[nflug] HD Scan

[Cyber Source]

Darin Perusich wrote:
> don't use linux to scan the disk use the native windows tools like check
> disk and defrag. why figure out the problem if she's going to install
> linux anyways.
>
> Frank Kumro wrote:
>   
>> My friend has a laptop running windows (yuck) and is having issues
>> with the hard drive. Is there a linux bootable cd that I can use to
>> check the hard drive for issues? Also after we figure out the problem
>> she is letting me put linux on it for her :)
>>
>>     
>
>   
On the contrary, I've used Linux cd's to fix windows all the time,
especially when windows can't fix it!
Knoppix has all the ntfs tools, usually you can just run ntfsfix
/dev/part# and it will set the flag to check on boot (scandisk). You can
defrag later from within windows.
You can also use that same knoppix cd to resize the ntfs partition to
make room for Linux.
She may want to keep her existing windows intact.
While your booted with the Knoppix cd and reading the drive, it will
show if your getting any hardware errors with dmesg, like seek errors.
If you see anything like that, it's time to replace the drive..
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