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44 Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior Using DiskWarrior’s Hardware Monitoring

About DiskWarrior’s Hardware Monitoring

DiskWarrior’s hardware monitoring capability uses internal diagnostic routines built into disk

drives by their manufacturers to detect and track how often a drive exceeds its operating toler-

ances. The more frequently the drive exceeds these tolerances, the more likely the drive is to ex-

perience hardware malfunction, and the more at risk any data on that drive becomes.

The hardware monitoring can be conﬁgured to run on your hard drives automatically, or you

may choose to run it when you suspect a drive of malfunctioning. By activating the automatic di-

agnostic, DiskWarrior will activate internal diagnostic routines built into your drive as often as

you specify. You also choose what action DiskWarrior should take in the event that it does detect

the potential for hardware failure.

Most hard drives manufactured in 1996 or later have internal diagnostic routines that can mon-

itor the drive and detect the deterioration of the drive mechanics. If a hard drive was manufac-

tured before 1996, it’s internal diagnostics may report an error only when the drive is completely

non-functional. In these cases, the drive will have to be sent to a recovery facility to retrieve the

data.

Note: DiskWarrior’s hardware monitoring relies upon internal diagnostic routines built

into hard drives by their manufacturers. Different drive manufacturers may have different

tolerances in their tests.

Caution: In most hard drives, the internal diagnostic routines are inactive by default, and

will remain inactive until DiskWarrior’s hardware monitoring is activated for the ﬁrst time

on the hard drive. Since the internal diagnostic routines measure changes in the drive over

time, to get the maximum beneﬁt from the hardware monitoring, use DiskWarrior to test

your drive(s) as soon as possible.

Manual Diagnostics

If you wish to run the hardware monitoring manually, open the DiskWarrior application and

click the hardware icon. Choose the hard disk device you wish to test from the pop-up menu.

The lower portion of the window will indicate the volumes and type of hard disk device in the

pop-up menu. Click the Test Device button to test the disk.

Note: Some hard drives will generate a sound when the internal diagnostic is run. This

sound is normal and not an indicator of mechanical malfunction.

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