It's interesting to note the diagnostics tools also work on other hard drive vendors. It doesn't appear that this diagnostics tool provides any fixes or repairs for affected drives, but at least you know where the issues lay if a scan is successful. Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics also provides a couple of additional tools, mainly the erase function which will erase the data currently stored on the drive.įinally the 'View test results' function will display a list of issues detected. Upon right clicking the affected Western Digital hard drive, you can perform either a quick test or extended test, both of which may take some time depending on the physical size of the drive in question. Help4All wrote: Hello, Currently, that link has been eliminated from the support site since we were getting compability issues with some computers. This diagnostic software is designed for hard drives larger than 8.4 GB with the model number starting with WDxxx. If you are having computer problems which you suspect are hard drive related, you can test your drive with this software. The Data Lifeguard Diagnostic softwares are used primarily for determining the physical condition of your hard drive. The program interface of Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics is a little old school, but after installation and execution of it, you've given a list of detected connected disk drives. With Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics, you've got a few options to scan for errors. If you're running into issues with your Western Digital mass storage device, it might be time to use a specialized utility to analyze it.
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