Is there an ftp'able hard drive diagnostic prg?

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From: David Voelker
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 23:18

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     Can anyone tell me if there are any ftp'able programs that will do
diagnostics on a hard drive?  We've got a 386 clone that can't find its
IDE hard drive.  We tried a new controller, but SETUP still didn't see the
C: drive.  I told SETUP to store the proper C: information anyway, but
it still wouldn't boot from C:.  Next I tried connecting the drive to a
different socket on the ribbon cable.  Now if I do a CHKDSK on it, it
asks two questions: if it should fix the errors it finds, and if it
should convert loose blocks or chains to files.  I answered no for fear
of screwing up the data that's on the disk, but it may be gone anyway.  
     I'm hoping there's a PD program somewhere that will help me
determine whether the drive is shot, and whether any of the data are
recoverable.
						Dave Voelker

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