How To Test Your HardDisk Health

Some Tips to Make Your System,Laptop Hard-disk Healthier:

   Hard disk Failure is possibly the worst thing that can happen to your computer and it often occurs without giving any warning ,error,and even making sounds.

Test Your Hard Drive for Critical Problems:

                You may however run certain tests on your computer beforehand to get an idea about the current condition of your hard disk. This should in turn help you decide whether a replacement drive is necessary or not.

• Finding Errors in Hard-drives:

                   All recent versions of Windows include a utility called Chkdsk.exe that can check your hard disk for any bad sectors.

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You may  run Chkdsk.exe  from the command line or launch Windows Explorer, right click the drive that you wish to examine and choose Properties. 

Switch to the Tools tab and click the “Check Now” button under Error checking. Select “Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors” to perform a thorough disk check. 

:- Understand the sounds of your disk:                You might be  hear some sort of sounds coming out of the CPU box? Well, if the hard drive is making those sounds, it could be an alarming situation and your best bet would be that you turn off the computer before any further damage is done to the disk. If your disk is making a similar sound, get a replacement quickly.

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  Catch errors before they happen

Disk Checkup  is a free hard disk monitoring utility that displays tons of diagnostic data about your disk. While the level of detail it provides may easily confuse even tech-savvy users, just ignore the numbers and keep the utility running in the background.

            It monitors your disk’s temperature, read and write error rate, etc. and will alert you when the values of any of these parameters approach dangerous levels. These may be signs of an impending disk failure. Disk Checkup is free for personal use.

•  Test your Hard Disk

  SeaTools is free diagnostic tool that can completely test your hard drive regardless of the OS installed on it. The tool is provided by Seagate but it works with non-Seagate  disk drives as well.

    you need to download the ISO image of SeaTools for DOS and create a bootable CD. Now boot the computer with the CD in the drive, accept the license agreement and run a long test (the full scan). If any defects are found, a list will be offered at the end or after aborting the disk scan.

Other computer vendors /disk manufactures including Dell, Samsung, Hitachi,  etc.  too offer diagnostic tools that work only with their own brand of hard disk. If you are having frequent computer problems (like system hangs or fails to boot up), you may run these tools to confirm if the problems are hard drive related.

*NOTE:  These tools can help you diagnose your hard drive’s health.There is no substitute for backups


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FaceBook is now a $33 Billion Entity

Face book has soiled all its competitors by grabbing the top slot. The young CEO of Face book Mark Zuckerberg has another reason to celebrate. Face book is now a $33 billion entity. Yahoo and e-bay are kept at bay when it comes to stock market worth.

 

Yahoo values 30.1 billion dollars and e-bay values 18.3 billion dollars respectively.
Facebook stands as a concrete wall for all its competitors. Even technology biggies have been put to shame by this social networking site with 76 dollars per share rate. The Financial Times gauged the market value of Facebook confirming the membership of 500million users on it. Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Zynga, are delaying their IPOs because of perceived weak appetite on the public markets.

Facebook is currently financed through a mixture of investment firms and venture capital companies. Analysts have also said that there is a possibility that Facebook would float by 2011.



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Google Voice Calling in Gmail

Google could be ready to turn Gmail into a communications hub by adding the ability to make phone calls from the Google Chat interface.

Google is testing a Web-based service within Gmail that will allow users to place phone calls from their in-boxes.

It's launched from the Google Chat window on the lower left-hand side of a Gmail page and allows users to place and receive calls from within their contacts through a user interface that strongly resembles the one used in Google Voice.

Google has been edging in this direction for some time. Google Talk was released years ago as a VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) desktop client, and it has also spent a lot of time and money evangelizing Google Voice, a service that transcribes voice mails and allows users to have one phone number that rings multiple phones.

The user interfaces appear the same--for example, the same icons are used to label missed calls or placed calls--but Google Voice is not a VoIP service. Users of the new chat/phone call service aren't required to have a Google Voice account, and calls placed to U.S. or Canadian numbers will be free, with discounts on international calls as compared to standard rates.

Skype is the obvious target of such an application, but there are lots of companies that make both desktop-based and Web-based VoIP clients.
"Google is always testing new features and products, but we have nothing specific to announce right now," a Google representative said.

Skype is the obvious target of such an application, but there are lots of companies that make both desktop-based and Web-based VoIP clients.

"Google is always testing new features and products, but we have nothing specific to announce right now," a Google representative said.

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Dream to work in GOOOOOOOgle

Every person might be think to work in this type of company without stress less of-course and why not? yes Google like a heaven. Let see the freedom in here, 

Google Solar Array Mountain View , California Today, Google employs 20,223 people around the world, receiving a resume every 25 seconds from eager job-seekers, hiring an average of nine new employees a day. A full-size replica of Virgin Atlantic 's Spaceship One (space tourist vehicle) hangs in the reception area. Exercise To work off the pounds, and the stress . . . Google has its own state-of-the- art gym . . . offering weight-training and a host of exercise machines, rowing machines, lockers and shower rooms, and two swim-in-place wave pools. Other perks include free haircuts, dry cleaning and laundry, child care, car services, chiropractors and five onsite doctors available for employee check-ups; all free of charge. Perhaps the most unusual bonus of all... employees can bring their dogs to work with them and keep the four-legged canine in their offices. We already know that working for Google has certain advantages, but, believe me, this giant of a search engine takes the welfare of its employees seriously as shown by this decompression (stress) capsule that is impermeable to sound and light.... Stress capsule Moving around the complex: A slide allows quick access from different floors... There are also poles available... .they are similar to the ones used in fire stations. Food Employees can eat all they want for free from a vast choice of food and drink, whipped up by in-house chefs. Typical Google Lunch Cookie set-up Work Station: Each employee has at least two large screens. There are 4-6 'Zooglers' per office. Innovation: Large boards are available just about everywhere because 'ideas don't always come when seated in the office'says one of Google's managers. Leisure. Pool tables, video games, etc. are available in many areas. Communication. On each floor, there are private cabin areas where employees attend to personal affairs. Tech Stop Having trouble with your computer?  No problem... Bring it to this area where drinks are available while it is being fixed... Health: Professional massage therapists are available. Rest .... View relaxing aquariums on massage chairs that you control . Ambiance... There are many books in this library...even some about programming! Look around your office... do you find any difference.. ..??!!

 

 

 

 

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