Right Click on Windows button and select and click Command prompt (Admin) and to access cmd window Running CHKDSK on any of Windows 7/8/10 is an easy and convenient of checking your computer’s Hard Disk health. CHKDSK is a basic Windows’ built-in system diagnostic tool that checks the integrity of hard drive to find logical/ file system errors, and attempt to recover bad sectors or any other problem with your Hard Disk.ĬHKDSK can be run both via the Command Prompt, and also through Windows Explorer. Data Lifeguard Diagnostic (by Western Digital)įor each of the above tools, has a deferring functionality however will provide a diagnostic feature that will let you test your Hard Drive health.Here is a list some of the some diagnostic utilities, from major hard disk vendors: There after proceed to the manufacturers support page and search for the hard drive utility to use. To know the make of your drive, press the windows key, in the search dialog, type device manager and click on disk drives option to unstack it and see the model of your hard drive. Then type this model number in Google search to get results showing the make of the hard drive. Popular hard drive manufacturers provide/embed diagnostic tools within the drives to monitor or be used to check your hard drive health and performance. To use this utility, you need to first know the make of your hard disk, Use the HDD Manufacturer’s diagnostic Tools

However, the risk of sudden failure of your disk can be minimized or eliminated by keeping tabs on its health. But how do you check hard drive health to avoid being caught unaware by its failure?įollow the steps in the methods below to run diagnostics on your hard drive and regularly check hard drive for its health.

Also, regular usage of the disk can also cause wear and tear of the Hard Disk resulting in drive corruption and failure. A Hard disk can be corrupted or even fail due to a mechanical shock, corrupt drivers, improper use, or mishandling of drive. Hard drives are quite sensitive and prone to physical failure or crashing. A hard drive is one of the most important components of your computer whereby, without it, you will not run an operating system or store any personal data on the computer.

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