Hard drive testing software

Discussion in 'Software' started by Nexus_, Mar 23, 2013.

  1. Nexus_

    Nexus_ Staff Sergeant

    Hello,

    Curious what the best (Free) software for testing external/internal hard drives is ( for bad sectors and such)?
     
    Nexus_, Mar 23, 2013
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Many HDD makes have specific tools to test for errors and those can be found HERE (Seatools for Seagate HDDs, to Western Digital Lifeguard, even Windows has a drive scanner tool for hardware errors), for speed then HDTune is good HERE

    Find the HDD make and then you can match the specific tool up to that drive.
     
    DavidGP, Mar 23, 2013
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  3. Nexus_

    Nexus_ Staff Sergeant

    I used the Wdl, before i started the test the software detected that the HD was good, i then ran a simply and extended test and everything said it was ok. Would it be recommended if i still wrote 0's in the hard drive to check if it can actually fill the entire thing with data?
     
    Nexus_, Mar 30, 2013
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  4. brownizs

    brownizs MajorGeek

    There are plenty on the repository here at Majorgeeks.
     
    brownizs, Mar 30, 2013
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