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Best software to test HDD health

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gamer87fla Posts 22 Registration date Monday October 16, 2023 Status Member Last seen December 6, 2024 - Updated on Nov 17, 2023 at 11:47 AM
DKenn Posts 7 Registration date Tuesday August 1, 2023 Status Member Last seen October 26, 2023 - Oct 26, 2023 at 02:57 PM

Hello,

What best software to test external HDD search badblocks and errors?​​​​​​​

Windows / Chrome 118.0.0.0

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HelpiOS Posts 14562 Registration date Friday October 30, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen December 14, 2024 1,873
Oct 26, 2023 at 06:46 AM

Hi,

Here are the best tools to check your hard drive's health:

You can also use Windows built-in option to check your hard drive for errors. Open Command Prompt as admin, then type chkdsk E: /f /r /x and press Enter. Replace E by the letter corresponding to the hard drive to scan.
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gamer87fla Posts 22 Registration date Monday October 16, 2023 Status Member Last seen December 6, 2024
Oct 26, 2023 at 07:34 AM

what the best all?

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HelpiOS Posts 14562 Registration date Friday October 30, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen December 14, 2024 1,873 > gamer87fla Posts 22 Registration date Monday October 16, 2023 Status Member Last seen December 6, 2024
Oct 26, 2023 at 08:34 AM

Try Hard Disk Sentinel - it has advanced features for disk checking.

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DKenn Posts 7 Registration date Tuesday August 1, 2023 Status Member Last seen October 26, 2023
Oct 26, 2023 at 10:04 AM

SeaTools is free and will test any HDD. If anybody knows their stuff it's Seagate!

CHKDSK will only test visible partitions and does not test/read any other metrics, e.g. drive self test, S.M.A.R.T.
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gamer87fla Posts 22 Registration date Monday October 16, 2023 Status Member Last seen December 6, 2024
Updated on Nov 17, 2023 at 11:38 AM

what is better?

Is it a myth or truth that surface tests can generate badblocks on the HDD?

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DKenn Posts 7 Registration date Tuesday August 1, 2023 Status Member Last seen October 26, 2023
Oct 26, 2023 at 12:32 PM

I have tested thousands of hard drives and have never heard of this issue - sounds like anecdotal internet nonsense to me!

If you are looking for physical drive problems use a diagnostic tool, like SeaTools.

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gamer87fla Posts 22 Registration date Monday October 16, 2023 Status Member Last seen December 6, 2024
Oct 26, 2023 at 01:16 PM

seatools is better comparision HD Tune and sentinel?

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DKenn Posts 7 Registration date Tuesday August 1, 2023 Status Member Last seen October 26, 2023
Oct 26, 2023 at 02:57 PM

It would depend on how you compared them - if that is even possible.

Ultimately, SeaTools is made by Seagate, the largest hard drive manufacturer in the world, and HD Tune and Sentinel are made by small software developers - who is likely to have the most knowledge in this area?!

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