Mike's Custom Woodworking wrote: > > Russell, > The group might also like to know about the diagnostic program on WD's > website.It claims to test most brands of hard drives and is free. I thought that file was written to only test WD drives: "Our diagnostic was written specifically for Western Digital EIDE hard drives" (http://www.wdc.com/service/diagnostics.html) Have anyone ever used it on another manufacturer's model? Later, Russell Smith Edtech Consultant, Journalist Region 14 ESC Abilene http://camalott.com/~rssmith mailto:[log in to unmask] The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://nospin.com