Hard Drive Tests
When AXD EFI tools starts, it performs a hardware existence test. All hard drives found
during this test can be tested individually using hard drive tests.
Test
Estimated completion time
Description
Full Read
21 minutes for an 80 GB drive;
3 hours for a 1 TB drive
Performs a DMA full-read scan
at 1250 RPM. This checks the
entire hard drive for slow-read
failures.
This test is available for hard
drives, not solid-state drives.
Abbreviated Read
1 minute
Performs a DMA scan at 1250
RPM. This checks the first 10 GB
of the hard drive for slow-read
failures.
This test is available for hard
drives, not solid-state drives.
Appendix
AXD Tools Test Reference
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