:50 AM, CronoMan wrote: Start

I know about that and have used it many times, and it is rubbish.

Any downloadable programs that are better?

Don't say ScanDisk either.
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Response to Harddrive checking program 2006-12-04 06:44:19 Reply

i think Ultimate Boot CD has some programs you can use =)

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Response to Harddrive checking program 2006-12-04 09:18:53 Reply

UBC is great.

However, just run fsck from Linux. Should give you all you need.