Davor Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 HelloI am searching for a way to test the disk/partition for readability without locking/dismounting the drive and without fixing it.I am particulary interested in standard support/resource tools that can do this.chkdsk can only 'read' the whole disk/partition if you dismount the disk, and this is what i don't want.Any solutions?GreetsDavor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChunkDog Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Check out this site . I believe the Seatools from Seagate will do what you want, as it checks every sector to make sure it is readable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davor Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 "Works with Seagate drives only"I use all maxtors...powermax works only under pure dos.GreetsDavor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elektrik Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 HelloI am searching for a way to test the disk/partition for readability without locking/dismounting the drive and without fixing it.I am particulary interested in standard support/resource tools that can do this.chkdsk can only 'read' the whole disk/partition if you dismount the disk, and this is what i don't want.Any solutions?GreetsDavor<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Wellcome to http://mhddsoftware.com/About Seatools - this programm works with any HDD (Exception - SMART). Data Lifeguard Tools 11 for Windows works with any HDD too (Exception - SMART)http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?swid=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davor Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 I give seatools the preference but it doens't detect my harddrivesI don't like using freeware tools made by who knows who because i have no assurance that it works correctly and it dosn't make my systems fubar.I'll see with maxtor what they have to offer that works in windows environment.GreetsDavor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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