The test may take several hours to complete depending on the size of the drive.ĮRASE - writes zeros to the drive with options of Full Erase and Quick Erase. QUICK TEST - performs SMART drive quick self-test to gather and verify the Data Lifeguard information contained on the drive.ĮXTENDED TEST - performs a Full Media Scan to detect bad sectors. When you select the run tests icon, the 'DLGDIAG - Select an Option' window appears. Highlight the drive and select the icon on the top row to test or run SMART status. In the bottom window, the partition information for the selected drive will be displayed. The model number, serial number, capacity, and SMART status of each drive will be displayed. In the top window, you will see the drives in your system that are available for testing. On the main program screen, there are two windows. Read and accept the license agreement to continue. If running Windows Vista (or later), you will need to Right-Click on the WinDlg.exe file and choose to Run as administrator. so the DLGDIAG utility isn't usable.Ĭan anyone tell me how to build a bootable CD that will (1) allow me to copy DLGDIAG.Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools now comes in both DOS and Windows versions and was written specifically for the installation and diagnostics of Western Digital hard drives.Įxtract and run the program, WinDlg.exe. Although the disks boot up OK, that driver doesn't recognize a CDROM connected via SATA. Some time ago, WD removed the ISO and now only provides DLG for DOS as a zip file ( dlgdiag_5_20.zip) that must be copied to a bootable floppy disk - but who has floppy drives anymore!Īlthough there are a bunch of bootable CD ISOs on the Internet, and some even are modifiable to let you add your own utilities (like DLGDIAG), all of them that I've been able to find use OAKCDROM.SYS as the driver for the CDROM device. In situations where you want to be able to check a hard drive but can't boot to Windows, WD used to provide an ISO for a bootable CD that included its DLG for DOS diagnostic.

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