HDD Tools - Diagnose - Info - Manipulation - HowTo - Help

HPA Info
HPA/DCO (pdf) http://www.utica.edu/academic/institutes/ecii/publications/articles/EFE36584-D13F-2962-67BEB146864A2671.pdf

HPA Identification tools
The Sleuth Kit (by Brian Carrier) (Linux-only)
http://www.sleuthkit.org/informer/sleuthkit-informer-17.html#hpa
EnCase (by Guidance Software) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EnCase  (kommerziell)
Forensic Toolkit (by Access Data) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_Toolkit  (kommerziell)
TAFT (by Arne Vidstrom - SWEDEN) http://www.vidstrom.net/stools/taft
(DOS) Freeware forensic tool to read and change HPA and DCO settings

HPA Manipulation tools
hdparm is a linux program for reading and writing ATA and SATA hard drive parameters.
setmax (by Andries E. Brouwer) http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/setmax.c
HDAT2 (by Lubomir Cabla) http://www.hdat2.com
Feature Tool (by Hitachi) http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
MHDD (by Dmitry Postrigan) http://hddguru.com/?lang=en
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MHDD http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2005.10.02-MHDD
License: Freeware
Author: Dmitry Postrigan
Operating System: pure MS-DOS (boot-floppy and boot-CD available)
Discussion: Forum http://forum.hddguru.com/viewforum.php?f=7
MHDD is the most popular freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics.
MHDD supports these interfaces: IDE, Serial ATA, SCSI. Also there is a possibility
to access an USB storage, there are drivers for emulation (USB->SCSI).
This software can make precise diagnostic of the mechanical part of a drive,
view SMART attributes, perform Low-level format, bad sector repair,
different tests and tens of other functions.
Provides information about the HPA state of a disk and can manipulate it.

Magic Boot Disk with MHDD
http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.02.10-Magic-Boot-Disk


HDDScan http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.01.22-HDDScan
License: Freeware
Author: Artyom Rubtsov
Operating System: MS Windows 2000/XP
http://www.heise.de/software/download/hddscan/62807
Umfangreiches Diagnose-Tool für verschiedene Speichermedien
(Festplatten, RAID und Flash); prüft auf beschädigte Datenblöcke, zeigt S.M.A.R.T.-Attribute und
bietet je nach Modell Optionen zum Einstellen diverser HDD-Parameter, etwa des Geräuschpegels
(AAM) und der Stromsparfunktionen (APM); unterstützt auch via USB oder FireWire
angeschlossene, externe Festplatten. Optional Erasing Formatieren + Löschen !
http://www.heise.de/software/download/hddscan/62807sp1


HDD Wipe Tool
http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.04.13-HDD-Wipe-Tool
This freeware HDD Wipe utility will erase and re-certify a SATA, IDE or SCSI hard disk drive with
any size of up to 281 474 976 710 655 bytes. Will work with USB and FIREWIRE external drive
enclosures. Low-level erasing of Flash Cards is supported too. HDD Wipe Tool will clear partitions,
MBR, and every bit of user data. The program utilizes Ultra-DMA transfers when possible.


HDD Low Level Format Tool
http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.04.12-HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool
This freeware Low Level Format utility will erase, Low-Level Format and re-certify a SATA, IDE
or SCSI hard disk drive with any size of up to 281 474 976 710 655 bytes. Will work with USB
and FIREWIRE external drive enclosures. Low-level formatting of Flash Cards is supported too.
Low Level Format Tool will clear partitions, MBR, and every bit of user data.
The program utilizes Ultra-DMA transfers when possible.


HDD Capacity Restore Tool
http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2007.07.20-HDD-Capacity-Restore-Tool
HDD Capacity Restore Tool allows you to restore factory capacity of any hard drive.
A complete capacity restore guide is supplied with the application.


Hard drive firmware update utility (Bootable CD ISO)
http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.02.27-Hard-drive-firmware-update-utility-Bootable-CD-ISO


Partition Find and Mount
http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2007.05.25-Partition-Find-and-Mount
Partition Find and Mount allows you to recover deleted partitions. What's special in this program
is that it allows you to mount lost partitions right into the system, so the operating system sees
that lost partition like a good one.
  

Head Stack Replacement: Questions and Answers
http://hddguru.com/content/en/articles/2006.02.17-Changing-headstack-Q-and-A  
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H2testw (by Harald Bögeholz/heise - c't Magazin für Computertechnik)
http://www.heise.de/software/download/h2testw/50539
Integritätstest für USB-Sticks und andere Datenträger
H2testw wurde entwickelt, um USB-Sticks auf einwandfreie Funktion zu testen. Es eignet sich aber
auch für beliebige andere Datenträger wie Speicherkarten, interne und externe Festplatten und
sogar Netzwerklaufwerke.


HeavyLoad (by JAM Software/Joachim Marder - Trier/GERMANY)
http://www.jam-software.com/heavyload/manual.shtml
(PC Stress Test Tool) Heavyload is intended to stress all resources of a PC (the CPU, RAM,
hard disk, network, operating system, etc.) in order to test reliability under a heavy load