chkdsk or hard disk sentinel

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audi0slave

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Hi all.. I've a new WD 500Gb HD. When I run checkdisk on it, it shows no errors, but the software 'hard disk sentinel' shows it to have 2 bad sectors and several weak sectors. :confused:

Is windows checkdisk reliable? I think I'm more inclined to believe the 'hard disk sentinel' is more accurate.
 
Use Seatools or WD's lifegaurd thingy. CHKDSK should be reliable, but 3rd party software, meh, who knows. use vendor specific diagnostic utilities.
 
Chkdsk is crap, it deletes files if they are corrupted and it tells you nothing about the real state of your HDD.

As xenotype said use vendor software.
 
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