Aug 1, 2006 #1 R RandysWay [H]ard|Gawd Joined Mar 5, 2004 Messages 1,595 Just received my new WD SE16 320GB SATAII today and just got everything installed, formatted, partitioned and the drive letters moved around. Are there any good programs out there to test the HDD to check if it's bad or not? Thanks.
Just received my new WD SE16 320GB SATAII today and just got everything installed, formatted, partitioned and the drive letters moved around. Are there any good programs out there to test the HDD to check if it's bad or not? Thanks.
Aug 2, 2006 #2 M Madwand Gawd Joined Jul 5, 2006 Messages 755 Most if not all HD mfg's have some downloadable utilities that you use to test their drives. WDC has some on their web site: http://support.wdc.com/download/ (I haven't used these ones; some of these operations can wipe you data -- be careful.)
Most if not all HD mfg's have some downloadable utilities that you use to test their drives. WDC has some on their web site: http://support.wdc.com/download/ (I haven't used these ones; some of these operations can wipe you data -- be careful.)
Aug 2, 2006 #3 M mikeblas [H]ard|DCer of the Month - May 2006 Joined Jun 26, 2004 Messages 12,777 I like HDTune
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