Free Tools for Hard Drive Diagnostics [closed]
The Ultimate Boot CD has some Hard Drive tools on it that should detect any errors on the drive. Just make sure that you back up all your data FIRST. Doing intense testing on a bad drive may lead to worse failure and data lost.
Personnaly, I have used the following in the past:
- HD Tach from Simpli Software (http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach)
or
- HD Tune from EFD Software (www.hdtune.com)
Cheers,
Thomas
I thought SpinRite was free, but I guess it isn't any more. Based on that I would use the manufacturers diagnostics tool, see samsungs here.