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Thanks for the reply TVeblen
Yes I think it is the Seatools on the Hirens boot disk.
There are other hard drive diagnostic tools on the Hirens
disk also, but from past experience I dont believe they
work as usually they will bring up a FAIL even if the disk
is known to be working.
I assume you have answered as either you own a Toshiba
or do systems maintenance - would this be correct?
If this is the case, I also assume that you have used
the Hitachi fitness test and found it to be reliable?
I have to say that I find it very dissappointing that
Toshiba dont release a drive diagnostic which actually works.
Think I may contact them and ask why this would be when
most other drive manufacturers release a test tool.
My old machine is a Satellite A200 which I am about to crack open
and clean the heat sink, reapply paste etc... due to an overheating issue.
I guess this was to expected- it is 5 year old after all.
Still - even with this model there was a lack of diagnostic tool.
The drives (2 x 200GB) in the A200 are Toshiba labelled but
I'm 99% sure that these were manufactured by Fujitsu.
There is a Fujitsu diag. tool for Toshiba drives but I can't remember
if either a) it didn't work or b) it was not compatible to use with
the drive model.
I seemed to go around in circles looking for the right
answer with both the old and new drives for Tosh.
Again - ty for the reply and in advance to the questions I've
asked in this post if you happen to get this message
Cheers - :)
Edit: Hirens does also have a Toshiba tool and yes I have tried it
and no it doesn't work - it will only FAIL drives even if there
is not a problem.

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