XP/windows hard drive test program

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if you go to the hard drives manufacturing site you can download diagnostics
program.
There is no built in hard drive diagnostics in XP. You can run chkdsk from
the run command.

"Tester" <calinguga@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> Is there any available hard disk test program for a windows XP PC?
> Thanks, T
>
 
There is no hard drive diags in Windows, figure out who makes your hard
drive and visit their website for a diagnostic tool you can download and
run.

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"Tester" <calinguga@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> Is there any available hard disk test program for a windows XP PC?
> Thanks, T
>
 
There is a utility that worth looking into if you want more info about
S.M.A.R.T.
SpeedFan: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
The SMART tab displays current smart info on the drive you select and at
your option provides an on-line analysis of the drive.

HD Tune, provides drive info and has an option to test your drive.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Disk Diagnostic Utilities from:
Western Digital's Data LifeGuard Diagnostics
http://support.wdc.com/download/?cxml=n&pid=999&swid=3

Seagate's SeaTools
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools

Maxtor's (Now Seagate) PowerMax
http://www.seagate.com/maxtor/

Fujitsu's Utilities
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/storage/hdd/support/utilities.html

Samsung's Disk manager software
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm

Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test software
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT

JS

"Tester" <calinguga@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> Is there any available hard disk test program for a windows XP PC?
> Thanks, T
>
 
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