Hi,

I have a Compaq Tablet PC TC1000 with a Toshiba MK6022GAX 60 GB Hard
drive. Recently I started getting an error code 51 in event manager
(HDD has bad block)...Windows was crashing. I reformatted but still
same problem. Since Toshiba has no HDD utility I ran the Hitachi Drive
Fitness Test Utility which gave me a SMART ERROR.

I gave the Tablet to HP and they said that the drive is perfectly
alright. They tested it with their own utility. They just performed a
low-level format. After I collected the PC I ran Hitachi utility again
and got the same SMART error.

I thought maybe the utility is not compatible so I downloaded Active
Smart 2.5.1 from the net to check it out. The utility said there is
SMART error and the drive could die anytime.

http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/

My question is that are the Toshiba 60GB drives incompatible with all
other utilities other than their own or special HP utilities.....HP
didnt have to replace the HDD free of cost anyway because I was going
to have to pay for it. Warranty's over.

Could Toshiba MK6022GAX or a TC1000 with the same drive run Active
Smart and tell me if they get smart errors ?

Thanks.

Regards,
Shripal.