(solid_state_drives).HDD and drive diagnostics for performance and repairs.How to Restore Your SSD Performance by Secure Erasing It.Everything You Need to Know About SSD Trim.How to Check Your Hard Disk Health Using WMIC.How to Disable or Enable SysMain (Superfetch).When the test completes, you will be notified with a pass/fail message. Select the test you wish to perform and click the Start button. VIEW TEST RESULT - displays the latest test results. The test may take several hours to complete depending on the size of the drive.ĮRASE - writes zeros to the drive with options of Full Erase and Quick Erase. QUICK TEST - performs SMART drive quick self-test to gather and verify the Data Lifeguard information contained on the drive.ĮXTENDED TEST - performs a Full Media Scan to detect bad sectors. When you select the run tests icon, the "DLGDIAG - Select an Option" window appears. Highlight the drive and select the icon on the top row to test or run SMART status. In the bottom window, the partition information for the selected drive will be displayed. The model number, serial number, capacity, and SMART status of each drive will be displayed. In the top window, you will see the drives in your system that are available for testing. On the main program screen, there are two windows. Read and accept the license agreement to continue. If running Windows Vista (or later), you will need to Right-Click on the WinDlg.exe file and choose to Run as administrator. Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools now comes in both DOS and Windows versions and was written specifically for the installation and diagnostics of Western Digital hard drives.Įxtract and run the program, WinDlg.exe.
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