Re: Need disk error checker for Windows XP

"Borgholio"

| > | >>> So, if you are getting bad sector errors as soon as you add data
to
| > | >>> the disc, I would suspect the HDD of having problems.
| > | >>
| > | >>
| > | >> Yes I've known that the disc had problems for a week now.  :)
That's
| > | >> why I need a better program than chkdsk to run a thorough
diagnostic.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > In that case, you need the utility software from the disc
manufacturer
| > | > (which you should be able to download from their website for the
| > | > specific drive). It may (dependant on the manufacturer) include
utility
| > | > to get the drive firmware to re-map the bad sectors to spare sectors
| > | > hidden on the drive (if there are any left) and/or write zeros to
the
| > | > entire drive and enabling the firmware checks to find the bad
sectors
| > | > and map them to spare sectors itself. Other than that, if there are
many
| > | > bad sector errors occurring, there's not much you can do other than
| > | > scrap the drive (drives are cheap these days). Certainly a lot
cheaper
| > | > than the time which it would take to recover the data from a
screwed-up
| > | > drive.
| > |
| > | It's a Maxtor external drive, and their diagnostic software doesn't
| > | cover external drives.  :-/  I'll have to search around their site.
| >
| > Open the 'box' likely the HDD is a standard Maxtor you can mount inside
your
| > PC to do the deed.
| >
| >
|
| Yeah actually it was an internal drive to begin with.  Guess I'll have
| to do that.

I have a lot of Maxtor software and a few dead drives I keep for the
controllers if that would be of any help.