Hard Disk Tools
HDD Scan 3.2 HDDScan is a Low-level HDD diagnostic tool, it scans surface find bad sectors etc.
HDTune 2.55 Hard disk benchmarking and information tool.
Data Shredder 1.0 A tool to Erase disk and files (also wipe free space) securely
SeaTools for Dos GUI 2.17 Text 1.10 versions to test Seagate or Maxtor Parallel ATA (PATA and IDE) and Serial ATA (SATA) interface disc drives
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools 11.2 for the installation of Western Digital EIDE Hard Drives
Western Digital Diagnostics (DLGDIAG) 5.04f to quickly and efficiently verify the status of the drive
Maxtor PowerMax 4.23 designed to perform diagnostic read/write verifications on Maxtor/Quantum hard drives
Maxtor amset utility 4.0 Utility for changing Acoustic Management on the hard drives
Fujitsu HDD Diagnostic Tool 7.00 to check IDE drives for possible defects/problems
Samsung HDD Utility(HUTIL) 2.10 The Drive Diagnostic Utility
Samsung Disk Diagnose (SHDIAG) 1.28 to diagnose the disk when suspected to have failures
Samsung ESTOOL 3.00g Drive Diagnostic, Automatic Acoustic Management, Enable/Disable SMART etc
IBM Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.16 quickly and reliably tests SCSI, IDE and SATA drives
IBM Hitachi Feature Tool 2.15 allows you to control some of the features of the the HDD
Gateway GwScan 5.12 Gateway hard drive diagnostic utility
ExcelStor's ESTest 4.50 ExcelStor hard disk diagnostic utility
Toshiba Hard Disk Diagnostic 2.00b Toshiba hard drive diagnostic utility
Hard Disk Sentinel 0.04 Hard Disk health, performance and temperature monitoring tool.
Active Kill Disk 4.1.2393 Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive.
SmartUDM 2.00 Hard Disk Drive S.M.A.R.T. Viewer.
Fujitsu IDE Low Level Format 1.0 Low Level Format Tool
Maxtor Low Level Formatter 1.1 Maxtor's Low Level Format Utility works on any harddrive
WDClear 1.30 Restore/Erases the drive back to a factory condition
HDD Erase 4.0 Secure erase using a special feature built into most newer hard drives
Victoria 3.33e and 3.52rus a freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics
HDAT2 4.53 main function is testing and repair (regenerates) bad sectors for detected devices
MHDD 4.6 Precise diagnostic of the mechanical part of a drive, perform Low-level format, Bad Sector Sepair, access raw sectors, manage S.M.A.R.T. (SMART) and other drive parameters such as acoustic management, security, Host Protected Area, etc.
Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) 1.0.7 Completely deletes the contents of any hard disk it can detect
HDD Regenerator 1.71 to recover a bad hard drive