Hard Drive Diagnostics

It is important to download the correct diagnostic for your system. If you do not know the vendor of your hard drive, please go back to the Support main page and enter your system serial number. Hard drive vendor information will be included in the component list. NOTE: Some tests will erase data - BACK UP any information that must be saved BEFORE running any erase utilities.

Hard Drive Manufacturer	Diagnostic File	Instructions and Vendor Link
Hitachi IBM Legacy Drives	dft32_v409_b00.exe 2.07 MB (11/06/2006)	Save the file to any available hard drive. Format a floppy diskette in drive a: then run the downloaded file to create a bootable floppy diskette. Boot the system to be tested to the diagnostic diskette. User Guide. Link to IBM/Hitachi diagnostics page.
Western Digital	DlgDiagv504f.exe 1.77 MB (11/06/2006)	Save the file to any available hard drive. Format a floppy diskette in drive a: then run the downloaded file to create a bootable floppy diskette. Boot the system to be tested to the diagnostic diskette. Link to Western Digital diagnostics page.
Seagate	SeatoolsDOS.EXE 1.17 MB (11/06/2006)	Save the file to any available hard drive. Format a floppy diskette in drive a: then run the downloaded file to create a bootable floppy diskette. Boot the system to be tested to the diagnostic diskette. Link to Seagate diagnostics page.
Hitachi Notebook Legacy Drives	DISKCHECK.EXE 708 KB (05/07/2003)	Save the file to any available hard drive. Format a floppy diskette in drive a: then run the downloaded file to create a bootable floppy diskette. Boot the system to be tested to the diagnostic diskette. Link to IBM/Hitachi diagnostics page.

NOTE: Some tests will erase data - BACK UP any information that must be saved BEFORE running any erase utilities. MPC or our vendors are not responsible for any data loss that may occur while running these diagnostics. If data cannot be backed up but must be saved if possible - consider using a data recovery service before running these utilities.

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