H Drive Setup Problems

[waterman]

I'm doing a new build and I've gotten to the stage where I need to check out the hard drive.
My system: Antec Sonoma w/650psu
MB - MSI K9N SLI Platium, nvidia nforce 570 sli chipset
Amd Athlon 64 x2 5200+ windsor 2.6GHz
Crucial 2- 1GB DDR2 PC2-8000, DDR2 1000
Graphics Card ATI All in Wonder X1900
Hard Drive WD Caviar SE16 500GB SATA
Optical Drive Sony Dru-810A
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster X Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatality Pro
Monitor Sceptre LCD 20.1" DVI X20WG-NAGA
OS Microsoft Vista 64-Bit Ultimate

WD has a utility program called Data Lifeguard Tools that is suppose to be installed to check out the H Drive. The problem I have is WD does not have this utility ready for Vista.
My Question is weather I can install a Dos version or if I should just skip it and install the OS and take it from there?
Thanks for the HELP

[freakitchen]

I'd just go ahead and install Windows. Don't assume that your drive has a problem, as it probably does not. If you have problems with the system, one of the troubleshooting steps will be to test out the hard drive - if you don't have problems then don't worry!

For your information, you can download the ultimate boot cd (www.ultimatebootcd.com) which has hard drive diagnostic software on it that will test your drive regardless of the OS you have installed.

FK