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Was searching for some HDD Utils and came across this amazing page.
Source:- Docent's favourites: disk and data recovery utilities
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Source:- Docent's favourites: disk and data recovery utilities
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Also Check This Hitachi Utils. [Eazys Suggestion]
Link:- Support | Downloads
Mods Please Move this to the Storage Section if its Appropriate there.
Was searching for some HDD Utils and came across this amazing page.
Source:- Docent's favourites: disk and data recovery utilities
Guys This Info is Copy Pasted , I dont deserve any credits for gathering the software names.
Data Recovery Utilities
CHK-Mate
Helps in identifying and recovering the information from .CHK files made by Scandisk or Chkdsk.
Home page:DIY DataRecovery Home
Disk Patch
MBR, partition table and boot sector recovery and repair
Home page:DIY DataRecovery Home
EasyRecovery DataRecovery
Easy to use data recovery utility that recovers lost, inaccessible or deleted data. It allows you to recover files, folders and complete partitions even if you cannot boot to Windows. Works with FAT and NTFS file systems.
Home page:Data Recovery | Email Data Recovery by Ontrack
EasyRecovery Professional
Easy to use data recovery utility that recovers lost, inaccessible or deleted data. It allows you to recover files, folders and complete partitions even if you cannot boot to Windows. Works with FAT and NTFS file systems. Includes disk diagnostic module as well as FileRepair module allowing to repair corrupted MS Office documents and ZIP archives
Home page:Data Recovery | Email Data Recovery by Ontrack
File Recovery Professional
Data Recovery utility for FAT and NTFS partitions. Recovers lost files, data from formatted or deleted partitions
Home page:LC Technology International - File recovery and hard drive data recovery software.
GetDataBack for FAT
Undelete, unformat, recover data from damaged partitions and corrupted volumes (FAT only)
Home page:Data Recovery Software - File System Utilities
GetDataBack for NTFS
Undelete, unformat, recover data from damaged partitions and corrupted volumes (NTFS only)
Home page:Data Recovery Software - File System Utilities
iRecover
Data recovery tool for FAT, FAT32 and NTFS
Home page:DIY DataRecovery Home
MBR Tool
Save, restore and edit MBR data
Home page:DIY DataRecovery Home
Ontrack Data Recovery for Netware
Data recovery utility for Novell Netware
Home page:Data Recovery | Email Data Recovery by Ontrack
PC Inspector File Recovery
Freeware data recovery software. Works with FAT and NTFS partitions allowing you to recover deleted files and data from formatted or lost partitions
Home page:CONVAR & PCinspector Data Recovery Datenrettung recupero dati datarecovery récupération données
PC Inspector Smart Recovery
Freeware data recovery software for flash memory cards
Home page:CONVAR & PCinspector Data Recovery Datenrettung recupero dati datarecovery récupération données
R-Linux
Undelete files from Ext2FS linux partitions.
Home page:Data Recovery Software and Undelete from R-TT
R-Mail
Undelete messages and recovers damaged *.dbx files from Outlook Express
Home page:Data Recovery Software and Undelete from R-TT
R-Studio
Most powerful tool for data recovery. Recovers data from FAT, NTFS (supports encrypted files) and Ext2FS partitions. It can even reconstruct RAID from its components. Works with disk images. Best for advanced users with in-depth file systems knowledge. Amateurs: use something else (EasyRecovery recommended)
Home page:Data Recovery Software and Undelete from R-TT
R-Undelete
"Light" version of R-Studio able to undelete files from FAT, NTFS and Ext2FS partitions
Home page:Data Recovery Software and Undelete from R-TT
VirtualLab Data Recovery for Windows
Undelete, unformat, recover data from damaged partitions and corrupted volumes (FAT/NTFS)
Home page:Data Recovery Software, Undelete, Drive Repair Utility by BinaryBiz
Disk Diagnostic Utilities
(not from disk manufacturers)
FFDRT
Software that can recover bad Fujitsu MPG and MPF drives when BIOS can not see them. Demo version diagnoses your hdd to find out whether it can be recovered with a full version.
Home page:mhdd.com
HDD Lab
Disk drive diagnostic utility for MS-DOS
Home page:ACE Laboratory - êîìïüþòåðÃîå è à âòîìîáèëüÃîå äèà ãÃîñòè÷åñêîå îáîðóäîâà Ãèå, âîññòà ÃîâëåÃèå äà ÃÃûõ, âîññòà ÃîâëåÃèå ôà éëîâ, ðåìîÃò HDD, ðåìîÃò Ãà êîïèòåëåé Ãà æåñòêèõ ìà ãÃèòÃûõ äèñêà õ, HDD IDE, SATA, SCSI, ðåìîÃò ìà òåðèÃñêèõ ïëà ò, ìà òåðèÃñêà ÿ ïëà òà , âîñ
HD Workbench
Disk health monitoring (SMART) and cloning.
Home page:DIY DataRecovery Home
mHDD
Software for a fast and informative low-level drive diagnostics. Makes very fast and exact diagnostics of all the surface and heads of the HDD. Allows to get rid of software bad sectors, analyze SMART error logs, monitor IDE registers, erase HDD, set up and remove security feature etc.
Home page:mhdd.com
PC-Fujtau
TAU recovery for Fujitsu drives
Home page:ACE Laboratory - êîìïüþòåðÃîå è à âòîìîáèëüÃîå äèà ãÃîñòè÷åñêîå îáîðóäîâà Ãèå, âîññòà ÃîâëåÃèå äà ÃÃûõ, âîññòà ÃîâëåÃèå ôà éëîâ, ðåìîÃò HDD, ðåìîÃò Ãà êîïèòåëåé Ãà æåñòêèõ ìà ãÃèòÃûõ äèñêà õ, HDD IDE, SATA, SCSI, ðåìîÃò ìà òåðèÃñêèõ ïëà ò, ìà òåðèÃñêà ÿ ïëà òà , âîñ
S.M.A.R.T. Vision
Monitors SMART status of your drives and graphically compares it to thresholds
Home page:ACE Laboratory - êîìïüþòåðÃîå è à âòîìîáèëüÃîå äèà ãÃîñòè÷åñêîå îáîðóäîâà Ãèå, âîññòà ÃîâëåÃèå äà ÃÃûõ, âîññòà ÃîâëåÃèå ôà éëîâ, ðåìîÃò HDD, ðåìîÃò Ãà êîïèòåëåé Ãà æåñòêèõ ìà ãÃèòÃûõ äèñêà õ, HDD IDE, SATA, SCSI, ðåìîÃò ìà òåðèÃñêèõ ïëà ò, ìà òåðèÃñêà ÿ ïëà òà , âîñ
File Managers
Captain Nemo
Multi platform file manager able to mount FAT, NTFS, UFS (NetWare) and Ext2FS (Linux) partitions on any Windows.
Home page:Data Recovery Software - File System Utilities
Hard drive manufacturer's tools
Fujitsu: DMA/66 Mode Disable Utility
Utility which can disable Ultra/66 capability and revert back to Ultra/33 transfers
Home page:Fujitsu - Hard Disk Drives, Data Storage, Magneto-Optical Disc Drives, Scanners, Scansnap, Printers, KVM Consoles, KVM Switches
ver. 1.14
Fujitsu: Drive Erase Utility
Application for any Fujitsu E-IDE disk drive. It erases all hard disk data and initialises it to '00' pattern. Use with caution!
Home page:Fujitsu - Hard Disk Drives, Data Storage, Magneto-Optical Disc Drives, Scanners, Scansnap, Printers, KVM Consoles, KVM Switches
Fujitsu: Fujitsu ATA Diagnostic Tool
A diagnostic tool to help customers speedily verifiy whether their hard drive is operating correctly
Home page:Fujitsu - Hard Disk Drives, Data Storage, Magneto-Optical Disc Drives, Scanners, Scansnap, Printers, KVM Consoles, KVM Switches
Fujitsu: HandyDrive drivers
Drivers for HandyDrive - USB connected hard disk for use with Windows 98/ME
Home page:Fujitsu - Hard Disk Drives, Data Storage, Magneto-Optical Disc Drives, Scanners, Scansnap, Printers, KVM Consoles, KVM Switches
Fujitsu: HDD Flash - Firmware Upgrade Utility
A utility to upgrade model MPG3102AT-E and MPG3204AT-E 5400RPM ATA drives only
Home page:Fujitsu - Hard Disk Drives, Data Storage, Magneto-Optical Disc Drives, Scanners, Scansnap, Printers, KVM Consoles, KVM Switches
Fujitsu: SCSI Diagnostics
SDIAG is a simple and reliable SCSI diagnostic tool developed by Fujitsu verifying the condition of your Fujitsu SCSI Hard Disk Drive
Home page:Fujitsu - Hard Disk Drives, Data Storage, Magneto-Optical Disc Drives, Scanners, Scansnap, Printers, KVM Consoles, KVM Switches
Fujitsu: UDMA Utility (for MPD, MPE, MPF series)
The UDMA utility is designed to change the status of the Fujitsu's MPD, MPE, and MPF series hard disk drives to pre-set transfer rates for compatible operation
Home page:About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. : FUJITSU United States
Fujitsu: UDMA Utility (for MPG series)
The UDMA utility is designed to change the status of the Fujitsu's MPG series hard disk drives to pre-set transfer rates for compatible operation
Home page:About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. : FUJITSU United States
Fujitsu: UltraATA Change Mode Utility
A utility to change the UltraATA capability of the drive. Three batch files allow the mode setting for UDMA100, 66, and 33
Home page:Fujitsu - Hard Disk Drives, Data Storage, Magneto-Optical Disc Drives, Scanners, Scansnap, Printers, KVM Consoles, KVM Switches
Hitachi (IBM): Disk Drive Diagnostics for System Integrators
DDD-SI is an easy-to-use Windows software package for Ultrastar, Deskstar, and Travelstar system integrators. This tool allows you to modify, optimize, initialize or test Hitachi hard disk drives for integration. This update will not work unless you have DDD-SI installed on your system and registered
Home page:Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Hitachi (IBM): Drive Fitness Test
The Drive Fitness Test (DFT) provides a quick, reliable method to test SCSI and IDE hard disk drives. The Drive Fitness Test analyze function performs read tests without overwriting customer data
Home page:Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Hitachi (IBM): OGT Diagnostic Tool
The OGT diagnostic tool is a failure analysis tool for Ultrastar 10K300, Ultrastar 15K73, and DK32XX products.
Home page:Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Hitachi (IBM): Feature Tool
The Feature Tool allows you to control some of the features of Deskstar and Travelstar ATA hard disk drives
Home page:Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Hitachi (IBM): SMART Defender
SMART Defender is an easy to use Windows program that monitors SMART-capable IDE and SCSI hard disk drives. The program reduces the risk of system down time by assessing the reliability and predicting hard disk drive failures
Home page:Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
IBM: PowerBooster
Power Booster is a utility and interface that allows direct control over advanced power settings, including Advanced Battery Life Extender, on an IBM ATA/ATAPI-4 (or above) mobile disk drive
Home page:Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Maxtor (Quantum): Big Drive Enabler
Big Drive Enabler is a one step executable that enables support for drives larger than 137 Gigabytes in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 and XP Service Pack 1
Home page:Maxtor.com - en_us
Maxtor (Quantum): MaxBlast 3
ATA/IDE hard drive installation utility. Automatically identifies, partitions, and formats any Maxtor ATA hard drive
Home page:Maxtor.com - en_us
Maxtor (Quantum): PowerMax
Utility designed to perform diagnostic read/write verifications on ATA (IDE) Maxtor and Quantum hard drives. These tests will determine hard drive integrity. Maxtor recommends the use of this utility for troubleshooting potential hard drive problems
Home page:Maxtor.com - en_us
Maxtor (Quantum): SCSIMax
SCSIMax is a diagnostic utility for all Maxtor/Quantum SCSI hard disk drives supporting S.M.A.R.T. This test will determine hard drive integrity with a high degree of confidence
Home page:Maxtor.com - en_us
Samsung: Disk Manager
Ontrack Disk Manger for Samsung harddrivers
Home page:SAMSUNG's Digital World
Samsung: EnableBigLBA
This utility enables support for drives larger than 128 GB in Windows 2000 SP3 and later
Home page:SAMSUNG's Digital World
Samsung: SUTIL
Utility for changing DMA mode and easing drives. Works with older Spinpoint V series (DMA66 'D' models)
Home page:SAMSUNG's Digital World
Samsung: Shdiag
Utility for testing drive's health. Works with older Spinpoint V series (DMA66 'D' models)
Home page:SAMSUNG's Digital World
Samsung: HUTIL
Utility replacing SUTIL and Shdiag for newer Spinpoint drives. Diagnoses drive and allows to change maximal size, DMA mode and erase disks.
Home page:SAMSUNG's Digital World
Seagate Disk Manager
This DOS based floppy edition is for installing drives in new system builds. It was replaced by Disk Wizard
Home page:Seagate Technology
Seagate Disk Wizard 2003
A 32-bit application for adding a second drive in a system already running a Windows OS. Includes DiscWizard Starter Edition and SeaTools Desktop
Home page:Seagate Technology
Seagate Disk Wizard Online
A browser based application that will check ATA, SATA, and SCSI hard drives without having to turn off the system. Works with IE and Netscape under Windows OS
Home page:Seagate Technology
Seagate Disk Wizard Starter Edition
This DOS based floppy edition is for installing drives in new system builds.
Home page:Seagate Technology
Seagate Reg48bitLBA
An utility for Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows XP SP1 for checking if EnableBigLBA registry setting is correctly set. This setting is required if you want to use disc drives larger than 137 GB
Home page:Seagate Technology
Seagate SeaTools Desktop
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
Home page:Seagate Technology
Seagate SeaTools Enterprise
Disc drive diagnostic software designed to troubleshoot most Seagate hard drive issues. Supports SCSI or Fibre Channel drives in servers and workstations. Tests multiple drives simultaneously and sequentially. This version does not test ATA or SATA. Versions for Windows and Linux!
Home page:Seagate Technology
Seagate SeaTools Online
A browser based application that will check ATA, SATA, and SCSI hard drives without having to turn off the system
Home page:Seagate Technology
Seagate Ultra ATA Mode Switching Utility
utility to select or to verify a compatible Ultra ATA mode for your drive and system
Home page:Seagate Technology
Western Digital (Caviar): ASPI Menu
Application that uses ASPI to provide a generic interactive command interface to any SCSI hard drive. In addition to providing interactive commands to a SCSI hard drive, this tool provides advanced scripting features for writing functions such as testing or applying updates to SCSI devices
Home page:support.wdc.com
Western Digital (Caviar): BIOS Check
Reports number of drives physically detected, number of drives accessed by the BIOS and additional drive table information
Home page:support.wdc.com
Western Digital (Caviar): Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows
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
Home page:support.wdc.com
Western Digital (Caviar): Data Lifeguard Tools
Test WD drives for problems and errors, fix certain errors, scan for bad sectors and provide drive information (serial and model number)
Home page:support.wdc.com
Western Digital (Caviar): DLG Diagnostic
Diagnostics utility allows you to test the drive, print results for last drive tested, repair errors found during the Test Drive option and write zeros to the drive (low-level format)
Home page:support.wdc.com
Western Digital (Caviar): Ultra ATA Manager
Utility is used to enable or disable the Ultra ATA 33/66/100 capability on WD EIDE drives that support this feature
Home page:support.wdc.com
Western Digital (Caviar): WD Scan
Application that uses ASPI to provide a graphic representation of peripherals connected to the SCSI architecture
Home page:support.wdc.com
Western Digital (Caviar): WD SCSI Workbench
Application that uses ASPI to provide support and utility functions for WD SCSI hard drives. It can create dump files that contain support and log data, format drives, short stroke drives, copy one drive to another, perform read and write/read qualification testing, generate defect data lists, and convert between logical and physical addressing schemes
Home page:support.wdc.com
Source:- Docent's favourites: disk and data recovery utilities
====================================================================================
Also Check This Hitachi Utils. [Eazys Suggestion]
Link:- Support | Downloads
Drive Fitness Test (v4.08)
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.)
Feature Tool (v2.03)
This is a DOS-bootable tool for changing various ATA features. The Feature Tool allows you to control some of the features of our Deskstar and Travelstar high performance ATA hard disk drives and supports 48-bit addressing, so it will work with the new large capacity drives.
OGT Diagnostic Tool
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.
Ontrack Data Advisorâ„¢
Data Advisor is a self-booting, easy to use, diagnostic software to determine data access problems. It analyzes file systems, boot sectors, Master Boot Record, memory etc. It guides the user through traditional or new Remote Data Recovery (RDR) services.
Power Booster
This utility works with our Travelstar drives. Power Booster is a utility for laptops that gives users direct control over the Advanced Battery Life Extender power settings for our mobile disk drives. Power Booster allows any computer with an ATAPI 4 mobile disk drive and running Windows 95/98 to directly control advanced power management features of the drive. Advanced Battery Life Extender is an advanced power savings implementation and Power Booster is a user interface to it.
DDD-SI
DDD-SI is an easy-to-use Windows software package we developed for Ultrastar, Deskstar, and Travelstar system integrators. This tool allows you to modify, optimize, initialize or test our industry leading hard disk drives for integration. Single or multiple hard disk drives need to be outside of their target System.
