Hard drive diagnostic utilities:
Fujitsu
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/storage/hdd/support/utilities.html
UDMA Utility (For MPD, MPE, and MPF Series Hard Disk
Drives)
UDMA Utility (For MPG Series Hard Disk Drives)
Fujitsu Diagnostic Tool Ver. 6.3 (For SCSI Hard Disk Drives)
Fujitsu Diagnostic Tool Ver. 6.3 (For IDE/ATA Hard Disk Drives)
This diagnostic tool is available for use by customers who feel their Fujitsu drive may not be operating normally. It is only designed for use on all Fujitsu ATA/IDE hard drives. There are 2 diagnostic modes:
1. Quick Test
About 1 minute, does random seek/read tests.
2. Comprehensive Test
About 6 minutes, also performs surface scan.
Runs only under DOS from a bootdisk.
Fujitsu Erase Utility
Note: This program works only with any FUJITSU IDE/ATA hard disk drives
This procedure performs a pseudo-formatting to the drive. It erases all of your previous data and reinitializes it to "00" pattern. By performing this task, you will be able to erase the whole user area including your Master Boot Record, Partition Table, FAT (File Allocation Table), and all the files and data it refers to. Use this program if you want to be sure your drive is clean.
Hitachi / IBM
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Hitachi / IBM Drive Fitness Test:
Drive Fitness Test (v4.05)
This download creates a self-booting DOS diskette to run the
DFT utility. The Drive Fitness Test (DFT) provides a quick,
reliable method to test SCSI and IDE hard disk drives. The
Drive Fitness Test analyze function performs read tests without
overwriting customer data. (However, Drive Fitness Test is
bundled with some restoration utilities that will overwrite
data).
Maxtor (includes former Quantum product line)
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
The Powermax utility is designed to perform diagnostic read/write verifications on Maxtor and Quantum hard drives. These tests will determine hard drive integrity. The Powermax utility is effective on all ATA (IDE) hard drives with a capacity greater than or equal to 500 MB. Maxtor recommends the use of this utility for troubleshooting potential hard drive problems. These problems include, but are not limited to the following:
- Potential hard drive surface problems (e.g., bad clusters, bad sectors, partitioning/formatting problems, etc.).
- Drive recognition problems (e.g. hard drive that is not recognized by the operating system).
- Software removal.
(The utility is distributed as a Win32 utility that writes to a bootable floppy.)
Note: PowerMax v 4.21 will not detect ATA or SATA hard disks connected to embedded or add in RAID controllers, NVIDIA Force 4, VIA KT 600 and KT800 chipsets. If the hard disk is connected to an unsupported controller, it will have to be moved to an alternate system, or controller for diagnosis. Please check the PowerMax download page periodically for updates. Beginning March 1st 2005 all versions of PowerMax prior to v4.22 will no longer be supported. Maxtor recommends that you update to version 4.22 before testing your hard disk.
Samsung
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm
Samsung Shdiag
Samsumb HDUTIL
Shdiag
This program is used to diagnose the disk when the SAMSUNG hard
disk is suspected to have failures. It is strongly recommended to
back up your data before using this program!
HUTIL
1. SET MAX ADDRESS : Resizing capacity
2. ERASE HDD : 0-write or low level format
3. SET MAX UDMA MODE : Switching transfer mode
4. AUTOMATIC ACOUSTIC MANAGEMENT : Changing acoustic noise
level
5. SELF DIAGNOSTIC : Diagnosing each function and surface
defect
Seagate
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/utils.html
DiscWizard Program Suite
Ultra ATA/100 Configuration Utility
SeaTools Disc Diagnostic
SeaTools Desktop
Desktop edition works with most Seagate and Conner ATA, SATA, or SCSI
drives in desktop systems and has a 98% accuracy rate.
Features: Text and graphics are easy to read and follow. The software is available in English, Deutsch, Espanol, and Francais.
Access: Download this file to your hard drive then execute to create a bootable diskette.
(The utility is distributed as a Win32 utility that writes to a bootable floppy. The code is descended from Ontrack Disk Manager.))
Western Digital Corp.
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Utilities
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics
Western Digital Ultra ATA Manager
(The several editions mentioned, all descended from Microhouse International's EZ-Drive, seem to be variously contained within zip archives or Win32 installers, and after unpacking get variously placed on bootable floppies.)