HD check utility?

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araina · #1 Post by **araina** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:04 am

Hi

My thinkpad is making some weird whirring/clicking sounds.

Is there a utility i could run to check the state of this machine's HD?

Thanks!

#2 Post by **BillMorrow** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:11 am

yes..

drive fitness test..
get version 4, here..

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

araina · #3 Post by **araina** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:26 am

morrow wrote:yes..

drive fitness test..
get version 4, here..

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Thanks...now to get a floppy diskette.

edit: Would there be any utility that can be run from within windows to check the HD?

Thanks.

lvlolvlo · #4 Post by **lvlolvlo** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:17 am

it's not as good as that but you could try chkdsk in the command prompt with the ? switch

C:\>chkdsk /?

is what you would type to get a list of commands to try.

I have the iso that you can burn to a cd if you can't get a floppy

http://tinyurl.com/3jnyj

i hope you know how to burn a iso image...

araina · #5 Post by **araina** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:33 pm

lvlolvlo wrote:it's not as good as that but you could try chkdsk in the command prompt with the ? switch

C:\>chkdsk /?

is what you would type to get a list of commands to try.

I have the iso that you can burn to a cd if you can't get a floppy

http://tinyurl.com/3nxng

i hope you know how to burn a iso image...

I do.

Thanks.

I don't have a floppy drive on this machine. The burner is an external burner but at least that's something. It's an old T20-2647.

Thank you!

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