TestDisk and PhotoRec are two utilities that run in a DOS box or from the command prompt and help you test disks for errors and recover data. Reviewer Jon L. Jacobi liked them and says they work well.

If a hard drive shows 0 used space and 0 free space despite having a lot of free space, you cannot store files on it. This problem usually occurs if your hard drive is corrupted or your system is ...

Easy Disk Drive Repair will check your drives for errors, and repair any problems using sophisticated patent pending sector recovery technology. Works with IDE/SATA, USB flash drives, SD, RAID and SSD ...

In response to complaints lodged of failing hard drives lodged two years ago, Apple has launched a “MacBook Repair Extension Program for Hard Drive Issues” that will allow some MacBook owners to ...

OS X offers a very nice graphical user interface to verify and repair your hard drive, located in the Utilities folder. It’s called Disk Utility, and you can use it as the first line of defense when ...

The error message Please back up your data and replace your hard disk drive indicates a failing hard drive. Therefore, you need to replace it. However, in some cases ...