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Originally Posted by NotFromHere
Download and burn yourself a copy of this disk:
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
This is a CD that will boot your computer (doesn't need an operating system on the hard drive) and run some basic diagnostics. This is the disk I run on new or recently upgraded systems to make sure all the hardware is playing nice and working as it should.
Start with some memory tests - MemTest86+ is my favorite. It should run all night and "No Errors" in the AM is the only acceptable answer.
Run the HD diagnostics for the brand of hard drive you have. That will tell you if your HD has had a failure of some type. |
I have seen this little gem recovery a lot of "unfixable" drives. If only we could convince our helpless desk at work to use it instead of just sending out a new hard drive.