(Sanyo made hard drives?)
You can download the limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this
location:
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor
When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition, you
will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able to
download the diskette creator file.
The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working Windows
system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor onto a
3.5" floppy disk.
Download and Use Instructions:
http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp
As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive, and
the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about the new
version.
Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor:
OnTrack Data Advisor:
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor
IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test:
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools:
http://support.wdc.com/download/
Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax:
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
Seagate SeaTools:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
Download:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html
http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Gman" wrote in message
oups.com...
Older Thinkpad with a Sanyo CRD-S372B HDD, running vanilla 98.
Since Sanyo doesn't seem to be in the HDD business any more, I'm
wondering where I would go to find a diagnosic utility to assess the
health of this HDD.
Did another mfgr pick up the support for the Sanyo HDD's? Will another
mfgr's diagnostic utility work? Is there a generic test utility?
Just point me.
Thanks.