Is my hard drive going
bad?Thanks to TightWad Tech's Newsletter for
reposting some links to hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Website - Tip
Quote from the newsletter - *Somebody named Dave posted several
hard drive diagnostic links in the newsgroups today:
"Go to the hard disk manufacturer's web site and download their
diagnostic software respective to your hard disk. After the test,
you will know if the hard disk is bad or not.
diagnostic software respective to your hard disk. After the test,
you will know if the hard disk is bad or not.
"Quantum/Maxtor - PowerMax
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
"Western Digital - Data LifeGuard Tools (DLGDiag)
http://support.wdc.com/download/
http://support.wdc.com/download/
"Hitachi/IBM - Drive Fitness Test (DFT)
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
"Seagate - SeaTools
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/
"Fujitsu - Diagnostic Tool
http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/
http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/
"Samsung - Disk manager
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm