Western digital disk diagnostics tools

If you're running into issues with your Western Digital mass storage device, it might be time to use a specialized utility to analyze it. Western Digital Hard Drive Utilities Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics also provides a couple of additional tools, mainly the erase function which will erase the data currently stored on the drive.

It's interesting to note the diagnostics tools also work on other hard drive vendors. Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics on bit and bit PCs This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows bit and bit operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from hard drive software without restrictions.

This tool is similar to Western Digital Data LifeGuard Diagnostics for Windows, but MiniTool Partition Wizard provides richer feauters, including resizing partition, cloning disk, recovering data , etc. It is also a hard drive test tool that you can use to check for bad sectors and fix file system errors.

It can scan each sector status by reading data from the sector. You just need to download and install MiniTool Partition Wizard. Then launch it and follow the steps below:. Free Download. Step 1 : When you get the main interface of MiniTool Partition Wizard, right-click a partition and select Surface Test from the pop-up menu. You can also select the partition and click Surface Test from the left action panel.

Step 2 : In the pop-up window, click the Start Now button. Then this Western Digital hard drive test tool will start the test. During the test, MiniTool Partition Wizard will mark problematic blocks with red and fill the blocks without any error in green. Please wait patiently until the test is completed. Then click OK to exit. If you find bad sectors in the test results, it indicates that your hard drive is falling , and you should back up all the data to an external hard drive that is large enough.

MiniTool Partition Wizard could also help you back up your hard drive. You just need to:. Warning: All the data on the destination disk will be removed during the backup process. Therefore, please make sure there is no useful data on your external hard drive. After backing up your data, you can shield bad tracks with professional software or send the hard drive to the manufacturer or a local repair center to repair it.

Even worse, you might need to buy a new internal hard drive to replace the problematic one on your computer. When you are unable to access the data on your hard drive, you might also need to check if the file system is damaged, as file system errors could also lead to the problem. Step 2 : Right-click the partition and select Check File System. Then click the Start button. Here are two powerful Western Digital hard drive test tools. If you encounter problems while using your hard drive, you can use them to test and try to fix issues.

The Quick Test can determine with a high level of confidence that a drive is defect-free in a short amount of time. For maximum confidence, the Extended Test is recommended.

Larger drives take longer to test. The performance of the computer also affects the test time. This is a non-destructive test except when the repair function is selected when bad sectors are detected. This option can be used to erase operating systems and file systems. Download What's New Certified.