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Check hard drive diagnostics of USB drive

Basq · 2011-03-25 19:09:24

Bought one of those reconditioned 500GB Iomega Drives for €30.. .. would ideally like to check it for bad sectors (etc.) just so it doesn't fail down the line (probably outside of warranty). Can use ChkDsk on my Windows 7 PC upstairs, but any utility for the Mac which will do the same job? Thanks in advance.

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25-03-2011 8:09pm

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Basq

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Bought one of those reconditioned 500GB Iomega Drives for €30..

.. would ideally like to check it for bad sectors (etc.) just so it doesn't fail down the line (probably outside of warranty).

Can use ChkDsk on my Windows 7 PC upstairs, but any utility for the Mac which will do the same job?

Thanks in advance.

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#2 25-03-2011 8:37pm
Talisman

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OS X has never supported S.M.A.R.T. checks on external drives. You could use a third party utility like Tech Tool Pro to do a full surface scan, it will report if bad blocks are found.

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#3 25-03-2011 9:22pm
Basq

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Ta Talisman.. will give it a shot!

But seems Tech Tool Pro do not offer a free downloadable anymore.

Will give a Google to see if I can find an old version hosted somewhere.

EDIT: Found one. Ta!

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