Are there any decent utilities that write to storage and read confirm multiple cycles for the purpose of stress testing? I need to be 100% sure of operational function and manual tests require too much of my time (effort). I'm not so concerned about duration.
Stress Test
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Stereodude
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BingBangBop
Storage is cool
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Spinrite?
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Maybe there aren't any?
I'd probably use Spinrite as well. Or whatever else might be on Hiren's bootCD.
I'd probably use Spinrite as well. Or whatever else might be on Hiren's bootCD.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Some lighter fluid and a match would probably make it less boring.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Just send me the drive. I'll make sure there something wrong with it that you can find.
Stereodude
Not really a
Then what the heck are you asking about?
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
I think he's lost it.
Stereodude
Not really a
Why would you want to put unneeded wear on them?
Gilbo
Storage is cool
The problem with Flash memory cards and USB sticks is they don't have as effective wear levelling algorithms as SSDs, if they have any at all.
They also use significantly lower quality NAND chips.
Combine those two factors and wear should be minimized. They fail faster than they 'should', unfortunately.
They also use significantly lower quality NAND chips.
Combine those two factors and wear should be minimized. They fail faster than they 'should', unfortunately.
ale: Historically I've only had problems in the first few uses, so I was hoping to weed out any early defects. I usually use a CF card 50-100 times after which it becomes completely obsolete. Maybe I should rethink the capacity.
Howell
Storage? I am Storage!
I don't think running them through a few cycles is unreasonable. Especially in an attempt to decrease finding a DOA in the field.