How to do a Diagnostic on a WD SATA HDD ?

[BPoller]

Hi folks,

i am not sure if my WD SATA HDD is ok anymore. Strange noises and several system crashes in the last time.

Could be Mainboard or HDD.

So i wanted to test the WD HDD, but their own Tool didnt recognize the drive.

Any help? Is there an other WD Tool for SATA Drives or do u know a good general tool for HDDs to test which dont erase the data (more like SMART Analysis or so)?

Thanks,

Bjoern

Edited May 25, 2008 by BPoller

[jaclaz]

"strange noises" do not fit well with the "problem in motherboard" theory.

Try this:

http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/

Victoria:

http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2005.10.03-Victoria/

MHDD:

http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/

jaclaz

Edited May 25, 2008 by jaclaz

[joe43wv]

Sounds to me like your hard drive is about to go down the drain. You only have limited time, get the info. you want off the drive immediately, and if it is still under warrenty call WD. The longer you wait, and the longer the drive sits there running the closer it will come to the point of no return, meaning no chance of file or document recovery.