Hello,

1) read the documentation ('hddcheck.doc') first, please.
2) take a look at the included log files:
  wd.chk        The log of a WD 1.6GByte HDD. This one showed sometimes
                hard errors, but the HDD is really doomed.
  wd2.chk       The same HDD one year later. The HDD was unused between the
                first check and this check. There were so many hard errors
                reported that I thought it never ends ...
  Seagate.chk   A Seagate 2GByte HDD. Very good condition.
  Quantum6.chk  A 6GByte Quantum HDD. This HDD was never used but is corrupt.
                During the check, the HDD did not report any errors. The
                check itself took very long (1.5 hours), but 'scandisk' for
                Win95 took 2.5 hours for the first third! After 2.5 hours I
                interrupted the test.
  Maxtor.chk    A Maxtor 1.6GByte, OK but really slow.


To start 'hddcheck' simply type hddcheck in your DOS-prompt. Do not use
the Windows(TM) DOS shell, you must have native DOS.

Have lots of fun with 'hddcheck'.


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Thanks to Rainer Scholz for helping me writing the document.
