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Old September 26th, 2022, 05:00 AM
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"Fixing (C:)..."

Hello. Saw this followed by numbers while starting up my computer the other day. Do I need a new Hard Drive?

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Old September 26th, 2022, 02:43 PM
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You can test the health of a HDD with Disk Genius
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Old September 26th, 2022, 10:35 PM
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I agree with SpywareDr,

Run the HDD Diagnostic Program on your hard drive.

If you were still running Windows...
I'd say go check the CHKDSK logs to see what kind of errors were repaired.

Linux must also keep repair logs.
But I'm not familiar with it, as to know what those would be.
Since I'm still using Windows.


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Old September 26th, 2022, 11:02 PM
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either my post got deleted or I forgot to submit but It is not something I would worry about. It was running a chkdsk at startup. It happens when the computer was improperly shut down and other reasons. If it was a one time deal, I would not worry about it. If it continues to happen when turning on the computer, there could be problems with the drive.
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Old September 28th, 2022, 07:13 AM
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Quote:
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You can test the health of a HDD with Disk Genius
Yup heres the current release

DOWNLOAD: http://engdownload.eassos.cn/DGEngSetup5461432.exe

Wow thats huge,about 80 Megs!! (I started the DL to see how big it is)
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Old September 29th, 2022, 03:44 AM
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Thanks for your help. I did a disk verify thing in Disk Genius and it said...

Excellent 42098
Good 8888
Normal 6
General 1
Poor 1
Severe 0
Damaged 0

Did I do the right thing? Is there more to do?
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Old September 29th, 2022, 10:34 AM
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Well according to the report EXCELLENT got the highest #

Damaged says 0 which is excellent!!
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Old October 3rd, 2022, 01:07 AM
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I noticed that by Cylinder Range it said 70608 to 121601. Does that mean I didn't scan the whole Hard Drive?
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Old October 3rd, 2022, 01:32 AM
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I'll change 70608 to 0 and do a scan.
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Old October 3rd, 2022, 05:03 AM
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Excellent 112416
Good 9172
Normal 14
General 0
Poor 0
Severe 0
Damaged 0

How did it do better than last time?
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Old October 4th, 2022, 12:30 AM
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Yes I would say so
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