On Tuesday 21 November 2006 16:49, Mel wrote: > Paul Ward wrote: > > Can anyone explain a way totest these disk so I can be sure they are > > not corrupt. > > At the risk of angering the gods, do you have access to a Windows > system? > > There is a test program that I have used that seems to be an extensive > test program. > > It comes from IBM/Hitachi and is called a "Drive Fitness test". They > request you run it before asking them for help with a disk problem or > before returning a disk because you think it is defective. > > You can find it at: www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm This also has some good tools http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html
