Software to test hard drive

[C M Reinehr]

Michael,

On Friday 07 December 2007 09:10, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Thanks. I've had a paid copy of Spinrite for several years now. It's a
> great tool for data recovery. 
> My problem with it for testing drives is that I can't figure out how to
> coax it into giving me a definitive "go/no-go" answer on whether a drive is
> good. It will spit out lots of data about raw error rates and such, but I
> didn't want to know how to build a watch... 
> Am I missing something obvious?
>  
> Good article, BTW.
>  
> Michael
>  
> (Sorry for top posting. Web 2.0 evidently isn't Burger King - you don't get
> to have it your way, you get it our way, whether or not it actually works
> and whether or not it works like you want it to; we know what's best for
> you and you will learn to love it.) 
>  
> On Dec 7, 2007, metapsych at earthlink.net wrote:
>
> Michael Hipp wrote:
> > Thanks, Lonni. That looks like what I'm after, didn't know about it.
> > And it's already installed as part of e2fsprogs.
> >
> >  
> >
> > (Sorry if this comes thru as HTML or in some other horrid thing. I'm
> > temporarily forced to use my provider's webmail client and
> > it's testament to the raw power and sophistication of Ajax and Web 2.0
> > - which is a way of saying that it's completely dysfunctional and
> > utterly useless for anything other than the most trival tasks.)
> >
> >  
> >
> > Michael
>
> Spinrite  6.0
>
> Here is the review I wrote for Linux Journal:
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7684

How about smartmontools?

Alternatively, have you checked the website of the drive manufacturer for any 
testing utilities?

HTH

cmr
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