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What do I do with a corrupt hard drive?

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Acronis to the rescue: I restored a backup on a new hard drive.

All looking good now.

But now I have a hard drive. I suspect has a fault somewhere.

Doesn't have data on, so I can wipe.

Just wondering: how can I completely wipe and if there's a 'broken part' somehow patch it up and make sure that part isn't used?

Thanks.

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Omar, you have several options for dealing with your potentially corrupt disk drive.

Go to the drive makers support website and download any diagnostic tools that are provided for testing the drive.

Use the Acronis Drive Cleanser tool to securely wipe the drive using a variety of different methods - this can take a very long time to run!

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Dedicated diagnostic utilities from the disk manufacturers take the longest time to complete the checks, but provide the most accurate methods of checking whether the disk is good or needs replacement:

 - Western Digital drives: Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows

 - Seagate disks: SeaTools for Windows

 - HGST disks: HGST Windows Drive Fitness Test (WinDFT)

 - Intel SSDs: Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox

 - Samsung drives: Samsung Magician

 - ADATA drives: ADATA SSD ToolBox

 - Kingston SSDs: Kingston SSD Toolbox, Kingston SSD Manager

 - Transcend SSDs: Transcend SSD Scope

 - Silicon Power disks: SP ToolBox

 - Toshiba disks: Toshiba PC Diagnostic Tool Utility

@Steve Smith

You are a legend. :)

Thanks for the links.

(I didn't know that you had posted a reply to my question)