freeware for hard drive checking

[dtokez]

Hi all, whats the best (simple, effective) software to use for checking for bad sectors on hard drives?

cheers

 

[lord filbuster]

Windows scandisc?

 

[Columbo]

HDTune

 

[Josh-A]

Windows Surface Scanner is free too

 

[chaosophy]

It is worth checking the manufacturer's web site as well, think most of them do their own diagnostics tools.

 

[gillywibble]

HDTune

This.

 

[brainchylde]

Sometimes manufacturers have utilities that do checks.... Seagate has something called SeaTools.