I run Bart's Stuff Test in loop mode for 24 hours or 1 full cycle, whichever comes later. This goes through seq read/write, random read/write, and half-stroke read/write for the entire drive to complete 1 loop.
Far from perfect, but it makes me feel a little better about the drive at least. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 7:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [H] Burn in for new HDs > > Do you guys have a favorite app to use to test a new hd before using it > in a system? I typically just run crystaldiskmark on it several times. > I just want to make sure these drives that come in a case work before I > rip off the case, because then I doubt if the warranty is any good anymore.
