what's the best drive diagnostic utility?

[athenaesword]

hey guys,

i recently got a CRC error on one of my drives while downloading a file and thought i might wanna run a proper check on the drive. might be logical or physical.

what tool is the absolute best out there? paid is fine.

[sttubs]

For the Seagates in your sig: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/sup...loads/seatools
Each company usually has it's own set of tools that work quite well.

[athenaesword]

Originally Posted by sttubs

For the Seagates in your sig: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/sup...loads/seatools
Each company usually has it's own set of tools that work quite well.

thanksi'll get right on that =]

[francis511]

Seatools is a good utility but I think it only works for seagate drives

[RejZoR]

Try this:
http://www.disk-monitor.com/

It monitors your HDD for health status (SMART) along with temperature and also offers physical examination of your drive. Give it a try.

[wiak]

HD Tune
run the Error Scan, if you get red errors then the drive is faulty

[athenaesword]

Originally Posted by francis511

Seatools is a good utility but I think it only works for seagate drives

does this work for windows 7 though. it's not stated in the OSes that the utility supports.

and which test should i be using? all the tests are failing a few seconds after they start. the generic tests and self tests all fail. perhaps it's because i'm using a usb drive?