[LUNI] Testing IDE drives

[bil]

On Sunday 02 September 2007 10:41:44 am Stephan V Bechtolsheim wrote:
> Thanks for the info on SMART. I know this is a source of information that I
> need to explore more.
>
> At this point I am little more interested in a setup where I would take a
> suspicious drive and have some utility test "the heck out of it" and tell
> me (after a few hours of pounding on it - or earlier if there are too many
> errors) whether the drive is OK or not. The drive would not be mounted and
> deleting the information on the drive would be acceptable.
>
> Thank you.
>
> StvB
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Martin Maney <maney at two14.net>
> To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion <luni at luni.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2007 9:18:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [LUNI] Testing IDE drives
>
> > If SMART has been enabled, then you might find some indications in the
>
> .....

Drive manufactures have some tools for their drives.  Here is a link with 
links to most of the common models.
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287