Need Data Lifeguard tools that will work with Vista - Club CDFreaks

Rushman · 14-04-2007

I have a new WD5000KS hard drive. The Data Lifeguard disc that came with it will not work with Vista. Does anyone know where I can D/L one that will work? I turned on the right Sata port and the device manager can see the drive. I just need the utility that will partition the drive.

jhtalisman · 14-04-2007

Here you go. 32-bit only though apparently.

easterbunny · 14-04-2007

just use windows built-in disk management,not sure where it is located on vista but on xp it was on control panel-->administrative tools-->computer managment-->disk managment

@jhtalisman thats not it , the link you provided is for datalifeguard diagnostic which is used to test the drives health , what he needs is the datalifeguard tools which is used to partition new drives , theres no vista compatible version of the dlg tools

Rushman · 14-04-2007

Thanks Easter. I will try that. I tried it on a XP machine and could not get it
to work. That was when I found out about the DLT.

easterbunny · 14-04-2007

you welcome

, well if you find the windows disk managment
bit hard to handle then you can just use the bootable (dos) version of datalifeguard tools , or partition logic/gparted (freeware partition managers,also bootable)

Rushman · 14-04-2007

Easter...I got it running now. It is formatting the new drive now. Hope I am doing the right thing. Its been running about 10 minutes and is about 20 % done. Sure is slow for a new Dual Core.

easterbunny · 14-04-2007

the formatting speed is not related to the processor , it depends if you choose quick or full format , a quick format just formats and thats it so its well.. quick , a full format also scans the disk surface for bad sectors which is why its taking way longer , so usally its better to use the full format when formatting the drive first time

Rushman · 14-04-2007

Easter...Got it fixed. I stopped the format and started it over in the quick mode. It formatted in about 3 seconds. I just transferred 4.4 G from c drive to the new WD sata drive. It took less than 35 seconds to transfer. Thanks for the help.

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Rushman New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9	Need Data Lifeguard tools that will work with Vista I have a new WD5000KS hard drive. The Data Lifeguard disc that came with it will not work with Vista. Does anyone know where I can D/L one that will work? I turned on the right Sata port and the device manager can see the drive. I just need the utility that will partition the drive.

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easterbunny CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 724	Re: Need Data Lifeguard tools that will work with Vista just use windows built-in disk management,not sure where it is located on vista but on xp it was on control panel-->administrative tools-->computer managment-->disk managment @jhtalisman thats not it , the link you provided is for datalifeguard diagnostic which is used to test the drives health , what he needs is the datalifeguard tools which is used to partition new drives , theres no vista compatible version of the dlg tools

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Rushman New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9	Re: Need Data Lifeguard tools that will work with Vista Thanks Easter. I will try that. I tried it on a XP machine and could not get it to work. That was when I found out about the DLT.

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easterbunny CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 724	Re: Need Data Lifeguard tools that will work with Vista you welcome , well if you find the windows disk managment bit hard to handle then you can just use the bootable (dos) version of datalifeguard tools , or partition logic/gparted (freeware partition managers,also bootable)

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14-04-2007	#6 (permalink)
Rushman New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9	Re: Need Data Lifeguard tools that will work with Vista Easter...I got it running now. It is formatting the new drive now. Hope I am doing the right thing. Its been running about 10 minutes and is about 20 % done. Sure is slow for a new Dual Core.

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easterbunny CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 724	Re: Need Data Lifeguard tools that will work with Vista the formatting speed is not related to the processor , it depends if you choose quick or full format , a quick format just formats and thats it so its well.. quick , a full format also scans the disk surface for bad sectors which is why its taking way longer , so usally its better to use the full format when formatting the drive first time

14-04-2007	#8 (permalink)
Rushman New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9	Re: Need Data Lifeguard tools that will work with Vista Easter...Got it fixed. I stopped the format and started it over in the quick mode. It formatted in about 3 seconds. I just transferred 4.4 G from c drive to the new WD sata drive. It took less than 35 seconds to transfer. Thanks for the help.

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