Hard disk diagnostic tool

Hi All,

Could you recommend a 3rd party hard disk diagnostic tool?

Thanks,

Joe

Big
Wed May 07 10:42:59 PDT 2008

JoeP wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Could you recommend a 3rd party hard disk diagnostic tool?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
>
IIRC every disk manufacturer has one. Look on their websites. Most
hard drives even come with floppies/CD's now with the tools on them.
I'd go for that first.

Michael
Wed May 07 12:10:49 PDT 2008

JoeP wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Could you recommend a 3rd party hard disk diagnostic tool?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
>
I have used SpinRite since its release about 20 years ago and it does a
great job of finding potential problems with a disk and sometimes
repairing them. It is not free but the cost is trivial to the savings
if it prevents the loss of data.
The last time I needed it I had a boot drive suddenly unusable due to a
data error. I could not even Ghost the drive to a new one. I ran
SpinRite on the drive and Ghost was able to copy the drive perfectly and
a mess was prevented.

JS
Wed May 07 13:29:19 PDT 2008

Try HD Tune, provides drive info and has an option to test your drive.
http://www.hdtune.com/
Also SpeedFan has an online analysis feature for hard drives.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Manufacture's Tools:
Western Digital's Data LifeGuard Diagnostics
http://support.wdc.com/download/?cxml=n&pid=999&swid=3
Seagate's SeaTools
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools
Maxtor (Now Seagate SeaTools)
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=SeaTools&vgnextoid=720bd20cacdec010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
Fujitsu's Utilities
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/storage/hdd/support/utilities.html
Samsung's Disk manager software
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm
Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test software
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT

JS

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> Hi All,
>
> Could you recommend a 3rd party hard disk diagnostic tool?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>

philo
Wed May 07 16:32:13 PDT 2008


"Big Al" <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> JoeP wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Could you recommend a 3rd party hard disk diagnostic tool?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> IIRC every disk manufacturer has one. Look on their websites. Most
> hard drives even come with floppies/CD's now with the tools on them.
> I'd go for that first.


Correct!!!


Get the diagnostic from the mfg of your HD

JoeP
Thu May 08 15:20:31 PDT 2008

Thanks for all the answers.

JS
Thu May 08 16:33:22 PDT 2008

You're welcome.

JS

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