Hard Drive Utility, whats the best one? 3

[westredd]

I need to verify if a hard drive has a fault or not. Whats the best utlity to use (in your opinion). Please state if it is DOS or Windows bases,

Thanks

MFD

 

[bcastner]

The free one from the web site of the hard drive manufacturer.

It will essentially be DOS-based, but the download will create a bootable floppy.

 

[paparazi]

Maxtor, Seagate, Hitachi, Westerndigital, Samsung all have their own FREE utility/drive fitness test software available to download.
Best stick to the specific one that matches your particular make.
Martin

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[sphenx]

There is a company that makes the Ultimate Boot CD, this will allow you to do anything and everything that you want with the hard drive or file directory.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com

 

[westredd]

Thanks guys, got the maxtor one as it is a maxtor hard drive. Will check out ultimatebootcd.com . Sounds useful,

cheers

MFD