Steffen Kluge <kluge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > in addition to what others have said, I'd like to point out a disk > test utility I stumbled across the other day and found quite nice. > It's made by Hitachi and is called Drive Fitness Test. You can > download a bootable floppy or CD image from > http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm. > > It requires booting the image of course, so you'll have to take your > machine down. Thanks for the link. The drive is actually a Hitachi, so this sounds like a good idea. -- imalone