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Hello CountMike. The swap method is just one of various methods I employ when I need to determine the status of a hard drive. My only point is that Window's 8 reporting of the hard drive condition is not accurate.

No Brink, I haven't used that type of program in at least a decade. When I suspect a failing hard drive, I find it easier, faster, and more accurate to just swap out the drive with one pre-loaded with the same operating system. Although I don't even bother with that if the drive has obvious...

Thank you as well for the reply Nuccii. I realize now that due to my incorrect wording, you both are under the impression that I'm referring to a single drive. Instead of saying, "I've encountered a handful of occurrences in which Windows 8 shows no problem with a drive, yet, there is indeed...

Thank you for the reply Brink. I've experienced the issue on 4 or 5 occasions now. Basically, W8's chkdsk occasionally shows no problems, despite the drive confirmed as failing via physical replacement, SMART, and/or the inability to run a chkdsk on it from the Recovery Console.

Hello. I've encountered a handful of occurrences in which W8 shows no problem with a drive, yet, there is indeed problems with the drive. The following is a typical example of what I've been experiencing: An HP XP system with a suspected failing hard drive. I immediately cloned it, ran a W8...