PC
Diagnostic Software
Majorgeeks Diagnostic Files
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads7.html
Memtest86 - A Stand-alone
Memory Diagnostic
http://www.memtest86.com/#download0
EVEREST Home Edition
http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en
SiSoftware
http://www.sisoftware.net/
HWINFO(32)
http://www.hwinfo.com/
PCPitStop
http://www.pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/
Belarc Advisor - Free Personal
PC Audit
http://www.belarc.com/Download.html
PC WIZARD 2004
http://www.cpuid.com/pcw.php
#1-TuffTEST PC Diagnostic
http://www.tufftest.com/tt01.htm
Maxtor
Harddisk Diagnostic - PowerMax
Step-by-Step
Instructions - Downloading
PowerMax
NOTE: The PowerMax
download is a self-extracting
file.
- After downloading to your
Windows desktop, insert a
clean formatted floppy
diskette into your A:\ drive.
- Double-click on the
PowerMax diskette creator
icon.
- When the Maxtor pop-up
screen displays, click on the
"Create Floppy" option.
The files will extract on to
the floppy diskette, creating a
bootable version of the PowerMax
utility. Do not download
PowerMax directly to a floppy.
PowerMax extracts from a Win32
environment only and will not
extract from 16-bit DOS mode.
WARNING: ALL DATA WILL
BE LOST WHEN PERFORMING THE LOW
LEVEL FORMAT QUICK OR FULL
OPTIONS.
Maxtor recommends that users
backup all critical data and
removing other hard drives
before performing this test.
Note: Available in ISO CDROM
format as well.
Fujitsu
Harddisk Diagnostic Tools
Seagate
Harddisk Diagnostic Tools
Western
Digital Harddisk
Diagnostic Tools
Hitachi
Harddisk
Diagnostic Tools
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Features: |
Supports SCSI and IDE
drives, including Serial-ATA
drives
Note: Currently, the
Drive Fitness Test does
not support Microdrives,
or Travelstar E drives. |
Analyzes drive fitness |
- Three modes of
operation:
-- High confidence level
Quick test (unmatched in
the drive industry)
-- Full media scan
-- Exerciser
- Performs real-time
analysis of you drive to
quickly determine whether
the drive has a problem.
- Identifies system
problems such as cables,
temperature, etc.
- Automatically logs
significant drive
parameters to track
potential impacts to the
operation of the drive.
|
Restores drive fitness
Note: these utilities
will overwrite customer data
and allow repair of bad
sectors. |
- Erase Bootsector
utility (use DFT Utility
option: Erase Boot Sector)
- Low-level format
utility (use DFT Utility
option: Erase Disk)
|
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Utilities |
- Drive information
- S.M.A.R.T. Operations
for IDE hard disk drives
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