Linux said H.D. is failing but not Windows

[Magnum]

There was no error message with the first short test and nothing with the second longer test.

Chkdsk did not show any problems.

I replaced CentOS with Linux Mint and it shows no problem with the hard disk.

??

I seem to remember some program that would show all the clusters with markings as to which ones were in use, bad, or not in use.

[hutch--]

Andy,

You are trying to mix the technology of two different operating systems without knowing enough about both of them. Its a Windows laptop so use Windows software to perform your testing. You would need to know a lot more to evaluated the workings as each Linux distro and it may not be any use to you. As others have mentioned to you, back up your important data, defrag the disk, make sure there are no errors on it by using CHKDSK then use it.

Keep track of the sector remapping count and if it starts to go up, get another disk.

[Greenhorn]

On a good day one should make a backup, coz on a bad day it could be too late for it...  ;)

You should always backup your precious data, always.

BTW, Linux is very good for hardware diagnostics. Take a look at Knoppix and/or grml. But you must know which tools to use and how to use them properly.


Greenhorn

[Gunther]

BTW, Linux is very good for hardware diagnostics. Take a look at Knoppix and/or grml. But you must know which tools to use and how to use them properly.

Greenhorn

Wise spoken. Furthermore, one could use nearly any life CD of any distribution to do the hardware diagnostics. It's not limited to Knoppix or grml.

Gunther

[Magnum]

I wasn't criticizing Linux.

As a matter of fact, I just installed Linux Mint on a second partition.

Because of it's speed advantage over Windows, it may become my primary O.S.

Andy