Fujistu
Fujistu
FJDT (Fujitsu ATA Diagnostic Tool) v6.40 (11.24.2005)
FJDT is diagnostic tool to help customers speedily verifiy whether their EIDE hard disk drive is operating correctly. FJDT can diagnose your suspected faulty hard drive by checking the S.M.A.R.T. data and also by scanning the entire surface of the drive, sector by sector, to verify media integrity.

- Download FJDT (Fujitsu ATA Diagnostic Tool) (Direct Link)
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(SDIAG) SCSI Diagnostic Tool v2.0 (11.07.2002)
SDIAG is a simple and reliable SCSI diagnostic tool developed by Fujitsu verifying the condition of your Fujitsu SCSI Hard Disk Drive. A high percentage of Hard Drives returned to the manufacturer are actually diagnosed as "No Trouble Found" (NTF). There could be many circumstances that are causing the system to fail and invariably the hard drive is blamed. SDIAG can be employed without the disruptive removal of the drive from the system and its status ascertained saving both time and money.

- Download SDIAG (SCSI Diagnostic Tool) (Direct Link)
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Hitachi (IBM)
Hitachi | IBM
Drive Fitness Test
This download creates a self-booting DOS diskette to run the DFT utility. The Drive Fitness Test (DFT) provides a quick, reliable method to test SCSI and IDE hard disk drives, including Serial-ATA IDE drives. The Drive Fitness Test analyze function performs read tests without overwriting customer data. (However, Drive Fitness Test is bundled with some restoration utilities that will overwrite data.)

- Download Drive Fitness Test Windows Diskette Creator v4.05 b00 (02.15.2005) (Direct Link)
- Download Drive Fitness Test v4.05 b00 (02.15.2006) - Diskette Image (Direct Link)
- Download Drive Fitness Test v4.06 b00 (02.16.2006) - CD Image (Direct Link)
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OGT Diagnostic Tool v7.01 (04.27.2004)
The OGT diagnostic tool is a failure analysis tool for Ultrastar 10K300, Ultrastar 15K73, and DK32XX products.
  • Consumers and end users should use this tool instead of DFT for Ultrastar 10K300, Ultrastar 15K73, and DK32XX drives only.
  • Performs diagnostic testing and failure analysis.
  • Windows version only.
  • The OGT will perform necessary tests to the drives and can perform failure analysis automatically.
- Download OGT Diagnostic Tool (Direct Link)
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Maxtor (Quantum)
Maxtor | Quantum
MaxBlast 4.0 (11.01.2004)
MaxBlast 4 is a one-step, ATA/IDE hard drive installation utility. MaxBlast 4 makes hard drive installations and upgrades hassle-free for novices and professionals alike by automatically identifying, partitioning, and formatting any Maxtor ATA or SATA hard drive, making it data-ready in minutes. MaxBlast 4 replaces all previous versions of MaxBlast and MaxBlast Plus.

- Download MaxBlast (Direct Link)
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MaxBlast 4.0 for Windows (11.01.2004)
MaxBlast 4 is a one-step, ATA/IDE hard drive installation utility. MaxBlast 4 makes hard drive installations and upgrades hassle-free for novices and professionals alike by automatically identifying, partitioning, and formatting any IDE hard drive, making it data-ready in about one minute. This version of MaxBlast is used on systems with already existing Windows installations to copy all your data to the new hard drive in order to use it as a boot drive, or additional storage drive. If you're building a new system, the MaxBlast bootable floppy or CD versions are recommended.

- Download MaxBlast for Windows (Direct Link | 3.61 MB)
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MaxBlast 4.0 Bootable CD .ISO (11.01.2004)
MaxBlast 4 is a one-step, ATA/IDE hard drive installation utility. MaxBlast 4 makes hard drive installations and upgrades hassle-free for novices and professionals alike by automatically identifying, partitioning, and formatting any IDE hard drive, making it data-ready in about one minute.

- Download MaxBlast Bootable ISO (Direct Link | 59.3 MB)
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PowerMax v4.22 (12.12.2005)
The PowerMax utility is designed to perform diagnostic read/write verifications on Maxtor and Quantum hard drives. These tests will determine hard drive integrity. The PowerMax utility is effective on all ATA (IDE) hard drives with a capacity greater than or equal to 500 MB. Maxtor recommends the use of this utility for troubleshooting potential hard drive problems.

- Download PowerMax (English | Direct Link | 0.94 MB)
- Download PowerMax (Brazilian Portuguese | Direct Link | 0.94 MB)
- Download PowerMax (Spanish | Direct Link | 0.94 MB)
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SCSIMax v1.21 (05.14.2003)
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. If the program completes without error, the problem remains elsewhere in your system. Check SCSI cables, termination and operating system. Maxtor recommends you use this utility for troubleshooting potential hard drive problems. These problems include, but are not limited to: potential hard drive surface media problems (e.g., bad clusters or sectors, partitioning/formatting problems, etc.) and drive recognition problems (e.g. hard drive that is not recognized by the operating system). SCSIMax uses the SCSI controller's ASPI driver to route Int13 commands to the hard drive. The utility is not data destructive, but Maxtor recommends that you complete a full backup of your hard drive before running this utility. Note: Incompatible with Apple® systems, and SCSI Ultra320 controllers. This utility does not run from the Windows desktop.

- Download SCSIMax (Direct Link | 70KB)
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Samsung
Samsung
Samsung Disk Manager 10.42 (12.30.2003)
Some old BIOSs have a capacity barrier and does not recognize the high capacity HDD. In that case, the Disk Manager will solve the capacity barrier.

- Download Disk Manager (Direct Link)
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HUTIL (Diagnostic Utility for New Drives) v2.00 (09.28.2005)
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. In fact of the drives returned to Samsung, a large percentage are NTF(“No Trouble Found”) after testing. So it is strongly recommended to test the drive if it is truly defective by a few fundamental troubleshooting of Hutil first, to avoid user’s unnecessary effort and inconvenience of replacing a good drive.

- Download HUTIL (Direct Link)
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SHDIAG (Diagnostic for Old Drives) v1.25
This program is used to diagnose the disk when the SAMSUNG hard disk is suspected to have failures. It is strongly recommended to back up your data before using this program!

- Download Shdiag (Direct Link)
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SUTIL (Utility for Old Drives) 1.01 (09.13.2002)
This utility will erase hard drives and set their DMA modes.

- Download SUTIL (Direct Link)
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Seagate
Seagate
SeaTools Desktop Edition
SeaTools Diagnostic Suite is Seagate's exclusive disc drive diagnostic software designed to troubleshoot most Seagate hard drive issues. Desktop edition works with most ATA, SATA, or SCSI drives in desktop systems and has a 98% accuracy rate.

- Download SeaTools Desktop Edition v3.02.03en (English | 05.19.2005)
- Download SeaTools Desktop Edition v2.01.04de (German | 02.01.2004)
- Download SeaTools Desktop Edition v3.01.03es (Spanish | 08.27.2004)
- Download SeaTools Desktop Edition v2.00.13zh (Chinese | 02.01.2004)
- Download SeaTools Desktop Edition v1.06.02 (French | 01.10.2003)
- View Additional Information
SeaTools Enterprise Edition
SeaTools Diagnostic Suite is Seagate's exclusive disc drive diagnostic software designed to troubleshoot most Seagate hard drive issues. Ideal for SCSI or Fibre Channel drives in servers and workstations. Tests multiple drives simultaneously and sequentially. This version does not test ATA or SATA.

- Download SeaTools Enterprise Edition v2.4.39 (Windows | 07.16.2003)
- Download SeaTools Enterprise Edition v2.54 (Linux Command Line | 09.21.2001)
- Download SeaTools Enterprise Edition v5.2.23-010730 (Linux Graphical)
Seagate DiscWizard Suite
DiscWizard Suite is your installation software kit for installing Seagate disc drives.

- Download DiscWizard Starter Edition v10.45.06 (DOS based floppy edition | 04.22.2004)
- Download DiscWizard for Windows v4.09.05 (04.22.2004)

Western Digital
Western Digital
Data Lifeguard v11.0 for drives > 137GB (September 2003)
The downloadable Data Lifeguard Tools now comes in both DOS and Windows versions and was written specifically for the installation of Western Digital EIDE hard drives. If your computer system already has a hard drive installed with an operating system of Windows 98SE or greater, you should use the Windows version of Data Lifeguard for best results. The DOS version is required if installing a hard drive in a new system without existing operating system support.

- Download Data Lifeguard
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Data Lifeguard Diagnostic v5.04f for DOS (Floppy) (December 2005)
The Data Lifeguard Diagnostic Tools are used primarily for determining the physical condition of your hard drive. If you are having computer problems which you suspect are hard drive related, you can test your drive with this tool.

- Download DLG Diagnostic
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Data Lifeguard Diagnostic v5.04c for DOS (CD) (June 2004)
The Data Lifeguard Diagnostic Tools are used primarily for determining the physical condition of your hard drive. If you are having computer problems which you suspect are hard drive related, you can test your drive with this tool.

- Download DLG Diagnostic
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Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows v1.07.01 (March 2006)
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.

- Download DLGDIAG for Windows
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Other Downloads

Media Center Tools
Media Center / Dual-Option Backup USB Driver Update for Windows ME (March 2004)
Media Center Driver Update for Windows XP v11.8 (August 2004)


Card Reader Drivers
Card Reader Driver Update for Windows 2000 (March 2004)


Controller Card Drivers & Software
Promise Ultra TX2 Windows Driver 2.0.0210.36 (December 2003)
SIIG Serial ATA Controller Windows Driver (October 2003)
Serial ATA RAID Controller Drivers (May 2003)


Combo/USB/Firewire
External Combo FireWire/USB 2.0 Driver for 98SE (March 2003)
Series II USB 2.0 Hard Drive for 98SE (July 2003)
Series I USB 2.0 Hard Drive for 98SE (August 2002)
Essentials USB Driver (July 2004)
Spindown or Stop Utility for External Drives v1.00 (September 2004)


EIDE RAID Utility
IDE RAID Upgrade - 3Ware v1.07 (April 2003)
IDE RAID Upgrade - non-3Ware v1.07 (April 2003)