There are many free hard drive testing tools available to help you determine what, if anything, is wrong when you suspect there may be a problem with a. Tools like and the are included in your Windows-based already but some others, like those below, are available from hard drive manufacturers and other developers. Important: Depending on the issue found, you may need to if it fails some part of one of these hard drive tests. Follow any advice given in the program or see my page for information about contacting me for advice on what to do. Note: Many excellent programs are available as well. Be sure to first try the free hard drive diagnostic software options below before paying for any program!

Seagate SeaTools for DOS. Seagate SeaTools is free hard drive testing software that comes in two forms for home users: SeaTools for DOS supports Seagate or Maxtor drives and runs independent from your operating system on its own CD or drive, making it highly reliable.

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SeaTools for Windows is a program that installs on your Windows system. You can do basic and advanced testing of any kind of drive - internal or external - from any manufacturer. For those looking for SeaTools Desktop, SeaTools Online, or Maxtor's PowerMax software, please note that the two tools above have replaced all three. Seagate now owns the Maxtor brand. Seagate's SeaTools programs are excellent programs.

They're used to test hard drives by professional computer services but are easy enough for anyone to use. The Windows version of SeaTools works with through. DiskCheckup is a free hard drive tester that should work with most hard drives. SMART info like reading error rate, spin-up time, seek error rate, and temperature is displayed, as well as the ability to run a short and extended disk test. Details in the SMART section can be configured to send an email or display a notification when their attributes exceed the manufacturer's recommended threshold. Hard drives that have a SCSI or hardware RAID connection are not supported and can not be detected by DiskCheckup.

Sanskrit Unicode Keyboard on this page. DiskCheckup works with Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP and Windows Server 2008/2003. GSmartControl can run various hard drive tests with detailed results and give an overall heath assessment of a drive.

You can view and save SMART attribute values like the power cycle count, multi-zone error rate, calibration retry count, and many others. GSmartControl can run three self-tests to find drive faults: • Short Self-test: Takes around 2 minutes to complete and is used to detect a completely damaged hard drive. • Extended Self-test: Takes 70 minutes to finish and examines the entire surface of a hard drive to find faults.

• Conveyance Self-test: This is a 5-minute test that's supposed to find damages that occurred during the transporting of a drive. GSmartControl can be downloaded for Windows as a portable program or as a regular program with a normal installer.

It works with Windows 10 through Windows XP. It's also available for Linux and Mac operating systems as well as included in a couple of LiveCD/LiveUSB programs.

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