I don't mean testing it with a program, I had meant actually looking at the specific SMART values from the drive, sorry. From my experience all the drive diagnostic tools are pretty much either "works" or "doesn't work" since if they claim otherwise then they must give an RMA regardless. Speedfan presents the actual SMART data to you in a very convenient format for us lazy folk.
They also compare the detected values to those values reported from identical drive models. It was much easier to understand than linux, IMHO!
The single CompUSA here closed down two weeks ago... I missed the last day for the best deals, but they were out of drives long long ago, despite having two walls of them to start with. Newegg still had better prices even after the discounts on them.
The single CompUSA here closed down two weeks ago... I missed the last day for the best deals, but they were out of drives long long ago, despite having two walls of them to start with. Newegg still had better prices even after the discounts on them.