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
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