Thread: Hard Drive help
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Old 2005-06-05, 09:47 PM
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Re: Hard Drive help

I'm not sure exactly which diagnostic he's refering to, but check out the PowerMax CD that should have come with your hard drive. If you don't have it, you can download it for free from Maxtor's website.
Just enter the details about your specific hard drive model and it'll give you the correct version.

Another thing you could try is a S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring program. There is a free one available HERE.
I haven't tried this one, but I'm confident it's good. Most things that come from Sourceforge are. Keep in mind that for any S.M.A.R.T. monitoring program to be accurate, you should keep this program running in the background as long as your computer is on. Also, your hard drive has to use the S.M.A.R.T. technology. These monitoring programs will not work with the older drives that do not use S.M.A.R.T.
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