# Hard Drive Scanner for Mac OS X?? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 24, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-scanner-for-mac-os-x/63563 "2009-02-24T14:30:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-scanner-for-mac-os-x/63563/1 "2009-02-24T14:30:54Z")
anyone know of any programs to scan the hard drive on a mac? Trying to determine if a drive is going bad or not. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-scanner-for-mac-os-x/63563/2 "2009-02-24T14:47:37Z")
try it in a windows system? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-scanner-for-mac-os-x/63563/3 "2009-02-24T15:24:53Z")
it is currently sitting in an imac and the computer works ok. Windows doesn’t understand HFS+ ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-scanner-for-mac-os-x/63563/4 "2009-02-24T15:36:15Z")
disk utility? its in the OS ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-scanner-for-mac-os-x/63563/5 "2009-02-24T15:52:40Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > it is currently sitting in an imac and the computer works ok. > > Windows doesn’t understand HFS+ The BIOS should still recognize the disc. It might not boot but it will recognize it. What exactly are you testing? Does it Power up? Corrupted? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-scanner-for-mac-os-x/63563/6 "2009-02-24T17:09:13Z")
> [@zwarbyt](#): > > disk utility? its in the OS I ran it through disk utility. It fixed some bad permissions but didn’t see any other problems with the drive. Was kind of looking for something a bit more inclusive/comprehensive > [@BillysRevenge](#): > > The BIOS should still recognize the disc. It might not boot but it will recognize it. What exactly are you testing? > > Does it Power up? > > Corrupted? It is working, had reports of a few corrupt files which I removed. Just wanted to check on the overall health of the disk. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-scanner-for-mac-os-x/63563/7 "2009-02-24T18:26:15Z")
> **[DiscWizard | Seagate](https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/discwizard/?locale=en-US&name=DiscWizard&vgnextoid=d9fd4a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD)** > > Get help with installing your new disc drive with wizards that guide you through the processes of creating and formatting partitions on your disc drive, transferring data, and backing up your data. assuming it’s a seagate ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Danger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matt_danger/32/4981_2.png) [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-scanner-for-mac-os-x/63563/8 "2009-02-24T19:12:49Z")
Let me correct a few things in this thread. 1. Macs don’t use a BIOS, they have an EFI Firmware. 2. Disk Utility’s “Verify Permissions” feature checks all the .bom (Bill of Materials) files in /Library/Receipts. These files list the appropriate permissions that installed package files are supposed to have. Running the permissions check compares the permissions listed in the .bom files against the actual permissions on the system. If they are different Disk Utility will attempt to correct them. This process does not check the hard drive integrity. 3. Disk Utility’s “Verify Disk” feature is exactly the same as fsck. It looks for errors in the file system. These errors could come from hard shutdowns, et al. A failed disk repair could\*be a sign of a failing hard drive but not always. The best way to check if a disk is failing is to copy a bunch of data to and from the drive while looking at /var/log/system.log for I/O errors. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-scanner-for-mac-os-x/63563/9 "2009-02-24T19:16:14Z")
cool, I will do some extensive read/writes and tail the system.log for errors. Thanks man ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-scanner-for-mac-os-x/63563/10 "2009-02-24T20:15:25Z")
btw when I referred to the BIOS before I was talking about putting the drive into a windows system and checking to see if it was recognized. Sorry for the confusion. \ That seagate tool thing works on Mac btw