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Top 4 Free Hard Drive Diagnostic Tools

There are many free software diagnostic tools available to test and help you determine what, if anything, is wrong when you suspect there may be a problem with a hard drive.

Some of these tools are built in to your operating system already and are ready to use right now while others are available from your hard drive manufacturer.

Interested in some slightly more costly but arguably better third-party hard drive tools?

1. Microsoft Windows Built-In Error Checking
2. Seagate SeaTools
3. Hitachi Drive Fitness Test
4. Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic

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Seagate Ships 1 TB Barracuda 7000 series

Seagate will begin shortly shipping in volume its first 1 TB Barracuda 7000 series, for desktops (Barracuda 7200.11) and enterprises (Barracuda ES.2). They deliver a 105MB/s sustained transfer rate, as well as a low power rating of 8 watts at idle. They also feature 7,200-rpm spin speeds, average seek times of 8.5ms and caches up to 32MB. Seagate's newest hard drives pack 1TB of data on four discs. The 1TB Barracuda 7200.11 will cost USD 399.99.