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Great source for benchmarking Windows disks

This excellent Russian web site has an excellent collection of Windows disk benchmarking tools. This is very useful for evaluating disks for Oracle databases on Windows platforms:

http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_hdd2.html

Fujitsu ATA Diagnostic Tool

OS: Win9x/Me/NT/2k/XP
Download Homepage

159Kb
Freeware

This is a diagnostic tool to help customers speedily verify whether their Fujutsu hard drive is operating correctly.

Fujitsu SCSI Diagnostics

OS: Win9x/Me/NT/2k/XP
Download Homepage

737Kb
Freeware

SCSI Diagnostics is a simple and reliable SCSI diagnostic tool developed by Fujitsu verifying the condition of your Fujitsu SCSI Hard Disk Drive. It checks S.M.A.R.T. information and performs a series of tests.

IBM-Hitachi Drive Fitness Test

OS: Win9x/Me/NT/2k/XP
Download Homepage

1.9Mb
Freeware

The Drive Fitness Test (DFT) provides a quick, reliable method to test SCSI and IDE hard disk drives.

Maxtor Powermax 4.09

OS: Win9x/Me/NT/2k/XP
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936Kb
Freeware

The Powermax utility is designed to perform diagnostic read/write verifications on Maxtor/Quantum hard drives.

Maxtor SCSIMax

OS: Win9x/Me/NT/2k/XP, DOS
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70Kb
Freeware

SCSIMax is a diagnostic utility for all Maxtor/Quantum SCSI hard disk drives supporting Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T). This test will determine hard drive integrity in a short period of time, with a high degree of confidence.

Quantum Data Protection System

OS: Win9x/Me/NT/2k/XP
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108Kb
Freeware

QDPS is a diagnostic utility for Quantum SCSI hard disk drives supporting S.M.A.R.T. technology.

Samsung Diagnostic (SHDiag)

OS: DOS
Download Homepage

Freeware

This program is used to diagnose the disk when the SAMSUNG hard disk (supported models) is suspected to have failures. It is strongly recommended to back up your data before using this program!

Samsung Drive Diagnostic Utility (Hutil)

OS: DOS
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187Kb
Freeware

Hutil (The Drive Diagnostic Utility) is made with the aim of testing a Samsung hard disk drive while it is installed inside a PC, regardless of the status of user's operating system.

Seagate SeaTools

ОС: Win9x/Me/NT/2k/XP/DOS/Linux
Homepage
Download: Online, Desktop (3.1Mb), Enterprise (2.8Mb)

Freeware

SeaTools Suite is Seagate's exclusive disc drive diagnostic software designed to troubleshoot most Seagate hard drive issues. It consists of 3 versions: Online, Desktop and Enterprise.

Western Digital Data Lifeguard

OS: Win9x/Me/NT/2k/XP
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1.5Mb
Freeware

Western Digital Data Lifeguard was written specifically for Western Digital EIDE hard drives.

Western Digital DLG for Windows

OS: Win9x/Me/NT/2k/XP

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Homepage

3.4Mb
Freeware

This is a Windows version of the Data Lifeguard Diagnostics utility. The utility can perform drive identification, diagnostics, and repairs on a Western Digital FireWire, EIDE, or USB drive. In addition, it can provide you with the drive's serial and model numbers.