Best Program to check Hardrive

donnydorko · Jan 18, 2009

Overclocked but i want to check if my hardrive is stable , anyone have any recommendations for checking a new hardrive to make sure its 100 percent. This will help me verify any problems with my overclock.

Thanks

KBD · Jan 18, 2009

I dunno, this is the first time i heard of someone worrying about unstable hard drives while overclocking. I think you should be concerned about your CPU & RAM as thats what gets unstable when overclocking the CPU. To check for stability use Intel Burn Test, for Intel 775 CPUs (and i7 also, i think), Orthos, Prime 95 and OCCT. Do a CPU and RAM blend stress test or check components individually. For RAM also use MemTest.

There are utilities that check the health of the hard drives though they dont get unstable while overclocking, at least not to my knowledge. You can use HD Tune to test your HDDs. Also, almost every major drive manufacturer has their own utilities to test hard drives. Go to your drive manufacturer's site and download the approriate tools, i recomend the DOS based myself.

Deleted member 3 · Jan 18, 2009

If you overclock whatever bus your controller is on it's a bad idea. If you do have a PCI lock, there shouldn't be any real issues with data corruption.

KBD · Jan 18, 2009

DanTheBanjoman said:
If you overclock whatever bus your controller is on it's a bad idea. If you do have a PCI lock, there shouldn't be any real issues with data corruption.

good point, lock your PCI-e at 100Mhz and PCI at 33Mhz (in think) that will prevent any instability of devices attached to those slots.

donnydorko · Jan 19, 2009

thanks for the advice

francis511 · Jan 19, 2009

Seatools is a gr8 app to check for errors (windoze or dos)

1Kurgan1 · Jan 19, 2009

I've had a few issues when I OC, not sure if it was my HDD or what. But a few times with different comp setups if I have a OC that didn't even post and I restart and drop it down. When it gets to windows I need to re-enter my cd keys again. And my PCI-E and PCI are both at stock. So no clue, but maybe OC'ing can affect them?

francis511 · Jan 19, 2009

Oc`ing can cause problems with hdds

Processor	Intel e8600 @ 4.9 Ghz
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RSB Plus
Cooling	Water
Memory	2GB (2 x 1GB) of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-1066
Video Card(s)	MSI Radeon HD 4870 1GB OC (820/950) & tweaking
Storage	2x 74GB Velociraptors in RAID 0; 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10
Display(s)	22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB
Case	Silverstone TJ09-BW
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Profesional
Power Supply	Ultra X3 800W
Software	Windows XP Pro w/ SP3

Processor	Intel e8600 @ 4.9 Ghz
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RSB Plus
Cooling	Water
Memory	2GB (2 x 1GB) of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-1066
Video Card(s)	MSI Radeon HD 4870 1GB OC (820/950) & tweaking
Storage	2x 74GB Velociraptors in RAID 0; 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10
Display(s)	22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB
Case	Silverstone TJ09-BW
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Profesional
Power Supply	Ultra X3 800W
Software	Windows XP Pro w/ SP3

Processor	Core I5 4440 / 4430
Motherboard	Asus z87-k / Gigabyte ga h97- d3h
Cooling	Arctic freezer / Generic
Memory	8 gb Mushkin / Various
Video Card(s)	Radeon 7850 cf / Gtx 690
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO 250 gb / 2x1 terabyte hdds Wd 256 gb nvme
Display(s)	Technika 32" / Asus 24` ips
Case	Corsair
Audio Device(s)	X-fi Titanium
Power Supply	Corsair 850 w
Software	Windows 10

System Name	My Comp \| Fiancees Comp
Processor	i7 5820k @ 4.6Ghz 1.285v\| i5 2500k
Motherboard	MSI x99 SLI Plus \| AsRock Z77 Pro 3
Cooling	Watercooled
Memory	16GB DDR4 2400 @ 2666 \| 12GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	AMD R9 290x \| MSI 5850 OC
Storage	128gb SSD + 2x 2TB \| 2TB
Display(s)	Asus 27" LCD \| 25" Hanns G
Case	CM Storm \| CM Elite 430
Audio Device(s)	Creative Recon 3D PCIe
Power Supply	Enermax Galaxy 1250W \| Rosewill 630w
Mouse	Logitech G700s \| Logitech G100s
Keyboard	Logitech G901 \| Logitech G105
Software	Win 8.1 Ultimate x64 \| Win 8.1 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	3D Mark - Fire Strike Extreme - 4403

Processor	Core I5 4440 / 4430
Motherboard	Asus z87-k / Gigabyte ga h97- d3h
Cooling	Arctic freezer / Generic
Memory	8 gb Mushkin / Various
Video Card(s)	Radeon 7850 cf / Gtx 690
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO 250 gb / 2x1 terabyte hdds Wd 256 gb nvme
Display(s)	Technika 32" / Asus 24` ips
Case	Corsair
Audio Device(s)	X-fi Titanium
Power Supply	Corsair 850 w
Software	Windows 10

Best Program to check Hardrive

donnydorko

New Member

KBD

New Member

Deleted member 3

KBD

New Member

donnydorko

New Member

francis511

1Kurgan1

The Knife in your Back

francis511