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It is a WD2500YS 250gb. No I haven't run a checkdisk on it. How do I do that? I am thinking I go through ms-dos but not sure.

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I know someone who pressed yes...
His home and family Combusted Spontaneously...

04-28-2008, 10:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
memory Super Techie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 274	Re: hard drive may be failing It is a WD2500YS 250gb. No I haven't run a checkdisk on it. How do I do that? I am thinking I go through ms-dos but not sure. __________________ Old rig for sell: Dell Dimension 9100 Pentium D 820/ Corsair 2gb of ram/Pny Geforce 6800GS OC/2 dvd burners/Maxtor 250gb HDD/WD 200gb HDD/Soundblaster Audigy 4 New rig: Thermaltake VA8000BWS / Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4ghz / Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro / Gigabyte P35 DS3L / EVGA 8800GTS(G92) 512mb / OCZ 4 gigs of ram(2x2) / 2 WD HDD's(250gb and 320gb) / OCZ Gamexstream 700 watt PSU / Samsung DVD burner / 32in Widescreen Sony Bravia HDTV(my sister's) I know someone who pressed yes... His home and family Combusted Spontaneously...