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Hard disks usually seem as dependable as the transition from night to day. Unfortunately, hard disks can and do fail… often within a fairly predictable period of time. Today we look at how to check your HDD for signs of failure using this easy guide to hard drive diagnostics.
Chkdsk utility
The chkdsk Windows utility has been around forever and is still used for checking HDDs. It is used for repairing problems related to bad sectors, cross-linked files, lost clusters and directory errors. To access this hard drive diagnostic tool:
Go to Start/Computer and right click on the drive you want to scan. Click Properties, go to the Tools tab and click Check Now.
S.M.A.R.T. scans
Most modern hard drives are equipped with S.M.A.R.T. – Self-Monitoring and Reporting Technology. This hard drive diagnostic tool looks for evidence of impending mechanical failure, and can also tell you if a recent bump or power failure has created any potentially harmful hard drive errors.
There are lots of free S.M.A.R.T. utilities available on the Internet. One of them is PassMark’s DiskCheckup™ tool.
Hard drive utilities from the manufacturer
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The manufacturer of your hard drive will also have their own proprietary tools for doing hard drive diagnostics. You can find the tools on the manufacturer’s website – they will help you diagnose problems with the disk surface and generally check the HDD.
Here are the hard drive diagnostic utilities available from some popular hard drive manufacturers:
- Seagate
- WD
- Samsung
Diagnostic software
There are also freeware utilities available on the web that will let you know when your hard drive is about to fail. Use third-party software for hard drive diagnostics if:
- You have already run chkdsk, and are still experiencing serious problems that make you suspect disk surface errors or imminent hard drive failure;
- You don’t know the manufacturer of your hard drive and aren’t confident of taking apart your computer to find out;
- You’ve already backed up your hard drive! If you suspect an upcoming hard drive crash or a bad disk surface error, back up your data immediately – don’t fiddle round with installing hard drive diagnostic software until you’ve done this important step.
And if you are going to speed up you HDD, you can use Auslogics Boost Speed. It is an effective, quite safe and easy-to-use software.
In fact, if you are aware enough of potential computer problems to run hard drive diagnostic software, you’ve already won half the battle. Back up your data and replace your hard disk – hard drives are incredibly cheap nowadays. Buying a new drive is much cheaper than trying to recover data from a failed one.
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- Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them.
- Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive.
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- Run Ultimate Boot CD from your USB memory stick. A script on the CD prepares your USB memory stick so that it can be used on newer machines that supports booting from USB devices. You can access the same tools as you would from the CD version.
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Name of Tool | Version | License | Notes |
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/BIOS | |||
!BIOS | 3.20 | Freeware | |
BIOS | 1.35.0 | Freeware | Website says V1.35.1, but program displays V1.35.0. |
CMOSPWD | 5.0 | GPL | |
KEYDisk | n/a | Freeware | |
PC CMOS Cleaner | 2.0 | Freeware | Included as module in Parted Magic. |
Q&D Vital Data Manager | 1.4h | Freeware | |
WipeCMOS | 1.2 | Freeware | |
/CPU | |||
CPUstress | 2.5.4 | Freeware | |
CPUburn | 1.4a | GPL | Included in CPUstress. |
CPU Burn-in | 1.00 | Freeware | Included in CPUstress. The Linux version which is included in UBCD is at V1.00. V1.01 applies to Windows only. |
CPUinfo | n/a | GPL | Included in CPUstress. |
CPUID | 2.19 | GPL | |
Intel Optimized LINPACK Benchmark | 11.2.0 | Freeware | Included in CPUstress. |
Intel Processor Frequency ID (P3 and below) | 7.2 | Freeware | |
Intel Processor Identification Utility (P4 and above) | 5.30 | Freeware | |
Mersenne Prime Test | 23.9.2 | Free software | Included in CPUstress. |
Mersenne Prime Test | 28.5 | Free software | Included in CPUstress. |
Stress | 1.04 | GPL | Included in CPUstress. |
StressCPU (requires CPU with SSE) | 2.0 | GPL | Included in CPUstress. |
System Stability Tester | 1.5.1 | GPL | Included in CPUstress. |
x86test | 0.10a | GPL | |
/HDD/Boot Management | |||
BOOTMGR | 05-AUG-2012 | Freeware | |
Boot Partition | 2.60 | Freeware | |
EditBINI | 1.01.1 | Freeware | |
GAG (Graphical Boot Manager) | 4.10 | GPL | |
Gujin | 2.8.7 | GPL | |
MBRtool | 2.3.200 | Freeware | |
MBRWork | 1.08 | Freeware | |
PLoP Boot Manager | 5.0.15 | Free for personal use | |
Smart BootManager | 3.7.1 | GPL | |
SPFDISK (Special FDISK) | 2000-03v | Freeware | |
Super Grub Disk | 0.9799 | GPL | |
Super Grub2 Disk | 2.00s8 | GPL | |
XFDISK (Extended FDISK) | 0.9.3 beta | Freeware | |
XOSL (Extended Operating System Loader) | 1.1.5 | GPL | |
XOSL-OW (Extended Operating System Loader) | 1.1.6 | GPL | |
/HDD/Data Recovery | |||
Q&D Unit/Track/Head/Sector | 1.3j | Freeware | |
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor | 140201 | n/a | |
PCLoginNow | 2.0 | Freeware | Included as module in Parted Magic. |
PCRegEdit | 1.0 | Freeware | Included as module in Parted Magic. |
PhotoRec | 7.0 | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
TestDisk | 7.0 | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
/HDD/Device Info and Management | |||
AMSET (Maxtor) | 4.00 | Freeware | |
ATAINF | 1.3 | Freeware | |
ATA Password Tool | 1.1 | Freeware | |
Change Definition Utility (for Fujitsu M16xx/M2915 HDDs) | n/a | Freeware | |
DiskCheck | 4.3.0 | Freeware | |
DISKINFO | 1.02 | Freeware | |
ESFeat (ExcelStor) | 2.30 | Freeware | |
Feature Tool (IBM/Hitachi) | 2.15 | Freeware | |
GSmartControl | 0.8.6 | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
SMARTUDM | 2.00 | Freeware | |
UATA100 (Seagate) | 3.06 | Freeware | |
UDMA Utility (for Fujitsu MPD/MPE/MPF series HDDs) | 1.13 | Freeware | |
UDMA Utility (for Fujitsu MPG series HDDs) | 1.17 | Freeware | |
Ultra ATA Manager (Western Digital) | June, 2003 | Freeware | |
WDIDLE3 (Western Digital) | 1.05 | Freeware | |
/HDD/Diagnosis | |||
ATA Diagnostic Tool (Fujitsu) | 7.0 | Freeware | |
Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS (Western Digital) | 5.27 | Freeware | |
Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS (Western Digital) | 5.21 | Freeware | Latest V5.22 has the note in version history 'Removed missing test tracks check'. Since we are uncertain of the impact of this change, older version has been included just in case. |
Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS (Western Digital) | 4.15 | Freeware | V5.x has been reported not to work on some older machines, so V4.15 has been included as a backup. |
Drive Fitness Test (IBM/Hitachi) | 4.16 | Freeware | |
ES-Tool (Samsung) | 3.01v | Freeware | |
ESTest (ExcelStor) | 4.50 | Freeware | |
GWSCAN (Gateway) | 3.15 | Freeware | For IDE hard drives 10GB or smaller. |
GWSCAN (Gateway) | 5.12 | Freeware | For IDE hard drives larger than 10GB. |
HDAT2 | 5.3 | Freeware | Latest stable release, but with device-level testing disabled. |
HUTIL (Samsung) | 1.21 | Freeware | From soeren: 'HUTIL 2.00 lacks the possibility to view the SMART values and it appears to be a lot slower than 1.21. It's only needed for the newest Samsung drives, the 'older' ones still work with 1.21.' |
HUTIL (Samsung) | 2.10 | Freeware | |
MHDD32 | 4.5 | Freeware | Older version included because it supports ATA/SCSI Terminal for scripting, which was removed in the new version. |
MHDD32 | 4.6 | Freeware | |
PowerMax (Maxtor/Quantum) | 4.09 | Freeware | Older version included because this is an uncripppled version that works with non-Maxtor HDDs. |
PowerMax (Maxtor/Quantum) | 4.23 | Freeware | |
SCSIMax (Maxtor/Quantum) | 1.21 | Freeware | |
SeaTools for DOS (Seagate/Maxtor) | 2.23 | Freeware | |
SeaTools for DOS (Seagate/Maxtor) | 1.12 | Freeware | |
SHDIAG (Samsung) | 1.25 | Freeware | |
TAFT (The ATA Forensics Tool) | 1.2 | Freeware | |
ViVARD | 0.4 | Freeware | The official website is down. Various third party websites claim to have V1.0, but is actually V0.4. |
/HDD/Disk Cloning | |||
Clonezilla | n/a | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
CopyWipe | 1.14 | Freeware | |
EaseUs Disk Copy | 2.3.1 | Freeware | |
g4u | 2.6 | BSD | |
HDClone (Free Edition) | 7.0.2 | Freeware | |
partimage | 0.6.9 | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
Partition Saving | 4.30 | Freeware | |
PC INSPECTOR clone-maxx | 1.0 | Freeware | Actual version is 0.95 Build 769, but is referred to as 1.0 on product website. |
Q&D Unit Clone | 1.1q | Freeware | |
/HDD/Disk Editing | |||
Disk Editor | 3.0 | Freeware | |
DISKMAN4 | 4.2A3 | Freeware | |
DiskSpy Free Edition (Personal use only) | 2.0 | Freeware | |
PTS DiskEditor | 1.04 | Freeware | Excellent information about this tool <a href='http://thestarman.pcministry.com/tool/de/PTS-DE.htm'>here</a>. |
/HDD/Disk Wiping | |||
Active@ KillDisk Free Edition | 4.1.2393 | Freeware | Free Edition. Supports 'One Pass Zeros' method only. Note that KillDisk V5.x is Windows only. |
CopyWipe | 1.14 | Freeware | |
Darik's Boot and Nuke | 2.3.0 | GPL | |
Fujitsu Erase Utility | 1.00 | Freeware | |
HDDErase | 4.0 | Freeware | |
HDDErase | 3.3 | Freeware | Older version included because latest version is reportedly not compatible with Intel SSDs. |
HDShredder (Free Edition) | 4.0.1 | Freeware | |
MAXLLF (Maxtor) | 1.1 | Freeware | |
PC Disk Eraser | 5.0 | Freeware | Included in Parted Magic. |
PC INSPECTOR e-maxx | 0.95 | Freeware | Actual version is 0.95 Build 775, but is referred to as 1.0 on product website. |
SUTIL (Samsung) | 1.01 | Freeware | |
/HDD/Installation | |||
Data Lifeguard Tools (Western Digital) | 11.2 | Freeware | |
DiscWizard 2003 (Seagate) | 10.45.06 | Freeware | |
DiscWizard (Seagate/Maxtor) | 11.0.8326 | Freeware | MaxBlast V5.0 is essentially the same thing i.e. OEM version of Acronis TrueImage. Startup Recovery Manager not included. Didn't see much use for it on the bootable CD, plus it can be activated in the Win32 program itself if required, or you can copy over the 'Recovery Manager' folder youself. |
Disk Manager (IBM) | 9.61 | Freeware | |
Disk Manager (Samsung) | 10.42 | Freeware | |
MaxBlast (Maxtor) | 4.0 | Freeware | |
/HDD/Partition Management | |||
Cute Partition Manager | 0.9.8 | Freeware | |
Dsrfix | 3.12 | Freeware | |
FIPS | 2.0 | GPL | |
Free FDISK | 1.3.1 | GPL | |
GParted | 0.13.1-git | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
Partinfo | 1.14 | Freeware | V1.11 and above are Windows only. |
Partition Explorer | 1.01 | Freeware | |
Partition Resizer | 1.3.4 | Freeware | |
Partition Saving | 4.30 | Freeware | |
PTDD Super Fdisk | 1.0 | Freeware | |
Ranish Partition Manager | 2.40 | Freeware | Using stable version because V2.44 is beta and reported to be buggy. |
SPFDISK (Special FDISK) | 2000-03v | Freeware | |
XFDISK (Extended FDISK) | 0.9.3 beta | Freeware | |
/Memory | |||
AleGr MEMTEST | 2.00 | Free for personal use | |
DIMM_ID | 3.57 | UBCD Only | This is a special UBCD-only version authorized by the author. |
Memtest86 | 4.3.7 | GPL | As of UBCD V5.2.8, V5.0.0 Free Edition extracts to V4.3.7. |
Memtest86+ | 5.01 | GPL | |
TestMemIV | n/a | Freeware | |
Windows Memory Diagnostic | 0.4 | Freeware | |
/Others | |||
boot.kernel.org (BKO) | n/a | Freeware | |
ClamScan Antivirus | 0.97.5 | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
FileLink | 3.01 | Freeware | This program is part of Caldera OpenDOS V7.03. |
F-PROT Antivirus | 6.2.3 | Free for personal use | Included as module in Parted Magic. |
Kon-Boot | 1.0 | Free for personal use | |
netboot.xyz | n/a | Freeware | |
Parted Magic | 2013_08_01_i586 | GPL | Full list of programs can be found here. Parted Magic is now payware and can no longer be updated to the latest version. Warning: Issues relating to this version of Parted Magic. |
UBCD FreeDOS (Based on NwDsk V3.40) | R1.53 | n/a | Based on NwDsk V3.40. |
/Peripherals | |||
ATAPI CDROM Identification | 2.22 | Freeware | |
CHZ Monitor-Test | 2.0 | Freeware | |
Parallel Port Information System | 1.45 | Freeware | |
Video Memory Stress Test | 1.7 | GPL | |
Enhanced Keyboard Checker | n/a | Freeware | |
AT-Keyboard Tester | n/a | Freeware | |
/System | |||
AIDA16 | 2.14 | n/a | Discontinued |
ASTRA (Demo version) | 6.50 | 14-day Demo | |
Hardware Detection Tool | 0.5.2 | GPL | pci.ids.gz: 20/02/2013 |
HWiNFO | 5.5.5 | Freeware | |
NSSI | 0.60.45 | Freeware | |
PC-Config | 9.33 | Freeware | Discontinued |
PCI | 1.1 | Freeware | pcidevs.txt: Ver 671 (22-01-2008) |
PCISniffer | 3.0.0 | Freeware | |
System Speed Test 32 | 4.78 | Freeware |