Hard Drives - Tests to verify that it is error free and good to use
My OS is win 7 prof 64 bit and I salvaged an internal Western Digital HD 500 GB from a dead pc. This HD was the 2nd HD. I now wish to use this to backup my data on my new Lennovo pc. I have connected the HD by a Vantec SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter. The markings on this HD are :
Western Digital, 500 GB, and the other markings are : PATA / 17MB Cache, WD5000AAKB
On the J1 jumper settings, the markings are the jumper has been set on 1.
The other information are :
WWN:50014EE 1035 130BC
Date: 16 Oct 2010
DM : HARNNT2MHN
DCX: 6009HF087
I hope the Experts could please suggest a List of tests that I should run on this HD to make sure that the HD is still good because it was sitting on the shelf for a long time.
Thank u.
Western Digital, 500 GB, and the other markings are : PATA / 17MB Cache, WD5000AAKB
On the J1 jumper settings, the markings are the jumper has been set on 1.
The other information are :
WWN:50014EE 1035 130BC
Date: 16 Oct 2010
DM : HARNNT2MHN
DCX: 6009HF087
I hope the Experts could please suggest a List of tests that I should run on this HD to make sure that the HD is still good because it was sitting on the shelf for a long time.
Thank u.
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Frosty555
That being said, realize that this is an old, slow hard drive which is using an obsolete connector type. It may not be suitable for anything other than low-intensity secondary operations like long term data storage or backups.
They're doing good on that page. When I tried to use the Search, it tried to access 'localhost'. Good going WD.
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