USB hard drive diagnostics?

[Noozer]

I've recently picked up a 2.5" USB hard drive. Although the drive seems to
be working fine, I hear a head seek every few seconds, even when idle.

Most diagnostic software I find won't work unless the drive is connected to
the IDE controller inside the PC.

Can someone suggest some diagnostic software that will work with USB hard
drives?

FWIW, this is a Toshiba HDD2182 drive... 9.5mm, 40gig.

Thanks!

 

[Robert Heiling]

I've recently picked up a 2.5" USB hard drive. Although the drive seems to
be working fine, I hear a head seek every few seconds, even when idle.

Most diagnostic software I find won't work unless the drive is connected to
the IDE controller inside the PC.

Can someone suggest some diagnostic software that will work with USB hard
drives?

FWIW, this is a Toshiba HDD2182 drive... 9.5mm, 40gig.

Thanks!

I don't think that's going to be possible and for the same reasons that you
can't get SMART info from a drive that's on a USB adapter. My conclusion after
experiencing that problem is that they haven't implemented the ISA bus interface
and/or the Intel SMBus. That may also be what's playing a role in preventing
HD's on those adapters from booting properly.

Some of these various adapters take a cheap shortcut such as the NetGear TCP/IP
printer server that my Epson is attached to. It's unidirectional and there's no
provision for reading from the printer. Therefore, I lost the capability to
check ink levels.

Bob

 

[Hertz_Donut]

I've recently picked up a 2.5" USB hard drive. Although the drive seems to
be working fine, I hear a head seek every few seconds, even when idle.

Most diagnostic software I find won't work unless the drive is connected
to the IDE controller inside the PC.

Can someone suggest some diagnostic software that will work with USB hard
drives?

FWIW, this is a Toshiba HDD2182 drive... 9.5mm, 40gig.

Thanks!

You have indexing and System Restore enabled on the drive. Turn them off ,
and you'll find that the accessing will cease.

Honu

 

[Noozer]

I've recently picked up a 2.5" USB hard drive. Although the drive seems

You have indexing and System Restore enabled on the drive. Turn them off ,
and you'll find that the accessing will cease.

Except I don't have either of those services running.