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From: chris mark
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:00

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What are some advanced steps that can be perfomed on IDE drives ( hard disks
and CD-ROMS, both ) to detect bad controllers. Upon experiencing a drive
error, I would like to know of some tests to detect if the controllers are
up to spec. Surface tests (of the hard disks) usually come back OK, but
intermittent problems remain. Examples of such problems: Hard drive activity
light remaining on constantly on some days, on others, it behaves normally.
Inability to hold registry settings (WIN98) upon reboot, even right after a
fresh install is another example.
Thanks in advance

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