LS_Dragons Posted December 6, 2002 Author Share Posted December 6, 2002 ****! Thanks MSNWar -- now we ALL know everything we need regarding Hard Drive Health and Maintenance. Excellent summary. Now - how long before FthrJACK pipes in to elaborate and show off his great knowledge on the subject. :-)LS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 Now - how long before FthrJACK pipes in to elaborate and show off his great knowledge on the subject. :-)LSNow worries Bro. Our kung fu is better than his. w00t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 you could use ghost to transfer a lot of data onto the disk a few times, try get as much to the disk capacity as possible.about which courses? pc forensics? id love to do a course like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 about which courses? pc forensics? id love to do a course like that filerecovery.com also teachs PC Forensics courses, which looks very interesting. I hope to take the basic course within the next six months. Personally, I would prefer to take the course in the UK.I asked around and a PC Forensics Specialist earns $25.00 an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 why do it here?i think you just like touring europe bud heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 It would be cheaper to fly to the UK than Florida because I will be bringing the familia with me. But Missy says she wants to got to Florida.What was funny was when I told her my next course would cost about $3,000.00 she cringed at the thought. Then I told her that figure included two weeks in Florida for the family. Ha, now she likes the idea. Women! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 Drew, zero fill utilities are available from the hard drive manufacturer's web sites.from the PCguide.com,When most users today talk about "low-level formatting" a drive, what they are really talking about is doing a zero-fill. That procedure will restore a functional drive (that is, one that does not have mechanical problems) to the condition it was in when received from the factory. There are occasions when a modern hard disk can become so badly corrupted that the operating system cannot recover it, and a zero-fill can help in this situation. Stubborn boot sector viruses for example can be hard to eradicate without resorting to low-level intervention. Since the zero-fill cleans all programs and data off the drive it will get rid of almost any data-related problem on the drive, such as viruses, corrupted partitions and the like. Just remember that it's a bit like burning down your house to get rid of termites: you lose everything on the drive.Guideinfo from SeagateClick HereSeagate Download Page for Disk Wizard (formerly Disk Mgr)Disk Wizard Starter EditionI use the above zero fill utility for all major manufacturer hard drives.So this will work even if I don't have a single Seagate drive on my PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongHorn Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 A while back I used a Maxtor recovery utility thingy to try and fix my Western Digital drive I got to set its preferences up, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 I use the above zero fill utility for all major manufacturer hard drives.So this will work even if I don't have a single Seagate drive on my PC?Conan, I have used it on IBM, Maxtor, and Western Digital hard drives in the past. Matter of fact I just used it on a Maxtor this morning. All it does is identify the hard drive and perform the zero-fill.Another good one is the Ontrack Disk Manager. http://www.ontrack.comI use the Ontrack Disk Manager at work when a hard drive needs zero-filled and was previously used with Partition Magic.From the Ontrack FAQ. We have seen in the past that much of the utility software currently popular is quite compatible with Disk Manager. Microsoft native FDISK, Partition Magic, Partition It, and most other partition utilities have no compatibility issues – so far.Both do the same thing. Matter of taste I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 I use the above zero fill utility for all major manufacturer hard drives.So this will work even if I don't have a single Seagate drive on my PC?Conan, I have used it on IBM, Maxtor, and Western Digital hard drives in the past. Matter of fact I just used it on a Maxtor this morning. All it does is identify the hard drive and perform the zero-fill.Another good one is the Ontrack Disk Manager. http://www.ontrack.comI use the Ontrack Disk Manager at work when a hard drive needs zero-filled and was previously used with Partition Magic.From the Ontrack FAQ. We have seen in the past that much of the utility software currently popular is quite compatible with Disk Manager. Microsoft native FDISK, Partition Magic, Partition It, and most other partition utilities have no compatibility issues – so far.Both do the same thing. Matter of taste I guess.Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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