Thats Why Octopusswithout having to boot into a DOS environment
That's a nice looking program Bubbaleone. I may add that to my arsenal. I always worry about one of the drives in my file/media server going down without warning.
Huh? Could you elaborate please?
I agree, I am confused, too. How hard is it to go to <Start> type "cmd" in the search bar and then type chdsk /r at the prompt?
Last time I checked, chkdsk /r can do surface test for you. Not sure why are you people trying to come up with awkward solutions when you have the tools right in the OS.
I agree, I am confused, too. How hard is it to go to <Start> type "cmd" in the search bar and then type chdsk /r at the prompt?
Typing involved. Can't mouse-click the letters! And Android/Linux/Google isn't there to auto-complete the command for me.
I like Hitachi's utility since it'll scan nearly any online drive, and by double-clicking on a listed drive you'll get an immediate SMART report as well: HGST Windows Drive Fitness Test (WinDFT)
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I am obviously blind, but OP didn't say a word about that. He asked for a tool that would check a drive for errors without booting into DOS. Chkdsk does just that.Since you're both such experts with Windows CLI tools, show us the chkdsk command to produce a GUI drive SMART report in the time it takes to double-click the mouse button. While you're at it, why don't you show us the chkdsk command to produce a detailed text report of events, on the desktop, in the time it takes to click the mouse button once.
The OP asked for suggestions for a desktop application that can do both of these things
More robust than chkdsk? Are you sure you're using the right word here?
I am obviously blind, but OP didn't say a word about that. He asked for a tool that would check a drive for errors without booting into DOS. Chkdsk does just that.
I am no Windows expert, but I believe there is nothing like less or more robust thing, if by robust we are to understand the ability to detect problems.
Nope. Not an english major.
No idea.Does CHKDSK do everything HGST does?
Neither am I... 'robust' means strong / healthy / reliable / sturdy / stable. To suggest that chkdsk isn't robust is to say that it's a flaky/unreliable piece of software.
No idea.
No idea.
...the tools ... do a different type of scan that check disk can't. It's great to know that there are no errors on the file system, but hardware errors on the disk that check disk doesn't cover are good to be aware of as well.
I AgreeI really don't understand the whole attitude either, especially after the OP said that the HGST utility was exactly what he is looking for.