Diagnostic tools for Quantum IDE Hard Drive?

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Hi

I'd be grateful if anyone could tell me which are the best diagnostic tools
to check the health of a Quantum IDE hard drive.

Ive learnt that Maxtor acquired Quantum and now Seagate have acquired Maxtor
(not sure why theyd want to do that!).

Can I use a Seagate diagnostic tool or should I use a Maxtor tool? Does it
really matter?

Thanks for any info.

Ian
 
Ian R said:
I'd be grateful if anyone could tell me which are the best diagnostic
tools to check the health of a Quantum IDE hard drive.
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Depends on what you want to diagnose. I prefer to use
the Everest SMART report for most hard drive diagnosis,
but you may want to exercise the drive or something.
Ive learnt that Maxtor acquired Quantum and now Seagate have acquired Maxtor
Correct.

(not sure why theyd want to do that!).
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Basically to eliminate their main competition.
Can I use a Seagate diagnostic tool
Yes.

or should I use a Maxtor tool?
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They arent all that satisfactory, tend to not be fully debugged properly.
Does it really matter?
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Depends on what you want to do with the drive.
 
Ian R's log on stardate 18 lis 2007
Hi

I'd be grateful if anyone could tell me which are the best diagnostic
tools to check the health of a Quantum IDE hard drive.

Ive learnt that Maxtor acquired Quantum and now Seagate have acquired
Maxtor (not sure why theyd want to do that!).

Can I use a Seagate diagnostic tool or should I use a Maxtor tool?
Does it really matter?
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I used Matrox's on my Quantum Fireball 60GB few days ago. It preformed
adequately. Version was from Hiren's boot CD 9.2.
 
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