Re: Need disk error checker for Windows XP

"Porpoise" <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:16:05 +0100
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> Borgholio wrote on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:54:12 -0800:
>
>> SpinRite looks good, but it's
>> terribly expensive.
>
> A new disk is probably cheaper than $90...

Here is a lot of useful information about how HDDs work and error-checking 
and firmware and configuration errors etc.:

http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/comp/hdd/errorsBadSectors-c.html