Sanyo HDD diagnostic
 

Older Thinkpad with a Sanyo CRD-S372B HDD, running vanilla 98.

Since Sanyo doesn't seem to be in the HDD business any more, I'm
wondering where I would go to find a diagnosic utility to assess the
health of this HDD.

Did another mfgr pick up the support for the Sanyo HDD's? Will another
mfgr's diagnostic utility work? Is there a generic test utility?

Just point me.

Thanks.

Sanyo HDD diagnostic
 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
Google comes up with about 148 hits for "Sanyo CRD-S372B HDD". Just clicking one/two, I THINK that is a CD-ROM-- not an HDD. To find out what your HDD is...

........Quote.......
You should run the diagnostics for the brand of hard drive that is in
the computer.

If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the
limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location:
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor

When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free
edition, you will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site,
then you will be able to download the diskette creator file.

The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a
working Windows system and will guide you through the process of
extracting the Data Advisor onto a 3.5" floppy disk.

Download and Use Instructions:
http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp

Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor:

OnTrack Data Advisor:
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor
IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test:
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools:
http://support.wdc.com/download/
Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax:
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
Seagate SeaTools:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
Download:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html
http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
......End.of... URLs of Glee...


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Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
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"Gman" wrote in message oups.com...
| Older Thinkpad with a Sanyo CRD-S372B HDD, running vanilla 98.
|
| Since Sanyo doesn't seem to be in the HDD business any more, I'm
| wondering where I would go to find a diagnosic utility to assess the
| health of this HDD.
|
| Did another mfgr pick up the support for the Sanyo HDD's? Will another
| mfgr's diagnostic utility work? Is there a generic test utility?
|
| Just point me.
|
| Thanks.
|

Sanyo HDD diagnostic
 

(Sanyo made hard drives?)

You can download the limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this
location:
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor

When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition, you
will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able to
download the diskette creator file.

The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working Windows
system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor onto a
3.5" floppy disk.

Download and Use Instructions:
http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp

As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive, and
the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about the new
version.

Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor:

OnTrack Data Advisor:
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor
IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test:
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools:
http://support.wdc.com/download/
Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax:
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
Seagate SeaTools:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
Download:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html
http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html

--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Gman" wrote in message
oups.com...
Older Thinkpad with a Sanyo CRD-S372B HDD, running vanilla 98.

Since Sanyo doesn't seem to be in the HDD business any more, I'm
wondering where I would go to find a diagnosic utility to assess the
health of this HDD.

Did another mfgr pick up the support for the Sanyo HDD's? Will another
mfgr's diagnostic utility work? Is there a generic test utility?

Just point me.

Thanks.

Sanyo HDD diagnostic
 

PCR wrote:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
Google comes up with about 148 hits for "Sanyo CRD-S372B HDD". Just clicking one/two, I THINK that is a CD-ROM-- not an HDD. To find out what your HDD is...

.......Quote.......
You should run the diagnostics for the brand of hard drive that is in
the computer.

If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the
limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location:
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor

Thank you Glen. I got the Sanyo drive info via the 98 Sys Info screen.
Thought it was the HDD, duh, sorry.

I did Google Sanyo and that's when I discovered they did not deal in PC
components any longer, so, I asked you guys.

Will try OnTrackDataAdvisor to find out what this HDD really is. Being
it's a ThinkPad, probably a Hitachi.

Thanks again, I always learn something new when I read your posts.

Sanyo HDD diagnostic
 

You are welcome. Keep us informed. I've assimilated him, but, no, I'm not Glee!


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Gman" wrote in message oups.com...
|
| PCR wrote:
| http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
| Google comes up with about 148 hits for "Sanyo CRD-S372B HDD". Just clicking one/two, I THINK that is a CD-ROM-- not an HDD. To find out what your HDD is...
|
| .......Quote.......
| You should run the diagnostics for the brand of hard drive that is in
| the computer.
|
| If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the
| limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location:
| http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor
|
| Thank you Glen. I got the Sanyo drive info via the 98 Sys Info screen.
| Thought it was the HDD, duh, sorry.
|
| I did Google Sanyo and that's when I discovered they did not deal in PC
| components any longer, so, I asked you guys.
|
| Will try OnTrackDataAdvisor to find out what this HDD really is. Being
| it's a ThinkPad, probably a Hitachi.
|
| Thanks again, I always learn something new when I read your posts.
|

Sanyo HDD diagnostic
 

glee wrote:
(Sanyo made hard drives?)

In rechecking the Sys Info file, I find that the HDD is referred to as
a 'Generic IDE Disk Type02'. No mfgr stated.

I didn't associate that with the HDD the first time through. But now I
see that the drive letters associated with it, C D, confirms that it is
the HDD.

If I had read the Sanyo description thoroughly, the first time, I would
have known it was the CDROM.

Will try the Maxtor and Seagate utilities if the OnTrack one doesn't
work.

Once again, sorry and thanks.