testing harddrives

[renswic]

oks i may be selling a 40gb HD to a guy at work, seeing how i work with him id like to be 100% sure it works

a small back story, water was spilt on it and it was chucked across my room where it landed on a pile of dirty cloths, blankets, and a corpse of a dog(i kid, i kid). a month went by by the time my coworker asked about it

i hooked it up yesterday, was able to read and pull the data off it and format it, but im sure theres a few more real test i can do on it

but i couldnt find 'google' if i googled it so im asking for some progs that can test it

 

[unhappy_mage]

Download the UBCD (ultimate boot cd) (I think even you can find it ) and run the diagnostic from the manufacturer. If it's working at all, it should be fine, but it can't hurt to try.

 

[ChingChang]

yes, run diagnostics from drive manufacturer
chkdsk
and maybe IOMeter?