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Credits 5,170 Posts 1,637 Joined 2002-10-16 00:00 23-year member UID 8 Gender Male From 广东佛山
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The hard drive can be tested with NDD; memory needs other tools such as MEMTEST. There should be some on Wengier's site.
HWINFO mentioned above should probably work too.
Credits 128 Posts 12 Joined 2002-12-08 00:00 23-year member UID 442 Gender Male
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Use FORMAT /U to format it, and when it's done, see whether there are any bad sectors. Personally I think this is the most selfless way; no bad-sector problem can escape it.