Hard drive testing tools

MrBillMrBill

I found the following list of hard drive and SSD testing tools available on the web from Macrumors. The link to the actual discussion is below (I hope I'm allowed to post it):

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1544280

To summarize from that link, here's what's available that's supposed to be good quality:


PRODUCTS AND LINKS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER (PRICE):

Disk Utility, diskutil (FREE, comes with OS)
http://www.apple.com
Comes with OS X

Disk Warrior ($99.00)
http://www.alsoft.com/diskwarrior

Drive Genius($99.00)
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/drive_genius.php

TechTool Pro ($99.99)
http://www.micromat.com/techtoolpro

Scannerz with FSE-Lite, Scannerz Lite ($34.95, $17.95 respectively)
http://www.scsc-online.com/Scannerz.html

smartmontools(FREE, open source)
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki

SmartReporter ($4.95, but FREE version exists)
http://www.corecode.at/smartreporter/


PRODUCTS BY PRICE (LOW TO HIGH):

Disk Utility, diskutil (FREE, comes with OS)
Smartmon Tools (FREE, Open Source)
SMARTReporter ($4.95 for commercial version, but an older version is FREE)
Scannerz Lite ($17.95)
Scannerz with FSE-Lite ($34.95)
Disk Warrior ($99.00)
Drive Genius ($99.00)
TechTool Pro ($99.99)

Hope this helps someone, if they need it!