HDDScan Windows User Manual by Artem Rubtsov
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1. Physical Sector Size Cache size 512 bytes 8192 KB r ECC bytes Nominal Form factor RPM Interface 4 Not Reported Not Reported SATA r Connected through DMA Support Multiword DMA 0 Muttiword DMA 1 Multiword DMA 2 IDE onboard controller Supported Supported Supported UDMA 0 Supported UDMA 1 Supported UDMA 2 Supported Piimeee in Pic 9 Identity information example for SCSI HDD Identify Info for SEAGATE 513146807LW Save to File HDD Scan Identify Report Model SEAGATE ST3146807LW Firmware 0007 Serial 3HY83T68 LBA 286749488 Report By HDDScan for Windows version 3 0 Report Date 6 12 2008 10 04 11 AM Main Information Name Physical Tracks Physical Heads RPM 10033 Physical Sector Size 512 bytes Logical Sector Size 512 bytes Cache Segments 32 Cache Segment Size 0 bytes Features Support Name write Cache Read Cache Read Look Ahead Automatic Read Reallocation Automatic Write Reallocation ECC correction Read Retry Count Write Retry Count Recovery Time Limit 65535 ms 10 S M A R T report Report contains information about HDD s performance and health described in attributes Green icon means attribute values are normal Yellow icon marks important attributes which may indicate HDD s malfunction Red icon shows abnormal attribute values2. 286749488 Report By HDDScan for Windows version 3 0 Report Date 6 12 2008 10 03 13 AM Page Param am Ses Mien Description e 002 001 CountofLBAs with write fault errors 002 002 Count of LBAs with ID type write errors rica 002 003 Total write errors recovered 0 ria 002 004 Times recovery invoked for write errors e ee 002 00S Total a written 115194388 006 Count of LBAs withhardwriteerrors of LBAs with hard write errors 000 Read errors recovered without delay 12491 001 Count of LBAs with ECC detected read errors 002 Count of LBAs with ID type read errors 003 Total read errors recovered 12492 004 Times recovery invoked for read errors 12505 005 Total bytes read 39482991104 oos 000 verity errors recovered without delay T 32 e 005 001 Count of LBAs with ECC detected verify errors 0 oos 002 pe of LBAs with ID type verify errors T D 003 Total verify errors recovered oos 004 Times recovery invoked for verity errors 2 e ai Raw Times recovery invoked for verify errors 12 Temperature monitor Monitor allows evaluating HDD s temperature Temperature is indicated on the Task bar and in an information window Pic 12 shows temperature for two drives Pic 12 Temperature monitors on the Task bar For ATA SATA USB FireWire drives the information widow shows two values The second value is shown on the Task bar The first value indicates te
3. Butterfly Read mode is similar to Read mode difference only in blocks order Blocks are tested by pairs The first block in the first pair will be Block 0 the second block in the first pair will be Block N where N is number of last block for testing Next pair will be Block 1 and Block N 1 Test ends in the middle of testing area The program measures operation time Test Manager window Pic 3 Test Manager window Test Manager Test ID Device Start Time End Time Status R20080611230153 ST31608124S 4LSOM2D4 2008 06 11 23 01 54 Stopped RAD20080611230159 ST316081245 4LSOM2D4 2008 06 11 23 02 01 Stopped SI ST316U81245 4LSUM2D4 lt Ici Executing Stop Task Delete Task Executing This window contains test queue All test S M A R T test and Temperature Monitor tests go right to the Test Manager Manager allows deleting tests from queue some test could be paused or stopped Double click on a task will open task information window Pic 4 Task information window example Test ID Device Start Time YR20080611230153 7316081245 4LSOM2D4 2008 06 11 23 01 54 Disk 5T3160812AS 4LSOM2D4 task R20080611230153 Report e 580608 ro 70912 lt Sms 2261 lt 10ms Gj 0 lt 20ms M lt 50ms i lt 500 ms ij gt 500 ms i Bads W0 3 4 lt 150 ms E 0 0 0 Test information window This window contains information about test Test could be paused or stopped and report with results can be generated Graph T
4. 120NEP001 In System ISD300A SunPlus SPIF215A USB FireWire HDDs which probably supported by the program Storage device Controller chip AGEStar JUB3A Cypress AGEStar ICB3RA Cypress AGEStar IUB3A4 Cypress AGEStar IUB5A Cypress AGEStar IUB5P Cypress AGEStar IUB5S Cypress AGEStar NUB3AR Cypress AGEStar IBP2A2 Cypress AGEStar SCB3AH JMicron JM2033x AGEStar SCB3AHR JMicron JM2033x AGEStar CCB3A JMicron JM2033x AGEStar CCB3AT JMicron JM2033x AGEStar IUB2A3 JMicron JM2033x AGEStar SCBP JMicron JM2033x AGEStar FUBCP JMicron JM2033x Noontec SU25 Prolific PL2507 Transcend TS80GHDC2 Prolific PL3507 Transcend TS40GHDC2 Prolific PL3507 I O Data HDP U series Unknown I O Data HDC U series Unknown Enermax Vanguard EB206U B Unknown Thermaltake Max4 A2295 Unknown Spire GigaPod SP222 Unknown Cooler Master RX 3SB Unknown MegaDrive200 Unknown RaidSonic Icy Box IB 250U Unknown 18 USB FireWire HDDs not supported by the program Storage device Controller chip Matrix Genesis Logic GL811E Pine Genesis Logic GL811E Iomega LDHD250 U Cypress CY7C68300A Iomega DHD160 U Prolific PL 2507 modified firmware Iomega Prolific PL 3507 modified firmware Maxtor Personal Storage 3200 Prolific PL 3507 modified firmware Maxtor One Touch Cypress CY7C68013 Seagate Pocket HDD Unknown Seagate External Drive PN 9W2063 Cypress CY7C68013 SympleTech SympleDrive 9000 40479 002
5. CY7C68300A Myson Century CS8818 Myson Century CS8813 19
6. HDDScan for Windows Ver 3 1 Introduction HDDScan is a freeware utility for storage devices diagnostics HDD RAID Flash The program can scan storage device for Bad blocks show S M A R T attributes and change some HDD parameters such as AAM APM etc Author Artem Rubtsov Support sites Russian http hddscan ru English http hddscan com Capabilities and requirements Supported storage devises ATA SATA HDD SCSI HDD USB HDD see Appendix A FireWire or IEEE 1394 HDD see Appendix A RAID volumes made of ATA SATA SCSI HDDs surface tests only USB Flash surface tests only Storage device tests Verification in linear mode Reading in linear mode Erasing in linear mode Reading in Butterfly mode synthetic random read S M A R T Reading and analyzing S M A R T parameters from ATA SATA USB FireWire HDD Reading and analyzing Log Pages from SCSI HDD S M A R T tests running on ATA SATA USB FireWire HDD Temperature monitor on ATA SATA USB FireWire SCSI HDD Additional features Reading and analyzing identity information from ATA SATA USB FireWire SCSI HDD Changing AAM APM PM parameters on ATA SATA USB FireWire HDD Reporting defect information on SCSI HDD Spindle start stop function on ATA SATA USB Fire Wire SCSI HDD Reports can be saved in MHT format Reports can be printed Skins support NEW Requirements PC with CPU 1 5 Ta and RAM 256 MB OS Windows 2000 SP4 Windows XP SP2 or Window
7. Report can be saved as MHT file Pic 10 S M A R T report example for ATA SATA HDD 1 S MA R T atributes for ST3160812AS Save to File HDDScan N A R T Report Model ST3160812AS Firmware 3 AHL Serial 5LS6CTHB LBA 312581808 Report By HDDScan for Windows version 3 0 Report Date 6 12 2008 10 01 36 AM Attribute Name Value Worst Raw hex Threshold Raw Read Error Rate 100 00000000 0000 006 Spin Up Time 09s 00000000 0000 000 Start Stop Count 100 00000000 005D 020 005 Reallocation Sector Count 100 00000000 0000 036 007 Seek Error Rate 077 0000036D 2361 PowerOn Hours Count 090 b 010 Spin Retry Count 100 00000000 0000 o2 Device Power Cycle Count 100 00000000 0061 Reported Uncorrectable Error 100 High Fly Writes 100 00000000 0000 Airflow Temperature 065 35C j m HDA Temperature 035 35C we a 195 Hardware ECC Recovered ose 139 ooo00969 0285 t Bhs Current Pending Sector Count 100 000 o0000000 0000 aie ae Uncorrectable Sector Count 100 000 00000000 0000 000 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 200 018 00000000 0012 Write Error Rate 100 000 00000000 0000 100 000 o0000000 0000 Ts Pic 11 S M A R T report example for SCSI HDD SCSI Log Pages for SEAGATE 513146807LW Save to File i HDD Scan SCSI Log Pages Report Model SEAGATE ST3146807LW Firmware 0007 Serial 3HY83T68 LBA
8. ab Shows testing speed for each block Information is showing as a graph Pic 5 Graph tab Disk SEAGATE ST3500620SS 3QMO0FBE ox Pause Stop Report 976773168 i 4 hs gt Map Tab Shows testing time for each block Information is showing as a map Pic 6 Map tab Disk SEAGATE ST3500620S8S 3QMOO0FBE Report Graph Map Report lt Sms 3814810 lt 10ms E 507 lt 20ms Ba lt 50ms W 73 lt 150ms M 3 lt 500 ms fj o gt 500 ms E 0 Bads Wo Report Tab Contains information about test and each block with testing time more than 50 ms Pic 7 Report tab Disk SEAGATE ST3500620SS 3QMOO0FBE ee E e a Test RD20080612101023 Executing Block start at 63702016 time 109ms Block start at 191085312 time 109ms Block start at 389578240 time 101ms Identity information Report contains information about physical and logical parameters of HDD Report can be saved in MHT file Identify Info for 51T3160812AS Save to File HDD Scan Identify Report Model ST3160812AS Firmware 3 AHL Serial 5LS6CTHB LBA 312581808 Report By HDDScan for Windows version 3 0 Report Date 6 12 2006 10 04 50 AM Main Information Name LBA Support oo LBA28 Pic 8 Identity information example for ATA SATA HDD Value Yes 268435455 cease 312581808 ATA Version 7 Logical Sector Size 512 bytes
9. ate main ini file that file will store information about current skin If you delete main ini file program will use default internal skin WLM Skinned mode checkbox can disable or enable skin usage enabled by default Pic 18 Skin Selection dialog eee 5T316081245 4L50M2D4 SMART lr Tasks Select skin Test ID l LikeOperaS tyle LongHorm MacOS MacO0S2 Neutral Neutral2 S Neutrala De Neutral4 NextAlpha Next amp lpha2 Office12Style Office2003 Office2007 Black Office2007 Blue e sit Appendix A USB FireWire HDD If USB FireWire HDD is supported by the program tests S M A R T capabilities and additional features may be executed on the drive If USB FireWire HDD is no supported by the program only tests can be executed USB FireWire HDDs supported by the program Storage device Controller chip StarTeck IDECase35U2 Cypress CY7C68001 WD Passpopt Initio INIC 1610L Iomega PB 10391 Unknown Seagate ST9000U2 PN 9W3638 556 Cypress CY7C68300B Seagate External Drive PN 9W286D Cypress CY7C68300B Seagate FreeA gentPro Oxford CASE SWEXX ST010 Cypress AT2LP RC7 Vantec CB ISATAU2 adapter JMicron JM20337 Beyond Micro Mobile Disk 3 5 120GB Prolific PL3507 supported only USB Maxtor Personal Storage 3100 Prolific PL2507 Maxtor Personal Storage USB2
10. mperature from Airflow Temperature attribute the second value indicates temperature from HDA Temperature attribute Pic 13 Temperature monitor for ATA SATA HDD e 53713160812AS 5L For SCSI drives the information window shows two values The second value is shown on the Task bar The first value indicates maximum allowed temperature for HDD the second value indicates current temperature Pic 14 Temperature monitor for SCSI HDD m SEAGATE S1T314 13 S M A R T tests The program allows running three kinds of tests 1 Short test lasts about 1 2 minutes The test inspects drive s main schemas scans small part of drive s surface and checks sectors from the Pending list such sectors may have read errors This test recommended for quick drive testing 2 Extended test lasts 0 5 2 hours The test inspects drive s main schemas and scans the whole drive s surface 3 Conveyance test usually lasts several minutes The test inspects drive s main schemas and logs which may indicate inaccurate transportation or storing Pic 15 S M A R T test information window 1 WDC WD3200JB 00KFA0 WD WMAMR1 230801 SWART gion saris Saias seouion silius tas in proses 14 Additional features The program allows changing some parameters for ATA SATA USB FireWire HDD 1 AAM this function changes drive s acoustic If this function is enabled drive s noise may be decreased by smoothing HSA s seek ope
11. rations HDD could lose some performance 2 APM this function allows power savings by temporary decreasing spindle s rotation speed including complete stop when drive is in idle 3 PM this function allows setting spin down timer If drive is in idle spindle will be stopped after the time set in the timer If any program requests HDD access timer will be reset and spindle will spin up 4 The program can also start or stop spindle immediately If any program requests HDD access drive s spindle will spin up Pic 16 Features window for ATA SATA HDD Features for WDC WD3200JB 00KFA0 A Buea 254 Amma 128 ile Winer Disable Set Disable Set Advanced Power Management r Spindle Start Stop Rare O Spindown 15 The program can show defect lists and start or stop spindle for SCSI drives Pic 17 Features window for SCSI HDD e Features for SEAGATE ST3146807LW Format Physical O Logical ETE paist spindown O Spp 16 Skin usage Program uses AlphaSkins component which allows user selecting new skins for application You can download skins from here http www alphaskins com asdwnld php You can find a manual how to create your own skin on that site too Create Skins subdirectory in the directory where HDDScan exe file is located Download and copy skins to that subdirectory Open Skin Selection dialog Press Select Skin button and choose desired skin Program will cre
12. s Server 2003 with restrictions The program shouldn t be started from read only device User interface Main view Pic 1 Main view HDDScan for Windows version 3 1 peci Die 20 16 59 sa 5T316081245 4L50M2D4 ALD 23 07 2003 Saal ALIDADA SMART Tasks LSA W2SRane Surface Tests SMART S M A R T Offline Tests Temperature Monitor Test ID Device End Time Status Features Identity Info Skin Selection Control elements e Select Drive drop box contains list of supported storage devices in a system List contains models and serial numbers of devices Icon defines possible device S M A R T button generates S M A R T attributes report Tasks button shows pop up menu with tasks Surface Tests element opens Test selection windows see Pic 2 S M A R T element same as S M A R T button click S M A R T Offline Tests activates submenu with Short Extended and Conveyance S M A R T tests Temperature Monitor element starts temperature monitoring task Features element activates Features submenus Identity Info element generates Identity information report Skin selection opens dialog to select skin Test selection window Pic 2 Test selection window Biel bUsl2a5 4 0 Verify Add Test Read Pma 2AA Sel ys 312581808 3 C Erase Sat LAAD laik Sas 256 Butterfly Read Control elements e Start LBA field determines first logical sector number for tes
13. ting End LBA field determines last logical sector number for testing Block Size field determines block size for testing in logical sectors Test radio buttons select type of the test Add Test button adds test into a tests queue Tests capabilities and limitations e Can be started only one test at a time Author wasn t able to get stable test results with two or more simultaneous tests e Verify test may have restriction on Block Size with 256 16384 or 65536 sectors because of Windows limitations e Verify test may work in improper way on USB Flash devices e In Verify mode device reads block of data into internal buffer only and checks for consistency there is no data transferring through interface connector The program measures operation time for each block The program tests blocks one by one from minimum to maximum e In Read mode device reads block of data and transfers it thorough interface The program reads block of data into temporary buffer and measures time of operation for each block The program tests blocks one by one from minimum to maximum e In Erase mode the program prepares block of data field with special pattern and number of logical sector The program sends the block of data to drive and drive writes the block All data in the block on drive will be overwritten and gone forever The program measures operation time for each block The program tests blocks one by one from minimum to maximum e
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