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Well one of my supertalent 32GB SSD's finally died.
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Seagate: NEVER Again
- Thread starter eskimochaos
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I have not read this thread.
Question, how many people in this thread
1. made a startup USB with a DOS version of hard drive manufacturer diagnostic on it.
2. ran an ADVANCED or EXTENDED scan option from a DOS startup USB (not Windows!) overnight (since it takes many hours to complete.)
...before putting any files on it??
I just spent big money on a Western Digital Black 2TB drive (2TB so I can use it on both WinXP and Win 8/10 from my multiboot) and I still did this last night before putting any files on it.
Using a hard drive without running a multi-hour advanced diagnostic scan first is
SUICIDAL
Question, how many people in this thread
1. made a startup USB with a DOS version of hard drive manufacturer diagnostic on it.
2. ran an ADVANCED or EXTENDED scan option from a DOS startup USB (not Windows!) overnight (since it takes many hours to complete.)
...before putting any files on it??
I just spent big money on a Western Digital Black 2TB drive (2TB so I can use it on both WinXP and Win 8/10 from my multiboot) and I still did this last night before putting any files on it.
Using a hard drive without running a multi-hour advanced diagnostic scan first is
SUICIDAL 
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Alaric
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^ Good advice right there.
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^ Good advice right there.
+1 Always worth the time to check!
I have not read this thread.
Question, how many people in this thread
1. made a startup USB with a DOS version of hard drive manufacturer diagnostic on it.
2. ran an ADVANCED or EXTENDED scan option from a DOS startup USB (not Windows!) overnight (since it takes many hours to complete.)
...before putting any files on it??
I just spent big money on a Western Digital Black 2TB drive (2TB so I can use it on both WinXP and Win 8/10 from my multiboot) and I still did this last night before putting any files on it.
Using a hard drive without running a multi-hour advanced diagnostic scan first is
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Will test when ill buy a new HDD, Thanks
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I can think of no more important advice in Storage section of the forums.
Whichever moderator reads this post, may I suggest a sticky about this?
Advanced/Extended test prior to placing any files on the hard drive would save untold number of hours of frustration and TB's of needlessly lost data.
Whichever moderator reads this post, may I suggest a sticky about this?
Advanced/Extended test prior to placing any files on the hard drive would save untold number of hours of frustration and TB's of needlessly lost data.
