# Programs to scan hard drives? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 28, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programs-to-scan-hard-drives/25240 "2007-02-28T12:48:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TgDn32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tgdn32/32/7360_2.png) [@TgDn32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TgDn32)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programs-to-scan-hard-drives/25240/1 "2007-02-28T12:48:23Z")
Does anyone know of any (or if they exist) preferably free programs that I can use to scan a harddrive to see if it has any errors/problems on/with it? ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programs-to-scan-hard-drives/25240/2 "2007-02-28T12:50:27Z")
go to the manufactures website… they have the appropriate software for their drives. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programs-to-scan-hard-drives/25240/3 "2007-02-28T12:53:25Z")
Checking for bad sectors? Is that what you are trying to find out? Or are you trying to see if a seperate hard drive with no OS loaded has problems? ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programs-to-scan-hard-drives/25240/4 "2007-02-28T12:59:10Z")
also running a chkdsk will tell the OS what not to use. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programs-to-scan-hard-drives/25240/5 "2007-02-28T13:11:39Z")
[quote=“Locutus,post:4,topic:25240"”] also running a chkdsk will tell the OS what not to use. [/quote] Thats what I was getting at. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programs-to-scan-hard-drives/25240/6 "2007-02-28T13:15:00Z")
HDtune is fun ---
**Author:** ![JCuz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcuz/32/7338_2.png) [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programs-to-scan-hard-drives/25240/7 "2007-02-28T14:20:17Z")
I sent a HDD program I have to your gmail account, not sure if it will help, I have never used it ---
**Author:** ![TgDn32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tgdn32/32/7360_2.png) [@TgDn32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TgDn32)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programs-to-scan-hard-drives/25240/8 "2007-02-28T14:37:15Z")
I wish I could be more specific, but its not for me, nor do I have the HDD in my possession. But yes, I’m looking for any bad sectors/ reasons why it wouldn’t load windows or randomly crash and shit. And I never got that email cuz. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programs-to-scan-hard-drives/25240/9 "2007-02-28T14:39:38Z")
Spinrite ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programs-to-scan-hard-drives/25240/10 "2007-02-28T14:40:18Z")
you want hddscan guys. [http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/](http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/) The long scan takes about 40 minutes and scans each sector, if any are bad it tells you. ---
**Author:** ![TgDn32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tgdn32/32/7360_2.png) [@TgDn32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TgDn32)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programs-to-scan-hard-drives/25240/11 "2007-02-28T14:45:50Z")
You guys rule, thanks a bunch.