laurentio
31st January 2009, 03:16 PM
Drive diagnostic utilities compendium
This is a listing I have put together of every major drive manufacturer and their drive diagnostic utilities. These utilities will allow you to test & diagnose your drive. Some utilities also allow you to "low-level" format (write zeros) or enable/disable certain features on your drive.
Drive Diagnostic Utilities
chkdsk
Built in utiilty for Windows 2000/XP. Start --> Run. Type chkdsk /r for full scan. Can also be run from recovery console. Not recmomended for diagnosing.
Hitachi / IBM - DFT "Drive Fitness Test"
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Works with all manufacturers
Western Digital "Data Lifeguard"
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp#dlgtools
Works with WD drives only
Maxtor "Powermax"
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD (http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgnextoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD )
Works with all manufacturers
Fujitsu "FJDT"
http://www.fel.fujitsu.com/home/drivers.asp?L=en&CID=1
Works with fujitsu models only
Samsung "hutil"
http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...ties/hutil.htm (http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/hutil.htm)
Compatability unknown...
Seagate "Seatools"
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools
Works with Seagate drives only
Toshiba - N/A
There are no tools available for Toshiba, but you may be able to use IBM or Maxtor's drive tools as well as other third party programs
This is a listing I have put together of every major drive manufacturer and their drive diagnostic utilities. These utilities will allow you to test & diagnose your drive. Some utilities also allow you to "low-level" format (write zeros) or enable/disable certain features on your drive.
Drive Diagnostic Utilities
chkdsk
Built in utiilty for Windows 2000/XP. Start --> Run. Type chkdsk /r for full scan. Can also be run from recovery console. Not recmomended for diagnosing.
Hitachi / IBM - DFT "Drive Fitness Test"
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Works with all manufacturers
Western Digital "Data Lifeguard"
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp#dlgtools
Works with WD drives only
Maxtor "Powermax"
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD (http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgnextoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD )
Works with all manufacturers
Fujitsu "FJDT"
http://www.fel.fujitsu.com/home/drivers.asp?L=en&CID=1
Works with fujitsu models only
Samsung "hutil"
http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...ties/hutil.htm (http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/hutil.htm)
Compatability unknown...
Seagate "Seatools"
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools
Works with Seagate drives only
Toshiba - N/A
There are no tools available for Toshiba, but you may be able to use IBM or Maxtor's drive tools as well as other third party programs