Hard drive testing.

[dafoe]

I'm selling an old fat PS3. I thought it might be easier to sell with an upgraded hard drive. So I found a good deal on ebay on a WD 500 GB Scorpio Blue. No Seagate junk. I've run across a lot of issues with games not being able to access data on the hard drive. I did have to turn the system off quite a few times because of freezing issues. So I'm hoping that's the issue.

I'm running a full format on the drive right now in my PC. What I want to know is what would be the best software to thoroughly test the health of the hard drive. I don't want to sell someone junk. And if it is junk I want to know so I can get my money back.

Any suggestions on what the best program for this would be?

[nic2k4]

While it's in the PC you can use CrystalDiskInfo to check the SMART data and if you want to go even further use WD's Data Lifeguard Tool.

[Guest34343]

SpinRite

https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm