PCMech Forums - View Single Post - Needed: Good Hard Drive Test/Format Utility (IDE Drives)

***glc*** · 02-09-2006, 08:38 AM

Download the Ultimate Boot CD. It has diags for almost every brand drive out there (WD, Maxtor, Seagate, IBM/Hitachi, Fujitsu, and Samsung).

ubcd.sourceforge.net

Note - the Hitachi Drive Fitness Test can diagnose all brands, but can only zero fill or attempt to repair Hitachi/IBM drives. If you need a zero fill, the UBCD has Darik's Boot and Nuke on it.

If you have a drive with bad sectors, I use Spinrite to fix it up so I can recover the data, but that's $89.

02-09-2006, 08:38 AM	#5
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 37,684	Download the Ultimate Boot CD. It has diags for almost every brand drive out there (WD, Maxtor, Seagate, IBM/Hitachi, Fujitsu, and Samsung). ubcd.sourceforge.net Note - the Hitachi Drive Fitness Test can diagnose all brands, but can only zero fill or attempt to repair Hitachi/IBM drives. If you need a zero fill, the UBCD has Darik's Boot and Nuke on it. If you have a drive with bad sectors, I use Spinrite to fix it up so I can recover the data, but that's $89.