Toshiba 2.5" HDD Trouble

[Format _C:]

I have an older Toshiba notebook computer and I think the hard drive may be failing (It just got really slow and noisy) Is there any utility out there other then windows checkdisk? that will check all the sectors/clusters (Or whatever they are called) I know most manufactures have their own tool but I checked Toshiba's site and I could not find one. Will another drive manufacturer tool work with my drive?
Drive information MK4025GAS HDD2190
I know it's only a 40GB drive but that all that I could afford at the time when I bought the computer

[ChinaMan]

Checkout the ultimate boot CD. It has most of the vendor specific tools. Some may work, some may not.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

[DonDon]

I have an older Toshiba notebook computer and I think the hard drive may be failing (It just got really slow and noisy) Is there any utility out there other then windows checkdisk? that will check all the sectors/clusters (Or whatever they are called) I know most manufactures have their own tool but I checked Toshiba's site and I could not find one. Will another drive manufacturer tool work with my drive?
Drive information MK4025GAS HDD2190
I know it's only a 40GB drive but that all that I could afford at the time when I bought the computer


If you know who made the hard drive, you can go to their web site and look for a diagnostic utility in their support section. Most have an ISO file that will allow you to boot from a CD. Then run the long or complete test.

It looks like you have a Toshiba drive, and a quick look at their web site shows that they only provide a 1 year warranty on their drives. Pretty pathetic in my opinion.

Don

[Format _C:]

it appears that IBM's/Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test will work with any drive. So I used that and it said error returned on non Hitachi Hard Drive Disposition Code (Something I can't remember:D )

So the drive is basicly dying :mad: Stupid Toshiba and their 1Yr warranty
Any way I want to get a larger size drive does any one know what the maximum size this Intel chipset could support?

Chipset Info

http://images.dr3vil.com//files3/235/Chipset_info.jpg

Thanks