Hi Folks does anyone know if there is a tool to test hard drives, that is accessible?
I have reasons to think my drive is dieing as I've just completed a re format to find my pc keeps crashing. most of the time I'm not running anything, or maybe one program like winamp. Although do have programs in the background such as Avast, super anti spyware and the like. I know it's not memory related as I've 4 gig. my pc makes a beeping noise which increases speed then it kind of goes in to a squeal and locks up. when it first did this after the re install, jaws crashed, then when I rebooted jaws crashed again. it kept doing this. so I updated jaws. I thought it was jaws having the issue but now it crashes with other programs such as Outlook express. to make matters worse, this is a random thing. I cant duplicate the crash. I'm running xp with jaws 9. sorry I forgot to mention this above. any way, if anyone could help I'd appreciate it. I've run all the various tests but nothing is indicating the drive is about to die. I'm just not taking chances. thanks in advance, and sorry for the lengthy email. *smiles* Elaine Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to blind-computing-le...@jaws-users.com For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: blind-computing-requ...@jaws-users.com Use the following address in order to contact the management team blind-computing-ow...@jaws-users.com If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: jaws-users-list-j...@jaws-users.com
