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[LS_Dragons]

****! 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

[MSNwar]

Now - how long before FthrJACK pipes in to elaborate and show off his great knowledge on the subject.  :-)

LS

Now worries Bro. Our kung fu is better than his. w00t

[FthrJACK]

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

[MSNwar]

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.

[FthrJACK]

why do it here?

i think you just like touring europe bud heh

[MSNwar]

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!

[Conan]

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.

Guide

info from Seagate

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Seagate Download Page for Disk Wizard (formerly Disk Mgr)

Disk Wizard Starter Edition

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?

[LongHorn]

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.

[MSNwar]

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.com

I 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.

[Conan]

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.com

I 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!