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Just ranting about my latest Win 7 install

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newmanfamilyvlogs:
Yep, very true. Either way it's a valuable program to have on hand.

Also doubly agreed on the overall questionability of using a 'flaky' drive to begin with. I'm still trying wrap my head around what the benefit of running Win7 on that type of platform is. Certainly TinyXP or possibly even Win2k would work better?

Frigo:
+1 to all of the suggestions listed above. In addition, try looking for a tool called GWScan. It was originally made for Gateway computers, but will work on any system. You'll need to make a bootable disc to use it, and once you do, you can go into the main menu and write 0's to the HDD. This is known as a low level format, and while there are other tools out there that accomplish the same task, this is the most user friendly that I've come across. Essentially, what it does is resets the disc back to it's original factory state. It may not make a difference if your drive is physically damaged, but it's something else to consider.

Alternatively, you can just download the latest build of Hiren's boot cd and run through all the tests that are offered there.  8)

newmanfamilyvlogs:
Here's another utility for 'zeroing' a drive:

Derik's Boot and Nuke
http://www.dban.org/download

RayB:
Defective drive -- Blame Windows 7. Yeah makes sense.
 ::)

missioncontrol:

--- Quote from: RayB on August 26, 2010, 11:59:58 am ---Defective drive -- Blame Windows 7. Yeah makes sense.
 ::)


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Nevermind the fact he's trying to get it installed on an older Celeron 1.3 with 512 ram

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