I also have backup software running that does
complete drive imaging so I should be able to do this fairly safely.
Here is the plan...
1) Shut down the Diskeeper service, run a query that is write heavy and
then pull the chord on the box. Wait a few minutes then plug it back in
and see if it recovers.
2) Leave Diskeeper running and repeat the above...
Comments/suggestions? If I'm going to do this I'd like to make sure I
do it correctly so it will be useful for the group.
Do it more than once. This is a highly erratic test that can catch your system at a wide variety of points, some of which cause no problems, and some of which can be catastrophic. If you test and it fails, you know you have a problem. If you test and it doesn't fail, you don't know much. It's only when you've tested a number of times without failure that you've gained any real knowledge.
Craig
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