[LBo] hard drive failure?

[Dave Barton]

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From: Jackson Robertson <daedalusman at gmail.com>
Date: Thu 11 Jan 2007 00:56:20 EST

> How do I check my harddrives for failure? Are there tools out there
> that will check things out and let me know whats up? Thanks for any
> help.
> 
> Jackson


Arguably the most effective tool for checking and fixing drives is
"SpinRight" from http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm

It costs about the same as a small hdd (US$89.00), but how important is
your data.

BTW I have no association with GRC, just a satisfied user.

Dave