Hard drive test

[prime95]

What kind of software is out there that would check a hard drive ans how well its functioning? Looking for something thats free to use.

 

[Steevo]

What brand of drive?

 

[prime95]

Maxtor, IDE

 

[Thermopylae_480]

Speedfan

 

[francis511]

http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach

hdtach

 

[Thermopylae_480]

I like the looks of this one. I'm going to try it out.

 

[ktr]

try this program: http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.01.22-HDDScan/

 

[Deleted member 3]

use DFT.

There are several on the ultimate bootdisk though, download that (full of legal stuff) easily found on google and very handy in many cases.

 

[Thermopylae_480]

I love the Ultimate Boot Disk. It's helped me with a lot of things in the past.